Daniss Jenkins poured in a career-high 30 points, including four in the final 25 seconds, and the host Detroit Pistons ended the Los Angeles Lakers’ nine-game winning streak with a 113-110 victory on Monday.
Jenkins added eight assists while Jalen Duren contributed 20 points and 11 rebounds in Detroit’s fourth straight win. The Pistons played without All-Star Cade Cunningham for the third consecutive game. Cunningham was diagnosed with a collapsed lung last week.
Luka Doncic led the Lakers with 32 points. Austin Reaves had 24 points and Deandre Ayton amassed 13 points and 10 rebounds. LeBron James finished with 12 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds.
Doncic was eligible to play after the team successfully won an appeal to the league. The superstar guard picked up his 16th technical foul on Saturday, triggering an automatic one-game suspension for reaching the season limit. However, the technical was rescinded on Sunday. Doncic airballed a contested 3-point try at the buzzer.
Thunder 123, 76ers 103
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 22 points to guide Oklahoma City to its 12th straight win, a comfortable victory in Philadelphia.
Jalen Williams and Jaylin Williams each added 18 points for Oklahoma City, which shot well from the field (53.3%), the 3-point arc (43.9%) and the foul line (9 of 10) in a smooth all-around performance. Jared McCain, who was dealt from the Sixers to the Thunder at last month’s trade deadline, chipped in with 13 points off the bench.
VJ Edgecombe scored 35 points to pace Philadelphia, which had won four of its previous five games. The Sixers continued to play without Tyrese Maxey (finger), Joel Embiid (oblique) and Paul George (suspension), among others.
Pacers 128, Magic 126
Pascal Siakam scored a season-high 37 points as Indiana ended a franchise-record 16-game losing streak with a victory at Orlando.
Jarace Walker chimed in with 20 points as the Pacers won for the first time since Feb. 11, before the All-Star break. Aaron Nesmith had 19 points — all in the second half — while shooting 5 of 8 from 3-point range, and Andrew Nembhard paired 13 points with 14 assists.
Paolo Banchero poured in a season-best 39 for the Magic, who took their fifth straight defeat. Orlando trailed by six with 1:33 to play but had its shot for a tie denied at the buzzer when Siakam blocked Banchero’s layup attempt.
Spurs 136, Heat 111
Victor Wembanyama posted 26 points, 15 rebounds, five blocks and four assists as San Antonio defeated host Miami.
It was the sixth straight win for the Spurs who are 22-2 since Feb. 1 — the best record in the NBA during that span. With Wembanyama playing, the Spurs have won 11 straight games. On Monday, he got the most support from Dylan Harper and Keldon Johnson (21 points each off the bench); and Stephon Castle (19 points).
Miami lost its fifth straight game, tying its longest skid of the season. Norman Powell led Miami on Monday with 21 points while Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro had 18 points each. The Heat are now just 1-5 since Adebayo scored 83 points on March 10. Powell, Andrew Wiggins (nine points) and Jaime Jaquez Jr. (eight points) all returned from injuries for the Heat, but they weren’t enough.
Clippers 129, Bucks 96
Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points and set a career high for made 3-pointers in a season as Los Angeles returned home with a blowout win over Milwaukee.
Brook Lopez and Kobe Sanders produced 19 points apiece and Darius Garland added 15 points and six assists for the Clippers, who won a second straight game while beginning a run with seven of their last 11 regular-season games at home. The Clippers shot 58% from the floor and 44.7% (17 of 38) from beyond the arc as Leonard set a career high with 149 made 3-pointers for the season.
Gary Trent Jr. scored 20 points, AJ Green had 15 and Ryan Rollins added 13 for the Bucks, who fell to 3-11 since Feb. 27. Milwaukee was without Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee) for the fourth consecutive game. The Bucks star has played six games since Jan. 27.
Bulls 132, Rockets 124
Collin Sexton scored 25 points and Matas Buzelis added 23 to pace seven players in double figures and boost host Chicago past Houston.
Chicago squandered a 22-point, first-half lead before recovering down the stretch against Houston, scoring 14 of the game’s final 20 points. Leonard Miller matched a career high with 17 points to go with nine rebounds while Josh Giddey had 15 points and 13 assists.
The Rockets lost their third straight road game despite a 40-point effort from Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun’s 33-point, 13-rebound, 10-assist triple-double. Durant and Sengun combined on 31-for-42 shooting. Amen Thompson added 23 points for Houston while Reed Sheppard had 13.
Hawks 146, Grizzlies 107
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 26 points — 22 in the first half — and Atlanta routed struggling Memphis for its 11th straight home victory.
The Hawks are 14-2 since the All-Star break and have won 13 of their last 14 games. Their margin of victory during the home-court winning streak is 19.8 points. The Grizzlies have lost three straight and 11 of their past 12 games.
Atlanta also got 16 points from Jonathan Kuminga and Onyeka Okongwu. Memphis was led by GG Jackson with 26 points and Tyler Burton, who came off the bench to score 20 points and grab eight rebounds.
Raptors 143, Jazz 127
RJ Barrett scored 27 points and Sandro Mamukelashvili added 23 as Toronto snapped a two-game skid with a blowout of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Ja’Kobe Walter made six 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 21 points for the Raptors, who led by as many as 35 and shot 61.4% from the field, including 54.1% (20 of 37) from 3-point range.
Ace Bailey led the Jazz with a career-high 37 points and matched his career high with seven 3-pointers. Brice Sensabaugh scored 24 points as Utah lost for the sixth time in seven games.
Trail Blazers 134, Nets 99
Toumani Camara established career highs of 35 points and nine 3-pointers to lead Portland to a convincing victory over visiting Brooklyn.
Camara scored 23 points on flawless shooting in the first half to get Portland started toward its fourth win in the past five games. Deni Avdija scored 18 points, Kris Murray added 16 points off the bench, and Donovan Clingan had 15 rebounds and seven blocked shots to go with seven points for the Trail Blazers, who are a half-game behind the Los Angeles Clippers for the eighth spot in the Western Conference.
Reserve Tyson Etienne scored a team-high 18 points, Ziaire Williams scored 16 and Josh Minott added 15 for the Nets, who lost their eighth straight contest and 18th in their past 20. Backup Chaney Johnson had 12.
Warriors 137, Mavericks 131
Moses Moody hit a key 3-pointer in overtime before sustaining a left knee injury as the Warriors concluded a six-game trip with a victory over Dallas.
Moody finished with 23 points for the Warriors, who put eight players in double figures while earning just their second victory on the trek. However, he was stretched off in overtime. Kristaps Porzingis returned to one of his old homes to log 22 points.
Cooper Flagg had a game-high 32 points for the Mavericks. Dallas rallied from an 11-point, fourth-quarter deficit to have the final shot of regulation, but Naji Marshall couldn’t connect on a 25-footer with the clock winding down.
–Field Level Media
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