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 Jokic, a rookie, set season highs in points and rebounds.
Nuggets guard Will Barton scored 16 of his 20 points in the fourth
quarter as Denver pulled away for an easy win.
Guard DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points for the Raptors, who suffered
their first loss since falling at Cleveland on Jan. 4.
The 11-game winning streak was a franchise record for Toronto. The
Raptors won four in a row on the road and then swept a seven-game
homestand that concluded on Saturday.
Cavaliers 111, Pacers 106 (OT)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Kyrie Irving scored eight of his team-leading 25
points in overtime, and Cleveland rallied to defeat Indiana in
Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
LeBron James, who added 24 points and 12 rebounds, gave the
Cavaliers the lead for good with 1:37 remaining in the extra period,
and two Irving free throws pushed the Cleveland lead to 107-104 with
43.2 seconds to go.
Irving and James each sank two free throws during the final 13.7
seconds as Cleveland improved to 25-2 when scoring 100 points or
more and 25-3 when leading at halftime. Cleveland has won five in a
row.
Pistons 105, Nets 100
NEW YORK -- Andre Drummond collected 21 points and 18 rebounds for
his league-leading 40th double-double, and Detroit blew a 10-point
lead before recording a 105-100 victory over Brooklyn.
Drummond reached 20 points for the 18th time by shooting 10-for-15
from the floor. His biggest shot was an easy dunk with 90 seconds
remaining that broke a 98-98 deadlock.
Reggie Jackson added 19 points after spending time in a Toronto
hospital over the weekend for dehydration. Jackson scored nine of
his points in the fourth quarter, including a 19-foot floater with
51 seconds to give Detroit a 102-98 lead and a 5-foot floater with
14.9 seconds remaining for a 104-100 edge.
Thunder 114, Wizards 98
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kevin Durant scored 28 points to lead Oklahoma City
to a victory over Washington at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Durant shot 9 of 18 to go with nine rebounds and four assists. Serge
Ibaka added 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Enes Kanter came off the
bench to score 14 points.
Russell Westbrook collected his seventh triple-double of the season
with 17 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. He is now two
triple-doubles behind league leader Draymond Green of the Golden
State Warriors this season as the Thunder improved to 37-13.
Hawks 112, Mavericks 97
ATLANTA -- Led by Jeff Teague's season-high 32 points, Atlanta ended
a three-game losing streak with a win over Dallas.
Teague shot 12-for-15 from the field, posting a season-best total
for field goals made, and made a career-high five 3-pointers. Teague
added eight assists and five rebounds. He came up two points short
of his career best.
Atlanta swept the two-game series and beat the Mavericks for the
sixth consecutive meeting. The Hawks had lost five of their previous
six games overall.
Grizzlies 110, Pelicans 95
NEW ORLEANS -- Mike Conley keyed a 10-0 fourth-quarter run with a
go-ahead 3-pointer and no-look assist to Marc Gasol to lift Memphis
to a victory over New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center.
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The Pelicans led 86-84 with 7:02 left, but Conley nailed a
long-range jumper to put Memphis up for good, 87-86. After a New
Orleans miss, Conley drove the baseline, was fouled by Toney Douglas
and made both foul shots.
Vince Carter then hit the first of three 3-pointers to give Memphis
a 92-86 lead, and Conley closed out the spurt by feeding Gasol from
the high post for a rolling dunk. The Grizzlies shot 61 percent for
the game.
Spurs 107, Magic 92
SAN ANTONIO -- LaMarcus Aldridge scored a season-high 28 points as
San Antonio shrugged off a lackluster performance in the middle two
quarters and held off Orlando to keep its home unbeaten streak
intact.
The Spurs fashioned a 15-2 run over a span of 3:37 that encompassed
the end of the third quarter and start of the fourth to wrest away
Orlando's short-lived lead. Kyle Anderson had seven of his nine
points during that deciding stretch for San Antonio while reserve
Patty Mills hit three jumpers as part of his season-high-tying
22-point output.
San Antonio improved to 26-0 at the AT&T Center this season,
matching the 1977-78 Portland Trail Blazers for the best home start
ever by a Western Conference team.
Jazz 105, Bulls 96 (OT)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Forward Gordon Hayward scored a team-high 27 and
had a big overtime session to lead Utah to a victory over Chicago.
Hayward, who missed a game-winning jumper at the end of regulation,
scored eight points in overtime to help the Jazz improve to 22-25.
Hayward added 12 rebounds and seven assists as Utah earned its first
three-game winning streak of the season.
Rodney Hood totaled 19 points before fouling out early in overtime
for the Jazz. Jimmy Butler scored 26 points with seven rebounds and
six assists for the Bulls, who fell for the second consecutive day.
The Bulls, now 26-21, have lost five of seven games.
Kings 111, Bucks 104
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Rudy Gay scored 32 points, and Rajon Rondo and
Marco Belinelli added 19 and 18 points, respectively, to give
Sacramento a victory over Milwaukee at Sleep Train Arena.
The Kings held Milwaukee to 39 second-half points and used an 18-11
spurt late to end a four-game losing streak and earn a rare win
without center DeMarcus Cousins.
Cousins missed his first game since Nov. 28 after suffering a
sprained left ankle in Sacramento's 121-117 loss at Memphis on
Saturday. The Kings won for only the second time in nine games
without him.
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