Myles Turner had 24 points, Obi Toppin added 22 and Indiana Pacers resisted another massive Nikola-Jokian triple double to beat Denver Nuggets 125-120 on Sunday.
Andrew Nembhard had 19 points and six assists for Pacers, who picked up his fourth straight victory to stay in the top four of the Eastern Conference. Aaron Nesmith contributed 17 points and six returns.
Jokic amounted to 41 points, 15 boards and 13 assists for Denver, his third triple stubbly in five matches and the 32nd season. Christian Braun scored 20 of his 30 points during the second half for Nuggets, which lost his fourth straight.
Indiana built an eight-point lead in the fourth quarter before Denver Whittled to 122-120 with 43.1 seconds left. However, Pacers forced a turnover of 15.1 seconds to go and hit their free throw down the route to register the victory.
Rockets 106, Warriors 96
Dillon Brooks went for a game high 24 points, Amen Thompson led a suffocating defense that held Stephen Curry to three points, and Houston approached to pass the No. 2 seed in the west by beating the Golden State in San Francisco.
The Alperen Sengun had 19 points and 14 returns, and Northern California native Jalen Green poured 21 points for the rockets, which cannot end no worse than tied to others at the conference.
Warriors saw a five-game winning line ended. They fell in a four -way tie for fifth place in the west, half a game behind the fourth place Denver Nuggets with four matches left. Buddy Hield Paced Golden State with 20 points.
Bulls 131, Hornets 117
Coby White shot 6-of-8 from 3-point reach on the way to 37 points when Chicago took his third straight victory with a road victory over Charlotte.
White finished 12-for-16 from the field while Josh Giddey chipped in with 23 points, 10 returns and eight assists. Nikola Vucevic added 16 points and 11 boards for the bulls.
Mark Williams amounted to 22 points and nine returns for Hornets, which lost his eighth match in his last nine. KJ Simpson had 18 points and seven assists for Charlotte, and Jusuf Nurkic came from the bench for 18 points.
Raptors 120, Nets 109
Jonathan Mogbo led eight Toronto players in double figures by tying a career pile of 17 points to go with 11 returns and seven assists in hitting the Brooklyn host for his fifth victory in eight games.
Andai Agabji had 15 points for Toronto, RJ Barrett and AJ Lawson added 13, while Cole Swider and Jamison Battle finished with 12 each.
Reece Beekman finished with 14 points to lead Nets, who lost its 19th 24 matches, while Trendon Watford, Drew hour, Keon Johnson, Dariq Whitehead and Maxwell Lewis all ended with 13 points.
Lakers 126, Thunder 99
Luka Doncic scored 30 points to lead Los Angeles to a road victory over Oklahoma City.
Lakers finished with a season high 22 3-score of 40 attempts (55 percent). Austin Reaves had 20 points; He and Doncic were two of four Los Angeles players with four or more 3 points.
Thunder has lost back-to-back games for the second time this season. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Thunder with 26 points and extended his line by scoring 20 or more points to 71 matches.
Hawks 147, Jazz 134
Onyka Okongwu published 27 points and 12 returns to lead Atlanta to visit Utah and end a three-match losing line.
Trae Young added 23 points and 15 assists for the hawks, while Caris Levert chipped in with 21 points. Atlanta led by 17 in half.
Keyonte George netted a career pile of 35 points from the bench for jazz, and Collin sixteen finished with 27 points and six assists.
Celtics 124, Wizards 90
Payton Pritchard, who finished with 20 points, helped Boston adding his record setting in total 3-points in home victory over Washington.
Derrick White had 19 points for Boston, who was 24-of-52 shooting from long range two days after putting the league’s only season mark for 3-points made for one season. Sam Hauser added 18 points from the bench, and Jaylen Brown made 15.
Alex Sarr counted 16 points to lead Washington, while Justin Champagnie chipped in with 15 points and 13 returns.
Trail Blazers 120, Spurs 109
Toumani Camara poured 23 points and took 10 returns when host Portland did enough to beat San Antonio.
However, both Blazers and Spurs were officially eliminated from the playoffs after Sacramento King’s victory over Cleveland Cavaliers.
Shaedon Sharpe added 21 points, 10 returns and six assists for Portland. Stephon Castle led San Antonio with 22 points, and Devin Vassell scored 21.
Knicks 112, Suns 98
OG Anunoby continued the power he began during Jalen Brunson’s absence, and Brunson returned to New York’s range by scoring 32 points in a victory over the visit Phoenix.
Anunoby is an average of 23.8 points per match, while he shoots 49.4 percent from the field-inclair 41.8 percent in 3-point-during the last 16 matches. Brunson finished with 15 points and six assists in his first game since March 6.
Devin Booker scored 40 points for the sliding suns, whose play-in jump foged further with his sixth straight loss. Phoenix is 2 1/2 matches behind 10th place Dallas Mavericks.
Bucks 111, Pelicans 107
Played without a dormant Giannis Antetokoumpo, Milwaukee Red 29 points from Gary Trent Jr. And double doubles from Brook Lopez and Ryan Rollins to a road win against New Orleans.
Lopez amounted to 20 points and 12 returns to go with four blocks for Bucks, while Rollins finished with 14 points and 10 assists. Kevin Porter Jr. Added 20 points and Kyle Kuzma got 17 for Milwaukee, who won his fourth straight.
Antonio Reeves paced the Pelicans with 23 points and Yves Missi chipped in with 18 points and 12 boards. Lester Quinones got 17 points and Bruce Brown had 16 for New Orleans, who lost its third straight.
Kings 120, Cavaliers 113
Zach Lavine made seven 3 points, including three in the fourth quarter, to end with a game-high 37 points when the visit Sacramento pressed past Cleveland.
The winnings sent the kings to the ninth seed in the Western Conference, half a game before Mavericks, and also denied Cavalier’s ability to cope with the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Sacramento won both matches over Cavaliers this season.
Demar Derozan had 28 points and seven assists for the kings, while the Sabonis of Sabonis added 27 points, nine returns and seven assists. For Jerome rushed Cleveland with 20 points from the bench, and Donovan Mitchell had 19 points, six boards and six assists.
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