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 The home loss was Golden State's first since Jan. 31, 2015, and
first after 36 straight wins this season.
After Harrison Barnes buried a 3-pointer to get Golden State within
107-106 with 10.2 seconds to play, the Celtics called a timeout and
got the ball to Thomas, who snuck behind the Warriors' defense for
the game-clinching hoop. Golden State had two chances to tie, but
Stephen Curry misfired from 28 feet and, after an offensive rebound,
Barnes wasn't close on a desperation 24-footer.
Evan Turner had 21 points and Jared Sullinger posted a 20-point,
12-rebound double-double for the Celtics. With 22 points, Thomas led
Boston in scoring for a franchise-record 15th straight time.
Curry scored a game-high 29 points for Golden State, hitting eight
3-pointers. Draymond Green had 16 points and a team-high nine
rebounds and seven assists.
 Cavaliers 110, Hawks 108 (OT)
ATLANTA -- LeBron James and Cleveland tried to put Atlanta away in
the first half, building a 21-point lead in the second quarter but
ended up needing overtime to get the job done.
James finished with 29 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists and
Kyrie Irving hit some big free throws in overtime to lead the
Cavaliers past the Atlanta Hawks 110-108 on Friday night at Philips
Arena. It's the sixth straight win for the Cavaliers over Atlanta,
including last season's four-game sweep in the Eastern Conference
finals.
The score was tied 96-96 with 29 seconds to play. James missed a
fadeaway jumper from the baseline, giving the ball back to Atlanta
with 4.9 seconds left. But the Hawks failed to get a shot off on
their last possession of regulation. Irving made five of six free
throws in the final 30 seconds of overtime to help fend off the
Hawks.
Jeff Teague finished with 28 points and nine assists for the Hawks.
Mavericks 98, Pistons 89
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- J.J. Barea poured in 29 points and Dallas won
its third straight game by cooling off Detroit at The Palace.
Dirk Nowitzki supplied 19 points for Dallas. Wesley Matthews had 17
points and Devin Harris chipped in 13.
Marcus Morris' season-high 31 points and 12 rebounds led the
Pistons, who had won six of their last seven games. Andre Drummond
posted his 63rd double-double with 12 points and 17 rebounds.
Raptors 99, Grizzlies 95
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points, Kyle Lowry added
22 and Jonas Valanciunas led a strong defensive effort that carried
Toronto over Memphis at FedExForum.
Valanciunas finished with a career-high seven blocked shots and a
team-best 14 rebounds. His inside defensive presence helped the
Raptors limit the Grizzlies to 12 points in the paint in the second
half. Memphis had 26 in the first half.
The injury-depleted Grizzlies lost their fifth straight. Zach
Randolph led Memphis with 16 points and the bench scored 52 points.
Jazz 98, Timberwolves 85
SALT LAKE CITY -- Gordon Hayward scored 22 points and Utah overcame
a sluggish first half against Minnesota.
The Jazz played without Derrick Favors (knee), but his replacement,
Trey Lyles, had one of the best games of his rookie season. Lyles
scored 17 of his 18 points in the first half to help keep Utah in
the game.
All five Jazz starters finished in double figures. Rodney Hood
finished with 17 points, Shelvin Mack added 16 and Rudy Gobert
contributed 10 points and 14 rebounds. The win kept Utah in a tie
for the seventh playoff spot in the West with Dallas, which won at
Dallas earlier in the night.
Andrew Wiggins led all scorers with 24 points and Karl-Anthony Towns
chipped in 17 points and 11 rebounds for Minnesota.
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Hornets 100, 76ers 91
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kemba Walker had 27 points and 11 rebounds and
Charlotte moved closer to clinching a playoff spot.
The Hornets started slowly and looked flat and uninspired at times,
but it was still enough to beat the lowly Sixers for the second time
this week. Charlotte wound up leading by as many as 16 points in the
second half.
The Hornets have won three straight and five of their last six.
Their magic number to clinch a playoff spot is one.
Walker's 11 rebounds were a season high and one off his career high.
The Hornets also got 19 points from Nicolas Batum and 13 points and
seven rebounds off the bench from Al Jefferson.
The Sixers have lost 11 straight and 24 of their last 25. Hollis
Thompson and Jerami Grant led the Sixers with 17 points apiece.
Knicks 105, Nets 91
NEW YORK -- Langston Galloway came off the bench to score 18 points,
leading New York over Brooklyn in Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks snapped a three-game losing streak. The Nets have lost
nine straight road games.
Derrick Williams scored 16 points and rookie guard Jerian Grant,
making his first start of the season at point guard, added 14 points
for the Knicks.
Sean Kilpatrick topped the Nets with 17 points and Brook Lopez and
Markel Brown added 16 points apiece.
Bucks 113, Magic 110
MILWAUKEE -- Giannis Antetokounmpo notched his franchise record
fifth triple-double of the season and Jabari Parker capped a
26-point night with a go-ahead hook shot in the closing seconds as
Milwaukee rallied past Orlando at the Bradley Center.
Antetokounmpo finished with 18 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds.
Greg Monroe and Khris Middleton also finished with 18 points apiece
and Tyler Ennis added 15.
Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 22 points off the bench.
Heat 112, Kings 106
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gerald Green scored a season-high 30 points
and Miami hardly missed Dwyane Wade for three quarters against
Sacramento.
Wade sat out after injuring his neck while taking a hard fall in
Miami's loss at the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. The Heat
responded by shooting 51 percent from the field, including 17 of 22
in the first quarter, en route to moving into a virtual tie atop the
Southeast Division. Green was 11 of 18, including 8 of 10 in a
15-point first quarter.
The Heat saw most of that work go to waste in the fourth quarter.
The Kings cut an 87-63 third-quarter deficit to 105-104 with under
90 seconds left, but Joe Johnson's jumper and a 3-pointer by Luol
Deng on the next possession helped the Heat hold on.
Goran Dragic finished with 18 points and seven assists for Miami.
Wizards 106, Suns 99
PHOENIX -- John Wall had 22 points and 10 assists to lead Washington
and Markieff Morris scored 21 points in his return to Phoenix.
Bradley Beal scored 21 points and Marcin Gortat had 11 points and 11
rebounds for the Wizards, who remained three games behind Chicago
for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with six games
to play after the Bulls also won Friday.
Ramon Sessions had nine points, including seven in a 16-1 run midway
through the fourth quarter that turned an 86-81 deficit into 96-87
lead with 4:51 left. The Suns were never closer than six thereafter
while losing their fifth straight. Mirza Teletovic had 12 points and
12 rebounds and P.J. Tucker had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the
Suns.
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