SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jarrett Allen scored 18 points and Donovan Mitchell added 16, helping Cleveland snap a four-game losing streak with a 120-91 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday.
Evan Mobley had 11 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks to help the Cavaliers get back in the win column. Six players scored in double figures for Cleveland.
Kyle Filipowski led Utah with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Walker Kessler added 13 rebounds and three blocks.
The Jazz rallied from an early 12-point deficit and took a 36-34 lead on Collin Sexton’s layup midway through the second quarter. Cleveland went ahead for good after taking a 44-43 lead on Mitchell’s pull-up jumper with 2:04 left before halftime.
The Cavaliers held Utah without a point for 6 1/2 minutes and pulled away behind a 15-0 run to open the third quarter. Allen bookended the run with a pair of baskets, his second one giving Cleveland a 66-45 lead five minutes into the second half.
OKLAHOMA CITY 103, LOS ANGLES 101
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 26 points and eight assists, Aaron Wiggins scored 19 points and NBA-leading Oklahoma City extended their winning streak to six games by holding on to beat Los Angeles.
Alex Caruso scored 14 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:54 remaining after Oklahoma City squandered a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter. Isaiah Hartenstein added 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Jaylin Williams scored 12 points.
The Thunder won despite missing Jalen Williams (hip) and Chet Holmgren (hip), their second- and third-leading scorers, respectively.
Kawhi Leonard had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and James Harden scored 17 points for the Clippers, who had their five-game win streak halted in head coach Tyronn Lue’s return to the bench. Lue missed the previous two games due to back pain.
DENVER 116, HOUSTON 111
HOUSTON (AP) — Jamal Murray had 39 points, Michael Porter Jr. added 17 points and nine rebounds and Denver beat Houston to snap the Rockets’ nine-game win streak.
Murray, who scored 17 in the first half, had 17 in the third quarter as Denver outscored the Rockets 39-22 in the quarter to take a 96-79 lead.
Russell Westbrook had 14 points off the bench, Aaron Gordon scored 13 points with eight assists and DeAndre Jordan had 11 points and 15 rebounds for the Nuggets, which shot 51% and were 10 of 21 on 3-pointers.
Jalen Green scored 30 points, and Dillon Brooks added 21 points for Houston. Alperen Sengun had 17 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and Steven Adams finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Rockets, which shot 44% and were 11 of 34 from behind the arc.
Trailing 109-100 with 1 1/2 minutes left, Houston used a 7-1 run to cut the lead to three on a Sengun layup with 21 seconds left, but Christian Braun made two free throws with 19 seconds remaining to push the lead back to five.
CELTICS 129, TRAIL BLAZERS 116
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 30 points, nine assists and nine rebounds and Boston extended their winning streak to five games with a win over Portland.
Sam Hauser shot 8 for 10 from long distance and scored 24 points, and Derrick White added 17 points and eight assists for Boston, which was without Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. The Celtics (52-19) are five games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers for the top seed in the Eastern Conference with 11 games remaining.
Shaedon Sharpe scored 23 points for the Trail Blazers (32-40), who are 2 1/2 games behind Phoenix and Dallas in the race for 10th place in the Western Conference.
Tatum’s four-point play early in the third quarter gave Boston a 75-57 lead before Portland rallied. The Trail Blazers closed within seven points, but couldn’t get any closer.
SPURS 123, RAPTORS 89
TORONTO (AP) — Devin Vassell scored 25 points, Julian Champagnie had 20 and San Antonio won their third straight game by routing Toronto.
Stephon Castle scored 15 points and Sandro Mamukelashvili added 13 for the Spurs. San Antonio led by as many as 38 points and won for the fifth time in seven.
Scottie Barnes scored 22 points, RJ Barrett had 18 and Jamal Shead added 17 as the Raptors lost their fourth straight.
Barrett, Toronto’s leading scorer, returned after missing the previous three games, but regulars Immanuel Quickley and Jakob Poeltl both sat for rest. The Raptors also played without reserve forward Chris Boucher (illness).
Barnes had six rebounds and six assists. According to the Raptors, he’s the 10th player in NBA history to record at least 2,000 rebounds, 1,000 assists and 200 blocks before his 24th birthday.
HAWKS 132, 76ERS 119
ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young scored 28 points with 12 assists, Zaccharie Risacher scored 22 points and Atlanta beat Philadelphia.
Georges Niang added 20 points, including five 3-pointers, and Dominick Barlow finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Onyeka Okongwu scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
Quentin Grimes led the 76ers with 26 points and six assists. Rookie Justin Edwards scored 22 points, Ricky Council IV 14 and Guerschon Yabusele 11.
The Hawks shot 55% from the field, hit 17 3-pointers and made 19 of 22 from the free-throw line.
PISTONS 136, PELICANS 130
DETROIT (AP) — Ron Holland II scored 14 of his season-high 26 points in the fourth quarter as Detroit beats New Orleans.
McCollum had 40 points and seven assists, but Holland helped the Pistons outscore the Pelicans 43-39 in the fourth quarter to win for the third time in four games.
Jalen Duren added 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Pistons, who played without All-Star point guard Cade Cunningham because of a calf injury. Marcus Sasser, who like Holland came off the bench, scored 20 points.
Jordan Hawkins made six 3-pointers and scored 25 points for the Pelicans, who put up a much better fight in Detroit than on Monday in New Orleans, when the Pistons routed them 127-81.
HEAT 122, HORNETS 105
MIAMI (AP) — Andrew Wiggins scored 42 points for the second-highest scoring game of his career, Tyler Herro added 29 and Miami beat Charlotte to snap a 10-game losing streak.
Wiggins had the most points by a Heat player this season — Herro had 40 three times — and finished five shy of his career high of 47, done Nov. 13, 2016, for Minnesota against the Los Angeles Lakers.
He’ll face his former team, Golden State, on Tuesday for the first time since getting traded to Miami last month.
Nick Smith Jr. scored 19 and LaMelo Ball had 18 points and 11 assists for Charlotte, which led by 12 early but were eliminated from postseason contention. The Hornets haven’t made the playoffs since 2016 — a seven-game Round 1 loss to Miami.
The Associated Press
