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The Spurs led by 16 points at intermission and by 92-78 after
three quarters, but Cleveland clawed back to within 110-106 on
two free throws by Jarrett Allen with 3:04 to play. A basket by
Devin Vassell was answered by a pair of foul shots by Darius
Garland with 1:38 left.
Donovan Mitchell's putback layup with 53 seconds remaining
brought Cleveland to within two points, and a free throw by Evan
Mobley with 37.9 seconds left made it 112-111. After Tre Jones
missed a reverse layup with 12.6 seconds left, the Cavaliers had
a chance to win, but Mitchell's layup with 6.7 seconds to go was
blocked by Johnson.
Garland then missed a 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds remaining, and
Vassell stole the rebound from Mitchell to secure the win.
Mitchell's 28 points led all scorers while Caris LeVert added 23
off the bench.
Heat 87, Pacers 82
Jimmy Butler scored seven of his 20 points during a pivotal
fourth-quarter run to lead Miami to a defeat of Indiana in
Indianapolis.
Bam Adebayo joined Butler as Miami's only other scorer in double
figures. He finished with 22 points, 15 of which came in the
first half. Adebayo also grabbed 12 of his game-high 17 rebounds
before intermission.
Buddy Hield, who scored a team-high 19 points, made a 3-pointer
in the final minute to pull Indiana to within four points, but
the host Pacers could come no closer after Butler's decisive
flurry. Andrew Nembhard scored 18 points for the Pacers. Myles
Turner recorded a double-double of 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Trail Blazers 133, Timberwolves 112
Damian Lillard matched his career high of 11 3-pointers and
scored 38 points in three quarters of action to lead Portland to
an easy wire-to-wire victory over visiting Minnesota.
Lillard missed just six of his 17 3-point attempts to reach his
franchise-record total of 11 for the third time. Jerami Grant
added 24 points and Jusuf Nurkic had 14 points and 16 rebounds.
Shaedon Sharpe had 14 points and Anfernee Simons added 12 for
the Trail Blazers.
D'Angelo Russell recorded 23 points and eight assists for the
Timberwolves, who are 1-2 on their five-game road trip. Anthony
Edwards and Jaylen Nowell scored 17 points apiece and Rudy
Gobert contributed 16 points and 20 rebounds for Minnesota.
Clippers 113, Celtics 93
Paul George scored 26 points and Kawhi Leonard had a season-high
25 points with nine rebounds as Los Angeles returned from an
East Coast road trip to earn a victory over visiting Boston.
Marcus Morris Sr. scored 13 points as the Clippers took the lead
for good in the second quarter and led by double digits for most
of the second half while earning the victory over the team with
the top record in the NBA.
Jaylen Brown scored 21 points and Jayson Tatum had 20 points
with 11 rebounds as the Celtics lost consecutive games for just
the second time this season.
Nets 112, Wizards 100
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 30 points, leading a cadre of
returning players in double figures as visiting Brooklyn
continued surging with a win over Washington.
The Nets won for the eighth time in nine games as Durant, Kyrie
Irving, Ben Simmons, Joe Harris, Seth Curry, T.J. Warren and Nic
Claxton all returned after missing Brooklyn's win over the
Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. Irving added 24 points,
including nine during a second-quarter run in which the Nets
took the lead for good.
Will Barton scored 22 points off the bench for the skidding
Wizards, who have lost seven straight and 10 of 11. Kyle Kuzma
had 20 points and Kristaps Porzingis also scored 20 points
before exiting with lower back tightness. Washington got no
closer than eight in the fourth, when Brooklyn led by as many as
16.
Grizzlies 128, Hawks 103
Tyus Jones had 22 points and a season-high 11 assists and host
Memphis won its sixth straight game, earning a victory over
short-handed Atlanta.
Jones was 8-for-14 from the field, including four 3-pointers, to
go along with three steals. Dillon Brooks added 18 points, Santi
Aldama had 16 and Jaren Jackson Jr. had 15 points, seven
rebounds and a career-high eight blocked shots. The Grizzlies
had seven players score in double figures.
The Hawks were playing without four starters -- Trae Young
(back), Clint Capela (left Achilles), John Collins (left ankle)
and Dejounte Murray (left ankle) -- as well as top reserve
Bogdan Bogdanovic (injury management). De'Andre Hunter, the lone
regular starter in the lineup, led with 19 points.
Mavericks 121, Thunder 114
Luka Doncic scored 38 points, narrowly missing a triple-double,
to lead host Dallas to a win over Oklahoma City.
Doncic added 11 rebounds and eight assists. Spencer Dinwiddie
also was close to a triple-double, finishing with 20 points, 10
assists and seven rebounds. The Mavericks needed a big offensive
performance, as Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tied a
career high with 42 points.
Gilgeous-Alexander finished with a flurry, with six points and
an assist in the final 2:03 to cut the Dallas lead to five with
28.1 seconds remaining. But Reggie Bullock hit a pair of free
throws and Maxi Kleber had a steal late to clinch the game for
the Mavericks. Dallas hit 22 3-pointers, their second most of
the season, with Tim Hardaway Jr. leading the Mavericks with
six.
--Field Level Media
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