Dillon Brooks scored 33 points and the Phoenix Suns overcame the loss of Devin Booker to earn a 125-108 road victory Monday that ended the Los Angeles Lakers’ seven-game winning streak.
Collin Gillespie scored 28 points by going 8 of 14 from 3-point range as the Suns stopped a two-game skid by winning the opener of a four-game road trip.
Booker scored 11 points in 10 minutes of the first quarter before he departed with a groin injury. Coach Jordan Ott said postgame that the team would know more about Booker’s status on Tuesday. Before leaving the game, Booker reached 17,000 points in 11 NBA seasons and became the third-youngest player with 17,000 points and 3,600 assists at 29 years, 32 days.
Luka Doncic scored 38 points and pulled down 11 rebounds while Austin Reaves added 16 points for the Lakers, who lost for just the third time in 16 games.
Cavaliers 135, Pacers 119
Donovan Mitchell scored 43 points and Jaylon Tyson added a season-high 27 as Cleveland beat Indiana in Indianapolis to end a three-game losing streak.
De’Andre Hunter and Evan Mobley scored 13 points apiece for Cleveland, which led by as many as 21 in the second quarter and never trailed after moving ahead 5-2. Mitchell had nine rebounds and six assists.
Pascal Siakam amassed 26 points and seven rebounds for the Pacers, who had won two straight for the first time after going 2-16 to open the season. Andrew Nembhard scored 21 points.
Pistons 99, Hawks 98
Jalen Duren produced 21 points and 11 rebounds as host Detroit escaped with a win over Atlanta.
Cade Cunningham contributed 18 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, six steals and three blocks for the Pistons. Cunningham’s two hoops in the final minute allowed Detroit to hang on despite a late Hawks 3-pointer.
Jalen Johnson led the Hawks with 29 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists. Nickeil Alexander-Walker tossed in 26 points, and Onyeka Okongwu had 20.
Mavericks 131, Nuggets 121
Ryan Nembhard finished with 28 points and 10 assists, both career highs, Anthony Davis scored a season-high 32 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and visiting Dallas beat Denver.
Cooper Flagg had 24 points and Klay Thompson added 15 for the Mavericks, who have won consecutive games for the first time this season.
Nikola Jokic had 29 points, 20 rebounds and 13 assists for the Nuggets, who lost their fourth straight home game. Spencer Jones scored 28 points to set a career high for the second straight game.
Wizards 129, Bucks 126
CJ McCollum scored 28 points while leading Washington to an improbable second-half comeback en route to a win over visiting Milwaukee.
Milwaukee led by 16 midway through the third quarter, but the Wizards got within range before going on a 10-1 run in the final 90 seconds of the game. The late surge featured 3-pointers from former Buck Khris Middleton, who had 15 points and six assists, and McCollum.
Marvin Bagley III added 22 points and eight rebounds for the Wizards, who have won two of their past three games in the wake of a 14-game losing streak. Kevin Porter Jr., who exited with a lower back spasm midway through the fourth, led Milwaukee with 30 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo added 26 points and seven boards.
Heat 140, Clippers 123
Norman Powell sank six of Miami’s franchise-record-tying 24 3-pointers as the Heat blew out visiting Los Angeles.
Powell put up 30 points and shot 6-for-10 from long distance for the Heat, who won for the seventh time in eight games. Bam Adebayo set a career high with five treys while scoring 27 points and grabbing a season-high 14 rebounds.
Los Angeles’ Kawhi Leonard led all scorers with 36 points, 19 of them coming in the fourth quarter. James Harden finished with 11 points in only 20 minutes while Ivica Zubac contributed 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Clippers, who have lost eight of nine.
Magic 125, Bulls 120
Anthony Black saved five of his 22 points for a late surge, Desmond Bane capped a 37-point effort with a late go-ahead 3-pointer and Orlando held off visiting Chicago for its third consecutive win.
Bane shot 12 of 17 overall and 10 for 10 at the foul line in running up a season-high-tying point total. He also found time for six rebounds and five assists. Black grabbed nine rebounds, while Franz Wagner chipped in with 25 points.
Josh Giddey paced a balanced Chicago attack with 22 points. He was joined by Matas Buzelis with 21 and Nikola Vucevic and Tre Jones with 20 apiece. Ayo Dosunmu put up 18 points to go with a game-high seven assists.
Nets 116, Hornets 103
Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high 35 points as Brooklyn ended its nine-game home losing streak to start the season, defeating Charlotte in New York.
Porter returned after missing the previous two games due to back tightness and made 13 of 24 shots, including 7 of 11 from 3-point range. Noah Clowney added 18 points as the Nets stopped a four-game overall skid.
Rookie Kon Knueppel scored a game-high 18 points for the Hornets, who were denied a third straight win and dropped their eighth straight road game. LaMelo Ball collected 12 points and 14 assists.
Jazz 133, Rockets 125
Lauri Markkanen scored 29 points and Keyonte George added 28 to lead Utah to a victory over Houston in Salt Lake City.
Jusuf Nurkic registered 18 points and a team-high nine rebounds for the Jazz in a rematch of Houston’s 129-101 win at Salt Lake City on Sunday. George had a team-high eight assists.
Kevin Durant led the Rockets with 32 points and nine rebounds. Alperen Sengun chipped in 31 points and 14 assists while Amen Thompson added 23 points, but their efforts were not enough to extend Houston’s five-game road winning streak.
–Field Level Media
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