OKLAHOMA CITY — Isaiah Joe scored 22 points and Cason Wallace added 20 points and 10 assists to help the short-handed Oklahoma City beat Cleveland.
Chet Holmgren had 17 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks for Oklahoma City (44-14), which made 21-of-41 three-point attempts (51.2 per cent), including six by Joe, and converted 17 turnovers into 31 points.
The Thunder played without injured starters Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (abdominal strain) and Jalen Williams (strained right hamstring). and key contributors Ajay Mitchell (abdominal strain) and Alex Caruso (sprained left ankle).
Donovan Mitchell, James Harden and Sam Merrill each had 20 points for Cleveland (36-22), which lost for the first time in eight games. The Cavaliers, who made 13-of-39 three-pointers (33.3 per cent), fell behind early but couldn’t complete the comeback against the hot-shooting Thunder.
WARRIORS 128, NUGGETS 117
SAN FRANCISCO — Brandin Podziemski scored 12 of his 18 points in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter and the Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 128-117 on Sunday.
Podziemski shot 7-of-16 and added 15 rebounds and nine assists. Al Horford hit six three-pointers and finished with 22 points and seven assists as the Warriors ended a two-game losing streak despite being without Stephen Curry (knee), Kristaps Porzingis (sick) and Jimmy Butler (torn right ACL). Draymond Green (back) was also a late scratch.
Moses Moody had 23 points and seven rebounds for the Warriors. DeAnthony Melton added 20 points.
Nikola Jokic had 25 points, 20 rebounds and 12 assists for Denver. It’s Jokic’s fifth triple-double in seven games, 19th of the season and the 183rd of his career.
Jamal Murray scored 21 points for the Nuggets, who had won three of five. Christian Braun scored 18 and Bruce Brown added 12.
RAPTORS 122, BUCKS 94
MILWAUKEE — Immanuel Quickley scored 32 points and Toronto snapped Milwaukee’s three-game win streak with a victory.
Toronto’s Brandon Ingram had 22 points, and Sandro Mamukelashvili added 19. Quickley was 5-of-11 on three-point attempts and had nine assists and three rebounds.
Ryan Rollins and Kevin Porter Jr. led the Bucks with 21 points each. Cam Thomas scored 15 off the bench. Milwaukee lost for just the second time in its last eight games.
Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo missed his 11th straight game since straining his right calf on Jan. 23. The Bucks are 15-15 with Antetokounmpo and 9-16 without him this season.
HAWKS 115, NETS 104
ATLANTA — Jalen Johnson had 26 points and 12 rebounds and Atlanta rallied from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Brooklyn for the Nets fourth straight loss.
CJ McCollum added 16 points and eight rebounds in his first start since joining the Hawks as part of a trade that sent Trae Young to the Wizards. Jock Landale had 17 points in 16 minutes off the bench, knocking down all three of his three-point shots. Onyeka Okongwu threw down a thunderous slam over Nic Claxton in the third quarter and finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks.
Michael Porter Jr. led the Nets with 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Claxton returned after missing three games with ankle and hip injuries to finish with 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
MAVERICKS 134, PACERS 130
INDIANAPOLIS — Khris Middleton scored 25 points and P.J. Washington added 23 to lead Dallas over Indiana, snapping a 10-game losing streak.
Middleton also had seven rebounds and seven assists and was one of six Mavs players to score in double figures. Washington grabbed nine boards, and Marvin Bagley III had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Dallas ended its longest slide since skids of 10 and 15 games in 1997-98, and won for the first time since Jan. 22 against Golden State.
All-Star forward Pascal Siakam returned from a three-game absence and led the Pacers with 30 points while grabbing eight rebounds. Andrew Nembhard had 22 points and 11 assists. Jarace Walker added 18 points, nine rebounds and six assists.
Kobe Brown scored a career-high 15 as Indiana fell to 0-3 since the all-star break, losing its first home game since Feb. 3 — the longest stretch between home games in the franchise’s NBA history.
CELTICS 118, LAKERS 89
LOS ANGELES — Jaylen Brown had 32 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and Boston swept the season series in the NBA’s most storied rivalry with a victory over Los Angeles.
Payton Pritchard scored 30 points with six three-pointers and eight assists for the Celtics, who have won three straight and eight of nine as they attempt to close the gap on Detroit atop the Eastern Conference standings.
Brown and Pritchard scored 19 points apiece in the second half, and Pritchard wrapped up the win on a step-back three-pointer with 3:24 to play, prompting the Lakers to empty their bench amid scattered boos.
Luka Doncic had 25 points and LeBron James got the 43,000th point of his career while scoring 20 for the Lakers, who fell short at home against a probable NBA title contender for the third time in two weeks. Los Angeles was held to its second-lowest point total of the season.
