Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points for Oklahoma City Thunder, who hit a franchise record 27 3-points on the way to a 137-101 home victory over New Orleans Pelicans on Monday.
Thunder extended his winning line to six matches, after consulting in these games with an average of 25.8 points. The Pelican’s losing line was expanded to nine.
Oklahoma City received four 3 points per piece from Gilgeous-Alexander, Aaron Wiggins (24 points) and Alex Caruso (12 points). Jalen Williams added 16 points.
New Orleans’ Zion Williamson, who came from a season’s high 40-point excursion in a Saturday loss on Sacramento, had 17 points and five assists.
Nuggets 146, Trail Blazers 117
Nikola Jokic had 40 points, eight assists and seven returns when the host Denver dropped Portland for his seventh straight victory.
Christian Braun finished with 26 points for Denver. Julian Stendher scored 18 points, and Jamal Murray had 17 points and eight assists before being thrown out early in the fourth quarter.
Rookie Donovan Clingan scored a career pile of 21 points, Dalano Banton contributed 22 and Affernee Simons published 17 for Portland, which has lost two straight matches after winning 10 of the previous 11.
HAWKS 112, MAGIC 106
Trae Young covered a memorable day by scoring 19 points while led Atlanta former host Orlando for his third victory in a row. Young made four free throw in the last 24 seconds to ice out the result. He also had eight assists and five returns to help compensate nine turnover.
Earlier in the day, Young was announced as this week’s eastern conference player for an average of 31.3 points and 10.5 assists in four matches, and he was named an All-Star as compensation for Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (calf).
Orlandos Franz Wagner matched his season high with 37 points and added seven returns. Paolo Banchero made 31, including 20 during the third quarter, and pulled down six returns.
Kings 129, Mavericks 128 (OT)
Demar Derozan scored a season high 42 points and made the winning float with 1.9 seconds left in overtime, which led Sacramento to a victory over host Dallas.
Derozan made 15 out of 22 attempts from the field, including 4 out of 6 from 3-point reach, and fell all eight of his free throw. He got 15 points during the fourth quarter. Sacramento’s Sabonis references added 16 points, 15 returns and eight assists, while Zach Lavine and Malik Monk contributed 17 points each.
Irving led Mavericks with 30 points on 11-AV-25 shooting and thanked nine returns and seven assists. He fought Derozan in the Crunch Time and got 15 during the fourth quarter and overtime together.
Celtics 103, Heat 85
Jayson Tatum threw in a game high 33 points to help Boston expand his road -winning line to six matches with a victory over host Miami.
Tatum, who missed his first five shots, got 20 points in the third quarter. He was 13 out of 26 from the floor for the game and also collected eight returns. Al Horford added 16 points and 10 returns for Celtics.
Bam Adebayo led the heat with 22 points and 12 returns. Boston dragged 11 early before improving his refusal to 22-6.
Cavaliers 128, Timberwolves 107
De’andre Hunter’s Cleveland debut was a arousing success – although he didn’t have to do much – because Cavaliers never hit a route to visit Minnesota.
Evan Mobley had 28 points and 10 returns while Donovan Mitchell added 23 points and eight assists when Cavaliers won for the seventh time in eight games. Hunter, who started instead of Max Strus (ankle), finished with 12 points and shot 3-for-4 from the depth.
Anthony Edwards had a game high 44 points when Timberwolves’ three-game winning line ended. He finished 13-for-28 from the floor with eight 3 points.
Warriors 125, Bucks 111
Stephen Curry scored 38 points on 12-AV-24 shooting from the floor while led Golden State to a victory over the host Milwaukee.
Jimmy Butler added 20 points and nine boards in his second game since he was acquired by Warriors, and Buddy Hield got 16 points.
With Giannis Antetokounmpo (Kalv) who lacked his fifth game in a row, Damian Lillard Milwaukee led 38 points and seven assists, even though he committed 10 sales. Kyle Kuzma set up 21 points when Bucks took his sixth loss in eight games.
Nets 97, Hornets 89
Nic Claxtton got 16 points for Brooklyn, who took control during the third quarter and got a victory over Charlotte in New York.
Cameron Johnson and Day’ron Sharpe added 14 when Nets won for the fifth time in six matches since they endured a seven-game losing line. Brooklyn surpassed Charlotte 51-35 during the second and third quarters together.
Hornets’ Moussa Diabate received a career high 21 points to go with 10 returns but went out after the third quarter due to a right eyes abrasion. Lamelo Ball got five points in 10 minutes and went out during the second quarter due to the right ankle.
Spurs 131, Wizards 121
Victor Wembanyama produced a 31-point, 15-Rebound double-double and De’aaron Fox added 30 points, 12 of them during the fourth quarter, when the visit San Antonio defeated Washington.
Stephon Castle added 16 points, Jeremy Sochan had 14 and Harrison Barnes counted 12 for Spurs, who also received nine assists from Chris Paul.
All nine players who saw the court for Washington scored in double figures, but who could not prevent Wizards from releasing their third straight match and 19th during the last 22 excursions. Tristan Vukcevic scored 18 points to lead the balanced Washington attack, with Richaun Holmes adding 17, Jordan Poole struck in 16 and Corey Kispert and Justin Champagnie racked up 14 pieces.
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