Darius Garland scored 39 points, Evan Mobley added 17 and the Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 8-0 with a 116-114 win on Monday night over the Milwaukee Bucks, who played without injured superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The Cavs also went 8-0 in 1976.
Garland drained a go-ahead three-pointer with 45 seconds left and the Cavs rallied down the stretch, outscoring the Bucks 18-8 over the final 6:06.
Jarrett Allen added 14 points, 15 rebounds and had a huge block on Milwaukee's Damian Lillard in the final seconds.
Lillard scored 36 for the Bucks, but committed a costly turnover when he was called for an over-and-back violation with 56 seconds left.
Bobby Portis added 21 points and 18 rebounds for Milwaukee, which has lost six in a row.
It was Cleveland's second win in three days over Milwaukee. On Saturday, Donovan Mitchell made a jumper in the final seconds to give the Cavs a 114-113 win.
Antetokounmpo sat out with a strained adductor muscle, an injury the two-time MVP sustained during the loss to Cleveland.
Celtics 123, Hawks 93
Jayson Tatum scored 26 of his 28 points in the first half, and the Boston Celtics routed the Atlanta Hawks 123-93 for their third straight win.
Tatum also had nine assists and six rebounds and did not play in the fourth quarter with the Celtics comfortably in front.
Hawks guard Trae Young left the game in the third quarter with a right rib strain. He was 1 for 10 from the floor and finished with two points and six assists in 23 minutes.
Derrick White had 21 points and six assists for Boston. Payton Pritchard scored 18 points off the bench.
The Celtics lost both games in Atlanta last season, blowing a 30-point lead in one game and losing the other in overtime.
The Celtics have won 16 straight when Jaylen Brown does not play. Brown has missed the last two games with a left hip flexor strain.
Warriors 125, Wizards 112
Stephen Curry scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half in his return from an ankle injury and the Golden State Warriors won their fourth straight game, 125-112 over the Washington Wizards.
The first three games of Golden State's winning streak came without Curry, but he was able to start against the Wizards, although he played only 24:05. Curry opened the scoring with a 3-pointer, then didn't score again until his buzzer-beating 3 at the end of the first half gave the Warriors a 54-45 lead.
Buddy Hield scored 20 points, part of another strong contribution from the Golden State bench. The Warriors' reserves outscored Washington's 60-33. Golden State has averaged an edge of 24 points per game in bench points so far this season.
Jordan Poole led Washington with 24 points Kyle Kuzma (right groin strain) missed his third straight game for the Wizards, and Marvin Bagley III (illness) also sat out.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels was at the game and received a huge ovation from the crowd.
Kings 111, Heat 110
Domantas Sabonis scored off an offensive rebound with 0.7 seconds left, and the Sacramento Kings rallied from 15 points down to beat the Miami Heat 111-110 on Monday night.
DeAaron Fox scored 28 for Sacramento, while DeMar DeRozan finished with 26. Sabonis — who grabbed Fox's miss in the final moments and made the game's final basket — finished with 16 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists.
Jimmy Butler scored 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and Tyler Herro added 27 for the Heat. Bam Adebayo — on the night his Olympic gold medal banner was unfurled — scored 16 for Miami, which got 13 from rookie Pelle Larsson.
Terry Rozier's 30-footer at the buzzer missed for the Heat, who were seven for 12 from the foul line in the fourth. Sacramento improved to 6-31 all-time at Miami.
Pistons 115, Lakers 103
Cade Cunningham had 17 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his third career triple-double and the Detroit Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers 115-103 on Monday night.
Jaden Ivey matched a season high with 26 points. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 19 points, Tobias Harris had 15 points and Jalen Duren had 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Anthony Davis scored 37 points for Los Angeles, and LeBron James had 20 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds. Davis appeared to hurt his left ankle late in the fourth quarter, but stayed in the game.
Austin Reaves added 17 points on 7-of-17 shooting for the Lakers.
Detroit got off to a strong start, leading 33-22 after a quarter, and maintained control of the game all night.
Rockets 109, Knicks 97
Alperen Sengun had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets held on for a 109-97 win over the New York Knicks on Monday night.
Houston led by 15 points early before the Knicks got within one late in the fourth quarter. But Sengun, who was guarded by Karl-Anthony Towns, scored 10 points in the final period to help the Rockets put it away.
Fred VanVleet added 19 points for Houston and Jalen Green had 15.
Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 29 points and OG Anunoby added 21. Towns had 17 points and a season-high 19 rebounds.
Jazz 135, Bulls 126
Keyonte George had 33 points and nine assists, John Collins added 28 points and 13 rebounds and the Utah Jazz won for the first time this season, beating the Chicago Bulls 135-126.
The injury-depleted Jazz (1-6) entered as the NBA's worst team offensively, averaging 99.8 points on 39.1 per cent percent shooting. Against Chicago, the Jazz shot 53.9 per cent from the floor and were 45.7 per cent from 3-pointer range at 16 of 35.
Collin Sexton added 24 points for Utah, and Walker Kessler had 12 points and 15 rebounds.
Chicago's Coby White came on in the second half to score 28 points, tying it twice late in the third quarter. But the Bulls, playing without injured leading scorer Zach LaVine, were unable to take the lead after falling behind by 15 points.
Ayo Dosunmu scored 25 points on 9-for 13 shooting, and Nikola Vucevic had 23 points for Chicago. The Bulls have lost two in a row to drop to 3-4.
Timberwolves 114, Hornets 93
Naz Reid had 25 points and nine rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Charlotte Hornets 114-93.
