With Victor Wembanyama out and Stephon Castle lost to a hip injury, the San Antonio Spurs still managed to cruise past Sacramento 123-110 in the NBA on Sunday.<\/p>\n
De’Aaron Fox delivered a season-high 28 points with 11 assists, Harrison Barnes added 20 points and Luke Kornet had 13 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots in the home triumph.<\/p>\n
“We did a great job being disciplined in our approach,” Kornet said. “Fox asserted himself.”<\/p>\n
The Kings (3-11) suffered their sixth consecutive loss while the Spurs improved to 9-4.<\/p>\n
“Wemby” missed his first game for the Spurs this season due to left calf tightness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old Frenchman is averaging 26.2 points, 12.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.6 blocked shots a game for San Antonio.<\/p>\n
When guard Castle was benched for the second half with a left hip injury, the Spurs kept their poise.<\/p>\n
“We handled it well. You want to come out, hit first and take command of the game,” Fox said. “We responded well to both (injuries).<\/p>\n
“We still have a talented team out there. When one guy goes down, not just the next man steps up but the whole team steps up… we’re able to withstand those type of things.”<\/p>\n
In other games, Jaylen Brown scored 33 points and 12 rebounds while Payton Pritchard added 30 points to spark the Boston Celtics over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 121-118.<\/p>\n
James Harden scored a game-high 37 points for the Clippers but missed a tying three-point shot at the final buzzer.<\/p>\n
– Three decided in OT –<\/p>\n
Houston’s Kevin Durant scored 35 points and Turkish center Alperen Sengun added 30 to lead the Rockets to a 117-113 overtime home victory over Orlando.<\/p>\n
Sengun blocked a Desmond Bane layup but a bad pass by Durant set up Anthony Black’s dunk with 1.7 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to give Orlando the lead.<\/p>\n
Sengun answered with 0.2 of a second to play to send the game into overtime at 102-102.<\/p>\n
Durant’s jumper with 9.2 seconds remaining in overtime gave Houston a 113-110 lead and the Rockets rebounded Wendell Carter’s missed free throw to set up Amen Thompson’s clinching free throws with 1.8 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n
In Utah, Finnish forward Lauri Markkanen scored 47 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But it was Jazz teammate Keyonte George who scored the last of his 34 points on a three-pointer with two seconds remaining in double overtime to give Utah a 150-147 triumph.<\/p>\n
Markkanen’s free throw with 19 seconds remaining in regulation set up the first overtime at 127-127 and Chicago’s Coby White sank a layup with 0.2 of seconds remaining to equalize at 136-136.<\/p>\n
Two White free throws with 8.4 seconds remaining in the second extra period tied the game, setting up George’s game winner and a three-point miss by Chicago’s Vucevic at the buzzer.<\/p>\n
White led the Bulls with 27 points.<\/p>\n
Dallas 18-year-old rookie Cooper Flagg, this year’s top NBA Draft pick, scored 21 points while PJ Washington added 21 and Daniel Gafford had 20 in the Mavericks’ 138-133 overtime home win over Portland.<\/p>\n
Atlanta edged host Phoenix 124-122 as Onyeka Okongwu scored 27 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 26 and Jalen Johnson contributed 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Hawks.<\/p>\n
Alexander-Walker sank the go-ahead layup with 54 seconds remaining and Atlanta sank free throws down the stretch to secure the victory.<\/p>\n
In New Orleans, Golden State’s Moses Moody scored 32 points on 10-of-16 shooting, including 8-of-12 from three-point range, in the Warriors’ 124-06 romp over the Pelicans.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn’s Michael Porter had 34 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in the Nets’ 129-106 victory at Washington, snapping a four-game losing skid to reach 2-11.<\/p>\n
The Wizards slid to 1-12, matching Indiana for the NBA’s worst record with an 11th loss in a row.<\/p>\n
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