Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points when Oklahoma City beat and visited Indiana 132-111 on Saturday night for her ninth victory in a row and gave the live chance to become the third team in the NBA story to win 70 games.
Thunder, who has 62 wins and eight regular seasonal games left, would have to win out to join 2015-16 Golden State Warriors and 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.
Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams finished with 18 points with six assists, Luguentz Dort added 22 points on 8-of-11-shooting from the field with six 3 points and Isaiah Joe added 19 from the bench with five 3 points.
Tyrese Haliburton led seven pacers in double figures with 18 points. Andrew Nembhard added 16, Obi Toppin had 12 and Pascal Siakam and Myles Turner chipped in 11.
Magic 121, Kings 91
Caleb Houstan’s 6-of-7 3-point shooting from the bench on the way to 18 points helped Orlando to take advantage of a suffocating defensive effort when it cruised to visit Sacramento.
Orlando, NBA’s top defense in points that was allowed to enter Saturday’s matchup, delivered his 18th match with an opponent to fewer than 100 points this season. The magic limited the kings to 42 percent shooting from the floor, including 7-AV-28 from 3-point intervals.
Paolo Banchero got a game high 24 points for Magic, while Franz Wagner added 21. Demar Derozan finished with 21 points for Sacramento, and the Sabonis referee had 14 points and 13 returns.
Nets 115, Wizards 112
Jalen Wilson and Tyrese Martin scored 20 points per piece when they visited Brooklyn snapped a six-match losing line at the expense of Washington.
Drew hour had a career pile of 19 points and Cameron Johnson had 18 points and nine returns for Brooklyn, which gathered from a 17-point deficit during the second quarter.
AJ Johnson received 14 of his career -high 20 points during the fourth quarter for Washington, who has lost seven of its last eight games. Colby Jones also got 20.
Mavericks 120, Bulls 119
Kyy Thompson had 20 points and hit two critical free throw with 6.7 seconds left when Dallas won for the fourth time in five matches by edging the host Chicago.
Mavericks is also 4-0 when Anthony Davis plays. Davis was 7 out of 23 from the floor Saturday and finished with 18 points in 30 minutes. Seven Mavericks players made in double numbers, including PJ Washington with 19 points and Kai Jones 15.
Rookie Matas Buzelis led the bulls with 28 points. Coby White and Nikola Vucevic-who met a 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds left for the final margin and one had 25.
Heat 118, 76ers 95
Tyler Herro scored 30 points and Alec Burks chipped 20 when Miami crushed host Philadelphia for his fourth straight victory.
Long shooting favored the victory for Miami, who struck 20 out of 43 shots (46.5 percent) beyond the arch. Burks made six 3 points, while Herro dropped five and Haywood Highsmith beat down three 3 points from the bench on the way to 13 points. Kel’el Ware also had a productive night for the heat and shot 6 out of 6 from the field for 13 points to go together with 14 returns.
Philadelphia absorbed its seventh straight defeat despite 19 points and 10 assists from Jared Butler. Justin Edwards hit 17 points for Sixers, while Adem Bona contributed 16 points and 10 boards.
Lakers 134, Grizzlies 127
Austin Reaves had 31 points, eight assists and seven returns to help Los Angeles Lakers defeat the host Memphis and destroy the debut of interim coach Tuomas Iisalo.
Luka Doncic recorded 29 points, nine assists and eight returns for Lakers, who won his second match in three excursions and put in a four-game road trip. LeBron James added 25 points, eight dimes and six boards.
Memphis, who played in his first game since the shooter Taylor Jenkins on Friday, was led by Desmond Bane 29 points. Jaren Jackson Jr. Got 24 and yes Morant recorded 22 points, 10 assists and eight returns.
Celtics 121, Spurs 111
Jayson Tatum hit 29 points and took 10 returns when the visit Boston easily handled San Antonio while producing his season -best eighth straight victory.
Celtics dominated San Antonio all the time, leading with 12 points at half-time, 17 late in the third quarter and 94-81 and entered the final period. Jrue Holiday added 21 points for Boston, which also received 15 points and 16 returns from the bench from Luke Kornet, 14 points from Jaylen Brown and 13 from Derrick White.
Reserve Keldon Johnson paced San Antonio with 23 points. Stephon Castle added 22 points, Jeremy Sochan had 18, Devin Vassell 14, Harrison Barnes 13 and Chris Paul 12 for Spurs.
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