DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points and Zach LaVine added 25 as the Sacramento Kings posted their season-best third straight win by controlling the visiting New York Knicks 112-101 on Wednesday night.
Precious Achiuwa recorded 20 points and a season-best 14 rebounds and Russell Westbrook added 19 points and 11 assists for the Kings. Maxime Raynaud added 10 points for Sacramento.
New York star guard Jalen Brunson injured his right ankle four-plus minutes into the contest and didn’t return. He had four points before exiting to snap his streak of 18 straight 20-point outings.
Mikal Bridges scored 19 points and OG Anunoby added 15 as New York lost for the sixth time in its past eight games. The contest marked Knicks coach Mike Brown’s first visit to Sacramento since being fired as Kings coach in December 2024.
Cavaliers 133, 76ers 107
Donovan Mitchell scored 27 of his 35 points in the second half and dished out nine assists to highlight Cleveland’s victory at Philadelphia.
Cleveland’s Darius Garland chipped in with 20 points and seven assists before leaving with a foot injury late in the third quarter. Evan Mobley added 17 points, 13 rebounds, six assists and four blocks for the Cavaliers, who will play at Philadelphia again on Friday.
Joel Embiid paced the Sixers with 20 points, while Paul George notched 17. Philadelphia’s starting guards, Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe, combined for just 23 points on 8-of-26 shooting.
Nuggets 118, Mavericks 109
Jamal Murray scored 33 points to lead Denver to a win over host Dallas.
Aaron Gordon added 22 and Peyton Watson had 18 for the short-handed Nuggets, who made it three straight victories.
Naji Marshall posted 24 points and Brandon Williams added 20 for the Mavericks, who were without Cooper Flagg in the second half after he sprained his left ankle.
Bulls 128, Jazz 126
Nikola Vucevic scored a season-high 35 points, including the go-ahead layup with four seconds left, and Jalen Smith notched 12 points and 10 rebounds to boost Chicago over visiting Utah.
The Bulls overcame a career-best 43 points off the bench from Utah’s Brice Sensabaugh. Keyonte George followed with 25 points, including a personal 8-0 run late in regulation that helped the Jazz erase a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
Tre Jones assisted on Vucevic’s winning shot, winging a pass from the right wing off his back foot following an Isaac Okoro offensive rebound.
Raptors 115, Pacers 101
After seeing a 27-point deficit in the second quarter trimmed to just four in the fourth, Toronto turned to Brandon Ingram and Scottie Barnes down the stretch as the Raptors won in Indianapolis.
Ingram had a game-high 30 points to go with seven rebounds, while Barnes added 26 points, 13 assists, and seven rebounds as the Raptors won for the seventh time in their last 10 games.
Pascal Siakam, Indiana’s leading scorer, was held without a basket until early in the second quarter. He recovered quickly, scoring 10 points in the second and another 12 in the third, and finished the night with a team-high 26 points and 10 rebounds.
Pelicans 116, Nets 113
Trey Murphy III had a game-high 34 points and Saddiq Bey made a pair of big plays in the final minute to lift New Orleans past visiting Brooklyn.
Brooklyn has lost five in a row and eight of nine. Michael Porter Jr. had 20 points for the Nets, but missed a long three at the buzzer that could have tied it. Five other Nets scored in double figures, including Egor Demin, who made five threes and finished with 17.
Zion Williamson scored 25 points for the Pelicans, including 14 in the third quarter to keep the Pelicans close. Yves Missi had 12 points and 12 boards for New Orleans, which earned just its second victory since Christmas.
Clippers 119, Wizards 105
Los Angeles leaned into its star tandem as Kawhi Leonard scored 33 points and James Harden added 22 points with eight assists to help the Clippers top Washington in Inglewood, Calif.
Rookie Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 16 points and fellow reserve Jordan Miller added 11 points and 10 rebounds as the Clippers extended their winning streak to four games and picked up a victory for the 11th time in 13 games going back to Dec. 20. Los Angeles shot 47% from the floor while winning for the eighth time in its past nine home games.
Kyshawn George scored 23 points and Khris Middleton added 17 for the Wizards, who lost their fourth consecutive game and fell to 0-2 on a four-game road trip. Wizards starting center Alex Sarr received a technical foul in each of the first two quarters and was ejected with under two minutes remaining before halftime after scoring four points.
–Field Level Media
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