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Cunningham, the top pick in the draft, scored all but five of
his points after halftime. He also dished out eight of Detroit's
30 assists. Saddiq Bey matched Cunningham with 29 points, while
Cory Joseph contributed 16 points off the bench. Trey Lyles
added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Donovan Mitchell led the Jazz, who have lost three straight,
with 31 points. Hassan Whiteside contributed 21 points and 14
rebounds, and Jordan Clarkson tossed in 16 points.
Utah was missing five players who were in the league's health
and safety protocol, including starting center Rudy Gobert. Rex
Kalamian coached the Pistons after head coach Dwane Casey
entered the protocol earlier in the day.
Trail Blazers 114, Nets 108
Anfernee Simons totaled 23 points and a career-high 11 assists
as host Portland executed down the stretch and turned back
Brooklyn.
Robert Covington added 21 points as the Blazers won for the
third time in five games and were without Damian Lillard
(abdominal injury). Ben McLemore scored 20 points and hit two of
his five 3-pointers in the final 96 seconds.
Kevin Durant collected 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets,
who lost for the fifth time in seven games. Kyrie Irving added
22 but shot 9 of 21 in his second game of the season. The
unvaccinated guard is only eligible to play road games due to
New York's vaccine mandate.
Celtics 101, Pacers 98 (OT)
Jaylen Brown finished with 26 points, a career-high 15 rebounds
and six assists as host Boston held off Indiana for its second
straight win and fourth in six games.
Brown's floater with 2:34 left in overtime put the Celtics in
front for good as Boston outscored the visitors 12-9 in the
extra period. Jayson Tatum had 24 points and 12 rebounds and
Robert Williams III contributed 14 points and 12 boards.
Domantas Sabonis recorded a triple-double with 11 points, 23
rebounds and 10 assists for the Pacers, and Torrey Craig had 19
points off the bench. Indiana took its seventh loss in eight
games.
76ers 111, Rockets 91
Joel Embiid recorded 30-plus points for his seventh consecutive
game as Philadelphia extended its winning streak to seven by
dealing host Houston its 11th loss in 12 games.
Embiid finished with 31 points, eight rebounds and six assists
despite sitting out the fourth quarter with the 76ers holding a
safe lead. Andre Drummond contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds
off the bench for the 76ers, who outscored the Rockets 56-28 in
the paint.
Christian Wood and Jalen Green scored 14 points apiece for the
Rockets, who committed 21 turnovers, missed 29 of 42 3-point
attempts and trailed by as many as 27 points.
Hornets 103, Bucks 99
LaMelo Ball scored the winning basket as part of a 23-point
outing, leading Charlotte to a victory over visiting Milwaukee.
Charlotte swept two games against the defending NBA champions
across three nights to complete a 3-0 homestand. Ball made the
tiebreaking basket on a floater as he crossed the lane with 15.4
seconds to play.
Terry Rozier racked up 27 points, Miles Bridges finished with 17
points and 11 rebounds and Gordon Hayward provided 14 points as
the Hornets overcame 13-for-44 shooting from 3-point range (29.5
percent). Khris Middleton's 27 points and Giannis
Antetokounmpo's 26 points paced the Bucks, who have lost four of
their past five games.
Knicks 111, Spurs 96
RJ Barrett scored 25 of his 31 points in the final 26-plus
minutes as host New York pulled away from San Antonio to win for
the third time in its last four games.
Barrett, who scored the Knicks' final eight points of the first
half, produced his fourth 30-point game of the season. Mitchell
Robinson finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds for New York,
and Evan Fournier and Alec Burks added 18 and 16, respectively.
Dejounte Murray scored 24 points for the Spurs, who concluded a
1-6 road trip with their third consecutive defeat. Jakob Poeltl
collected 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Lonnie Walker IV had 15
points.
Cavaliers 109, Kings 108
Evan Mobley broke a fourth-quarter tie with two of his 17 points
and added a three-point play shortly thereafter as Cleveland
grabbed a late double-figure lead and held on to win at
Sacramento.
Kevin Love and Cedi Osman came off the Cleveland bench and
scored 18 and 15 points, respectively, to complement Jarrett
Allen's 18, Mobley's 17, Lauri Markkanen's 15 and Darius
Garland's 12. The Cavaliers improved to 2-1 to start a Western
swing.
Tyrese Haliburton had a game-high 21 points and Buddy Hield
added 19 to pace the Kings, whose fifth consecutive loss wasn't
decided until De'Aaron Fox misfired on a potential game-winning,
step-back jumper shortly before the final horn.
--Field Level Media
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