SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Trae Young scored a season-high 45 points and drew a charge from Jeremy Sochan with 2.7 seconds left as the Atlanta Hawks handed the Spurs their 13th straight loss with a 137-135 victory on Thursday night.
Sochan matched his career high with 33 points and Victor Wembanyama had 21 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks for San Antonio, but the Spurs remained without a win since Nov. 2.
Atlanta guard Dejounte Murray had 24 points and five steals in his third game against his former team. Bogdan Bogdanovic added 14 points as Atlanta snapped a two-game skid.
Devin Vassell added 25 points and Keldon Johnson had 22. Sochan was 11 for 13 from the field but wouldn’t lead the Spurs to their first win since consecutive victories over Phoenix on Oct. 31 and Nov. 2
KNICKS 118, PISTONS 112
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 42 points, Julius Randle had 29 points and 10 rebounds, and New York sent Detroit to their franchise-record 16th consecutive loss.
The Pistons (2-17) completed a winless November, having not won a game since a victory over Chicago on Oct. 28 left them 2-1.
RJ Barrett had 15 points and Donte DiVincenzo added 12, including two crucial 3-pointers down the stretch for the Knicks, who have won their last two games.
Cade Cunningham scored 31 points and Killian Hayes chipped 23 in for the Pistons. They have also lost 13 in a row against the Knicks.
HEAT 142, PACERS 132
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 24 of his 36 points in the second half, and Miami overcame a career-high 44 points from Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton.
Rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 24 for the Heat, who trailed by 13 early and didn’t take the lead for the first time until early in the fourth. Butler added 10 rebounds, Josh Richardson scored 19 points and Duncan Robinson added 16 for Miami, which snapped a three-game slide.
The Heat used a 28-6 run in the fourth to take control in the opener of a two-game series. They host the Pacers again on Saturday.
Haliburton scored 28 points in the first half for the Pacers, who had 73 points at intermission — then gave up 78 in the second half. Haliburton also had 10 assists, the NBA’s first game of at least 44 points and that many assists since Donovan Mitchell’s 71-point, 11-assist night for Cleveland on Jan. 2.
THUNDER 133, LAKERS 110
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and Oklahoma City beat LeBron James and Los Angeles.
Gilgeous-Alexander made 11 of 18 field goals and 10 of 10 free throws. Jalen Williams scored 21 points and Chet Holmgren added 18 for the Thunder, who were coming off close losses to Philadelphia and Minnesota.
Anthony Davis led Los Angeles with 31 points and 14 rebounds. James had 21 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for the Lakers. He was a game-time decision with a left calf contusion.
Oklahoma City shot 53.2% from the field and committed only nine turnovers.
TIMBERWOLVES 101, JAZZ 90
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 32 points and 11 rebounds, and Minnesota weathered the absence of leading scorer Anthony Edwards to beat Utah.
The Wolves moved into a tie with Boston for the best record in the league (14-4).
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored a season-high 20 points and Rudy Gobert had 15 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks for Minnesota.
Simone Fontecchio led Utah with 16 points and five assists. Ochai Agbaji had in 13 points and six rebounds for the Jazz, who also lost Wednesday at Memphis.
HORNETS 129, NETS 128
NEW YORK (AP) — Terry Rozier had 37 points and 13 assists, and short-handed Charlotte beat Brooklyn.
Miles Bridges added 23 points, Gordon Hayward chipped in 22 and Mark Williams had 12 points and 12 rebounds. The Hornets snapped their two-game losing streak despite playing without star guard LaMelo Ball and No. 2 pick Brandon Miller.
Cam Thomas scored 26 points in his return from a sprained ankle and Mikal Bridges had 22 points and nine rebounds as Brooklyn’s three-game winning streak was snapped. Cam Johnson missed a 3-pointer that would have won it.
TRAIL BLAZERS 103, CAVALIERS 95
CLEVELAND (AP) — Shaedon Sharpe scored 29 points, rookie Duop Reath added a season-high 13 and Portland got its second straight impressive road win this week, beating Cleveland.
The Blazers came in just 5-12 overall and 3-7 away from home before rallying to stun the Cavs, who had a massive letdown following a solid 23-point win over Atlanta on Tuesday in the NBA’s In-Season Tournament.
Sharpe went 11 of 15 from the field and added 10 rebounds for the Blazers, who scored 12 straight points in the fourth quarter to separate from the Cavs. Cleveland went more than five minutes without a field goal.
Donovan Mitchell scored 23 and Evan Mobley 20 for the Cavs. Darius Garland had 15 points, but the All-Star point guard was sloppy with the ball, committing eight turnovers.
BULLS 120, BUCKS 113 (OT)
CHICAGO (AP) — Nikola Vucevic scored 29 points, Coby White added 23 and short-handed Chicago beat Milwaukee.
Alex Caruso nailed a buzzer-beating 3 at the end of regulation, and Chicago pulled off a surprise without Zach LaVine (sore right foot) and DeMar DeRozan (sprained left ankle) because of injuries.
The Bulls trailed 110-109 in overtime when Vucevic cut for a dunk with 2:28 remaining, sparking an eight-point run. Patrick Williams finished the decisive spurt when he dunked with 31 seconds remaining, and Chicago hung on from there.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 26 points and 14 rebounds. Brook Lopez scored 20, and Malik Beasley added 19 points. Damian Lillard scored 18, but the Bucks came up short after winning eight of nine.
WARRIORS 120, CLIPPERS 114
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry had 26 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, and undermanned Golden State held off Los Angeles.
Klay Thompson scored 10 straight during a key fourth-quarter stretch and finished with 22 points for the Warriors, who lost guards Chris Paul and Gary Payton II to injuries during a 124-123 loss Tuesday night at Sacramento, when they blew a 24-point lead in the In-Season Tournament to miss advancing out of Group C. Forward Andrew Wiggins slammed his right index finger in a car door earlier Thursday and also couldn’t play.
Golden State led by as many as 18 in the first half of this one and held onto it this time despite Paul George’s hot hand late.
Kawhi Leonard had 23 points and seven rebounds to lead Los Angeles, while James Harden scored 18 with seven assists. George contributed 15 points and 10 assists.
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