76ERS 135, TIMBERWOLVES 108
MINNEAPOLIS — Tyrese Maxey had 39 points and eight assists, VJ Edgecombe made a career-high six three-pointers and finished with 24 points, and Philadelphia beat Minnesota to snap a four-game losing streak — all by double figures.
Maxey made 16-of-28 shots from the field and hit four of Philadelphia’s 21 three-pointers. Quentin Grimes had 19 points, which included five threes, and seven assists. Kelly Oubre Jr. added 18 points and four steals.
Coming off a 126-111 defeat Saturday night at New Orleans, the Sixers were again without centre Joel Embiid, who missed his third straight game since the all-star break due to right shin soreness. Embiid also sat out three of the last five games going into the break with soreness in his right knee.
Minnesota had its three-game win streak snapped. Anthony Edwards scored 19 of his 28 points in the first half for the Timberwolves. Jaden McDaniels added 19 and Julius Randle scored 18.
HORNETS 129, WIZARDS 112
WASHINGTON — LaMelo Ball made a career-high 10 three-pointers and scored 37 points to help Charlotte rout Washington for a four-game season sweep.
Ball attempted 15 three-pointers. Kon Knueppel added 28 points, and Brandon Miller had 22. The Hornets made 12-of-14 three-pointers in the third quarter to blow open the game, and finished 25-of-46 from long range.
Bilal Coulibaly scored 15 of his 17 points in the first quarter for Washington. The Wizards dropped to 16-40, missing a chance for their first three-game winning streak since February 2025.
Charlotte had lost three of four since a nine-game winning streak ended just before the all-star break. The Hornets (27-31) are 10th in the Eastern Conference, a half-game behind Atlanta and 1.5 games ahead of Milwaukee.
TRAIL BLAZERS 92, SUNS 77
PHOENIX — Donovan Clingan had 23 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots to lead Portland past the short-handed Phoenix.
Jerami Grant also scored 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting. The Trail Blazers bounced back from an ugly 157-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday and have won five of their past seven.
Portland built a 20-point lead by late in the third quarter and settled for a 71-57 advantage heading into the fourth. Collin Gillespie hit two three-pointers to cut it to 80-69 with 7:36 left but Grant responded with a three to turn back the rally.
Gillespie led Phoenix with 18 points, and Jalen Green had 13. Coming off a 113-110 double-overtime win over Orlando at home Saturday, the Suns shot just 36.9 per cent from the field and the 77 points were a season low.
It was a sloppy game for both teams — the Blazers had 21 turnovers and the Suns had 19.
KNICKS 105, BULLS 99
CHICAGO — Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points and 11 rebounds for his NBA-leading 39th double-double and New York outlasted the sliding Chicago for their second straight victory.
Towns scored six straight points — on a three-pointer, a layup and free throw — after Chicago took a 95-94 lead with 3:52 left in regulation on Matas Buzelis’ three. Mikal Bridges hit another three-pointer with 27 seconds left, and Jalen Brunson iced it with two free throws.
Brunson had 19 points and nine assists to help New York deal the Bulls a ninth straight loss, their longest skid since a 10-game slide in January 2019.
Landry Shamet added 16 points for the often cold-shooting Knicks, who shot 44.7 per cent from the floor after overcoming an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Houston 108-106 in New York on Saturday.
Buzelis finished with 15 points for Chicago. Jalen Smith had 12 before leaving the in the third quarter with right calf tightness, and Isaac Okoro had 12. Guerschon Yabusele had 11 points and 13 rebounds.
MAGIC 111, CLIPPERS 109
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Desmond Bane scored 36 points and Paolo Banchero added 16 points and eight assists as Orlando held on for a victory over Los Angeles.
Wendell Carter Jr. had 15 points and 14 rebounds and Tristan da Silva scored 13 for the Magic, who improved to 5-2 since Feb. 5.
Kawhi Leonard shrugged off an ankle injury to score 37 points and Bennedict Mathurin added 21 points and nine rebounds off the bench for the Clippers, who are 4-5 since Feb. 2. Mathurin missed a three-point attempt to win the game at the buzzer.
Jordan Miller had 14 points for the Clippers.
Leonard exited Friday’s loss against the Los Angeles Lakers with an ankle sprain. Mathurin was playing in his fifth game for the Clippers after he was acquired at the trade deadline from the Indiana Pacers.
Orlando won despite going 8-of-23 from three-point range, two games after setting a franchise record with 27 three-pointers in a victory at Sacramento. Jalen Suggs missed his second consecutive game for the Magic with back spasms.