Anthony Edwards scored 21 points, while Donte DiVincenzo added 14 and Julius Randle had 13 for Minnesota, which hit 18 of 38 3-pointers (47.4 per cent), while holding Charlotte to 10 for 42 (23.8%) from beyond the arc. Rudy Gobert added eight rebounds and eight points, all on dunks.
LaMelo Ball scored 19 points for Charlotte. Miles Bridges, Brandon Miller and Tre Mann each added 10.
Trail Blazers 118, Pelicans 100
Anfernee Simons scored 24 points, Deandre Ayton had 19 points and 13 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the injury-depleted New Orleans Pelicans 118-100 on Monday night.
Toumani Camara and Jerami Grant each scored 16 points for the Trail Blazers, who trailed for most of the first three quarters. Portland surged ahead in the fourth, when Canadian Dalano Banton entered the game and scored 20 points in a single period.
Brandon Ingram was the Pelicans' only usual starter in uniform for a second straight game and scored 27 points.
Pelicans star forward Zion Williamson was scratched from the lineup with right hamstring and quad tightness for a second straight game. New Orleans was also without starters Dejounte Murray, CJ McCollum, and Herb Jones, along with prominent reserves Trey Murphy III and Jordan Hawkins.
Brandon Boston Jr. scored 20, getting a spot start because Hawkins, who'd been starting recently for McCollum, was unable to play a second straight night through lower back tightness.
Jose Alvarado added 18 points for New Orleans.
Thunder 102, Magic 86
Jalen Williams scored 23 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 21 points and nine assists and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Orlando Magic 102-86 to remain the only unbeaten team in the Western Conference.
Chet Holmgren added 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocks for the Thunder. Oklahoma City has won all seven of its games by at least 12 points.
Franz Wagner scored 22 points, Jalen Suggs had 19 points, six assists and and six rebounds and Goga Bitadze added 11 points and nine rebounds for the Magic. Orlando (3-5) played without injured starters Paolo Banchero and Wendell Carter Jr.
Orlando newcomer Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was held to six points on one-for-7 shooting while Anthony Black made one of eight field goals and scored three points.
Pacers 134, Mavericks 127
Myles Turner had season highs with 30 points and 11 rebounds while going over 8,000 career points, Tyrese Haliburton had a season-best 25 points and 12 assists and the Indiana Pacers beat the Dallas Mavericks 134-127.
Dallas cut a 10-point deficit to five with 1:47 left before Haliburton hit a pull-up 17-footer with 50 seconds left. Pascal Siakam added 23 points for Indiana.
Luka Doncic had 34 points and 15 assists for the Mavericks, who split a home back-to-back. Kyrie Irving scored 27 points and Naji Marshall matched a career high with 20 points off the bench, 16 more than he was averaging going into play.
The Pacers played their first game without power forward Isaiah Jackson, who sustained a torn right Achilles tendon Friday night and is out for the season.
Dallas' Dereck Lively II was out with a sprained shoulder. Maxi Kleber missed his fifth consecutive game because of a hamstring injury.
Nuggets 121, Raptors 119
Russell Westbrook scored 21 points and played smothering defence on the final play of the game, and Denver beat Toronto.
Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists for his third triple-double in four games for Denver, which played without Jamal Murray (concussion protocol) and lost Aaron Gordon to a right calf strain in the first quarter.
The Nuggets trailed 109-98 with 5:45 left but rallied to take a 118-117 lead on Peyton Watson’s 3-pointer. The teams traded baskets and Julian Strawther split a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left.
That gave Toronto a chance but on the final play Westbrook blanketed RJ Barrett, whose 26-footer to win it at the horn was short.
Barrett finished with 18 points while Grady Dick had 26 and Jakob Poeltl scored 24.
Clippers 113, Spurs 104
Norman Powell scored 23 points, Amir Coffey added 21 and Los Angeles rallied from an early 26-point deficit to beat the San Antonio for their first win at Intuit Dome.
James Harden scored 17 points and Ivica Zubac had 17 points and 13 rebounds. It was the Clippers’ largest comeback when trailing at the end of the first quarter and tied for the third largest when trailing by any deficit since 1996, according to Sportradar.
Victor Wembanyama had 24 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocked shots for the Spurs, who are without coach Gregg Popovich due to illness. Julian Champagnie had 21 points.
The Spurs had a 40-14 lead at the end of the first quarter, but were unable to sustain the momentum. LA got within eight at halftime and had the margin down to four going into the fourth quarter.
Suns 118, 76ers 116
Kevin Durant broke a tie on a driving layup with 24 seconds left and Phoenix beat Philadelphia, spoiling Paul George’s debut.
After missing the first five games of the season because of a bone bruise in his left knee, George had 15 points, five rebounds and four assists in 32 minutes. He was 4 of 14 from the field and missed a shot that would have tied it in the final seconds.
Durant scored 35 points to lead Phoenix to its fifth straight victory. Bradley Beal had 17 points, Jusuf Nurkic had 15 points and 15 rebounds.
Tyrese Maxey, who entered Monday averaging 29.8 points with George and All-Star center Joel Embiid sidelined, had 32 points to lead Philadelphia. Maxey was 12 of 22 from the field, 6 of 14 from 3-point range.
Guerschon Yabusele had 19 points, six rebounds and six assists off the bench for Philadelphia, which fell to 1-5. Kyle Lowry scored 13 points, all in the first half, and Kelly Oubre Jr. had 11 points before fouling out.
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