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It was Harden's first game with the Sixers since being acquired
with Paul Millsap from the Brooklyn Nets for Ben Simmons, Seth
Curry, Andre Drummond and two first-round draft picks. Harden
was sidelined with a strained hamstring for his first four games
with the Sixers.
Tyrese Maxey contributed 28 points and four steals, and Matisse
Thybulle chipped in with 11 points for the Sixers.
Karl-Anthony Towns led the Timberwolves with 25 points, D'Angelo
Russell added 21 and Anthony Edwards had 15. Jaden McDaniels
also scored 10 points.
Clippers 105, Lakers 102
Marcus Morris Sr. hit a go-ahead jumper with 39.4 seconds
remaining and the Clippers benefitted from a key call reversal
13 seconds later in a battle of Los Angeles teams, with the
Lakers playing as the home team.
The wild finish featured two flipped calls, one that followed a
Russell Westbrook miss with 26.3 seconds left and gave the
Clippers possession. A second replay reversed a foul call on the
Lakers, who missed multiple chances to tie in the closing
seconds.
Terance Mann led seven players in double figures with 19 points
for the Clippers, who beat the Lakers for a third straight time
this season. LeBron James was held to a team-high 21 points for
the Lakers, ending his run of 23 straight games with 25 or more
points.
Pelicans 117, Suns 102
CJ McCollum scored 32 points and Brandon Ingram added 28 as
visiting New Orleans ended Phoenix's eight-game winning streak.
Jonas Valanciunas added 18 points and 17 rebounds and the
Pelicans took control by outscoring Phoenix 42-31 in the third
quarter. New Orleans finished with a 53-37 rebounding advantage.
Devin Booker scored 30 points, Deandre Ayton had 20 and Cam
Johnson added 15 to lead the Suns, who lost for just the second
time in 21 games. It was Western Conference-leading Phoenix's
second game since losing Chris Paul to a fractured thumb.
Heat 115, Knicks 100
Tyler Herro scored a team-high 25 points off the bench for
visiting Miami, which overcame a 46-point effort by RJ Barrett
to beat New York.
Bam Adebayo finished with 16 points, 16 rebounds and four
blocked shots, Jimmy Butler scored 23 points and Kyle Lowry
added 19 points and nine rebounds for the Heat, who won for the
seventh time in eight games and moved back into a tie with the
Chicago Bulls atop the Eastern Conference at 39-21.
Barrett, who missed the final four games before the All-Star
break due to a sprained left ankle, showed no signs of rust in
his first action since Feb. 8. The 21-year-old scored 30 points
in the first half -- just six shy of his career high entering
the night -- and ended up with the most points by a Knicks
player since Carmelo Anthony scored 46 points against the Utah
Jazz on Nov. 14, 2014.
Jazz 114, Mavericks 109
Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points -- with seven 3-pointers --
and Utah's defense stiffened in the second half en route to a
win over Dallas in Salt Lake City.
Rudy Gobert contributed 14 points, 17 rebounds, three blocks and
two big buckets late in the fourth quarter. Bojan Bogdanovic
added 18 points as the Jazz won in the teams' first game back
from the All-Star break.
Luka Doncic scored 23 points on 8-of-24 shooting and dished out
11 assists with seven rebounds for the Mavericks. Dwight Powell
totaled 22 points and seven boards, and Spencer Dinwiddie fired
in 20 points for Dallas, which had won two in a row prior to the
All-Star break.
Spurs 157, Wizards 153 (2 OT)
Keldon Johnson and Jakob Poeltl had career-high scoring games,
Dejounte Murray produced his 12th triple-double and San Antonio
needed all of it to beat host Washington in double overtime.
Johnson led the Spurs with 32 points, Poeltl added 28 points, 11
rebounds and eight assists, and Murray -- fresh off his first
All-Star Game appearance -- racked up 31 points, 14 assists and
13 rebounds.
Kyle Kuzma tied his season high with 36 points and added eight
rebounds and seven assists. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 24
points, Raul Neto scored 22 and Daniel Gafford hit for 17 points
for Washington, which has dropped two of its past three games.
Hornets 125, Raptors 93
Terry Rozier had 23 points, nine assists and four rebounds and
Charlotte led all the way to rout visiting Toronto.
Kelly Oubre Jr. also scored 23 points for the Hornets, who had
lost their three previous games and nine of the past 10.
Montrezl Harrell contributed 20 points and 10 rebounds for
Charlotte, LaMelo Ball and P.J. Washington each scored 13
points, and Miles Bridges had 11 points, 10 rebounds and seven
assists.
Thunder 129, Pacers 125 (OT)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander posted 36 points, eight rebounds and
five assists to lead Oklahoma City past host Indiana.
The Thunder won for just the second time in nine games, while
the Pacers have dropped eight of their last nine.
After Indiana shot 53.9 percent in regulation, it cooled off in
overtime, making just 1 of 11 from the floor as the Thunder
pulled off a split of the season series. Both games between the
teams went to overtime.
Magic 119, Rockets 111
Chuma Okeke scored 10 of his career-high 26 points in the fourth
quarter, Wendell Carter Jr. finished with 24 points and 12
rebounds and host Orlando ended a four-game losing streak at the
expense of Houston.
Orlando fell behind by 14 points during the opening quarter
before rallying to earn its sixth victory in 27 home games. The
Magic also overcame a double-digit deficit to win for the
seventh time this season. Okeke made 9 of 13 shots, including
five 3-pointers, grabbed nine rebounds and had three steals.
Cole Anthony added 14 points, six assists and five rebounds and
Franz Wagner totaled 13 points and eight rebounds for the Magic.
The Rockets' Jalen Green scored 10 of his team-high 23 points in
the fourth quarter, but Houston dropped its eighth consecutive
game. Christian Wood overcame early foul trouble to post 21
points and 11 rebounds.
--Field Level Media
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