Trae Young scored the game-winning basket with 1.6 seconds left as the visiting Atlanta Hawks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 132-130 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night.
Young led Atlanta with 34 points and nine assists. De’Andre Hunter had 20 points, and Dyson Daniels supplied 19 points, seven assists, six rebounds, four steals and three blocks.
Cade Cunningham’s 30 points and 14 assists led Detroit, which had won two in a row. Tobias Harris contributed 22 points.
Cunningham’s layup with 26.5 seconds left tied the game, but Young then knocked down a long 2-pointer with the shot clock about to expire. The Pistons didn’t get a shot off on their final possession.
Thunder 125, Bucks 96
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points to lead Oklahoma City to a home rout of Milwaukee.
Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Bucks were without Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis. The Thunder were without Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace and Alex Caruso.
Ousmane Dieng put up a season-high 21 points for the Thunder. Ryan Rollins had a career-high 16 points to lead Milwaukee. Bucks rookies AJ Johnson and Tyler Smith posted season-best tallies of 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Pacers 112, Jazz 111
Pascal Siakam scored 22 points to lead Indiana to its fourth straight victory, a come-from-behind triumph over Utah in Salt Lake City.
Siakam made a game-clinching dunk in the final seconds as the Pacers overcame a 12-point deficit in the final six minutes to win their sixth straight road game. Tyrese Haliburton added 18 points.
John Collins totaled 21 points and 12 rebounds and Jordan Clarkson also netted 21 points for the Jazz, who lost for the ninth time in 10 outings. Clarkson tapped away an Indiana inbounds pass beyond midcourt in the last seconds, but the Jazz couldn’t get a shot off.
Trail Blazers 121, Suns 119 (OT)
Deandre Ayton scored 25 points and collected a season-best 20 rebounds against his former team to help Portland notch an overtime victory over visiting Phoenix.
Deni Avdija recorded 24 points, eight rebounds and five assists before fouling out as the Trail Blazers completed a two-game sweep of the Suns and improved to 8-1 over their past nine games.
Devin Booker scored 34 points and became the all-time leading scorer in franchise history for the Suns, but he missed a free throw that would have tied the game with 4.4 seconds left in OT.
Knicks 124, Rockets 118
Jalen Brunson scored 11 of the final 13 points for host New York, which overcame an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to send Houston to its third straight loss.
Brunson finished with 42 points, 10 assists and six rebounds for the Knicks, who went 4-1 on their now-concluded homestand. Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 points apiece for the Knicks, who outscored the Rockets 46-29 while shooting 62.5 percent in the fourth quarter.
Amen Thompson posted 25 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for the undermanned Rockets. It was Thompson’s second triple-double of the season and the third of his career. Jalen Green added 21 points.
Grizzlies 128, Spurs 109
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 31 points, GG Jackson added a season-high 27 and Ja Morant had 25 to lead host Memphis past San Antonio.
Morant, who missed the previous two games with a right shoulder injury, shot 9-for-18 — including 4-for-6 from beyond the 3-point arc — and finished with 11 assists and three steals. Rookie center Zach Edey contributed 16 points and 14 boards. The Grizzlies played without Desmond Bane (ankle).
Victor Wembanyama, who sat out San Antonio’s loss to the Miami Heat on Saturday with an illness, led the Spurs with 27 points and 10 rebounds — his eighth straight double-double. Stephon Castle added 21 points.
Warriors 104, Magic 99
Moses Moody capped a 17-point performance off the bench with a late 3-pointer, Andrew Wiggins had a team-high 25 points and Golden State outlasted Orlando in San Francisco.
Stephen Curry overcame a slow start to score 24 points for the Warriors, who won for the third time in their past four games. Cole Anthony came off the bench to pace Orlando with 26 points.
Wiggins, Kevon Looney and Draymond Green had buckets during a six-point burst that gave Golden State the lead for good. And after Moody countered a Franz Wagner jumper with his 3-pointer for a 99-94 advantage with 1:07 remaining, the Warriors were able to hold on.
Wizards 124, Hornets 114
Bilal Coulibaly pumped in 26 points and reserve Corey Kispert racked up 25 as visiting Washington defeated Charlotte, winning back-to-back games for just the second time this season.
Kyle Kuzma provided 22 points for the Wizards, who ended a 16-game losing streak by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday.
All five Charlotte starters scored in double figures, led by Miles Bridges and Nick Smith Jr. with 24 points apiece. Bridges had the first triple-double of his career, supplying 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Nuggets 125, Pelicans 113
Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high 36 points, Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists and host Denver beat New Orleans.
Jamal Murray finished with 20 points and eight assists for the Nuggets, who were missing three rotation players: Russell Westbrook (hamstring), Peyton Watson (knee) and Aaron Gordon (injury management).
The Pelicans’ Trey Murphy III tied his career high with 41 points and matched a season high with eight 3-pointers. He had 24 points on 8-of-10 shooting in the third quarter.
Kings 116, Timberwolves 114
DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points on 14-for-25 shooting and Sacramento held on for a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Malik Monk added 26 points and eight rebounds for Sacramento, which won for only the second time in the past six games. Naz Reid scored 30 points on 12-for-19 shooting to lead Minnesota.
Monk made two free throws to make it 114-111 Kings with 6.8 seconds left. Domantas Sabonis added two more free throws to increase the lead to five points with 5.2 seconds remaining. The Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards hit a 3-pointer just before the buzzer, but it was too little, too late.
–Field Level Media
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