Luka Doncic hit a baseline jumper with 0.5 seconds left as the host Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the Denver Nuggets 127-125 in overtime on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Doncic finished with 30 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds for his eighth triple-double of the season. With its fifth straight win, Los Angeles clinched the season series against Denver.<\/p>\n
Austin Reaves had 32 points, including a bucket in the final seconds of the fourth to send it to overtime. Marcus Smart added \u200b21 points and LeBron James scored 17 for the Lakers. Smart\u2019s fifth 3-pointer of the night gave Los Angeles a 125-123 lead with 31 seconds left in overtime. \u200cNikola Jokic tied it with 15.1 seconds left, but Doncic\u2019s 17-foot fadeaway won it for the hosts.<\/p>\n
Jokic had 24 points, 16 rebounds and 14 assists for his 27th triple-double of the season and fifth in his last six games Braun had 12 apiece for the Nuggets.<\/p>\n
Spurs 115, Hornets 102<\/p>\n
Victor Wembanyama racked up 32 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists and four blocked shots in his return from a one-game absence due to a sore calf to lead host San Antonio to a victory over Charlotte as two of the hottest teams in the NBA clashed.<\/p>\n
De\u2019Aaron Fox added 17 points for the Spurs, with Stephon Castle adding 15 points with 10 assists. Keldon Johnson \u200cscored 13 \u200bpoints and Luke Kornet contributed 10 for San Antonio, which is 17-2 since the start of February,<\/p>\n
Miles Bridges led Charlotte with \u206022 points while Kon Knueppel scored 20, Coby White \u2060had 18 off the bench and LaMelo Ball added 17 for the Hornets, who had a two-game winning streak snapped but are 8-3 since Feb. 22.<\/p>\n
Magic 121, Heat 117<\/p>\n
Paolo Banchero posted 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as visiting Orlando defeated Miami for the fifth straight time.<\/p>\n
Orlando led by as many as 22 but needed two Wendell Carter Jr. free throws with 11 seconds left to help put Miami away. Banchero added two free throws with 7.8 seconds left. Desmond Bane added 21 points for the Magic, \u200bwho have won seven straight. Carter scored 15, Jalen Suggs added 14 and Jamal Cain chipped in 12 as the Magic swept the season series 5-0.<\/p>\n
Miami, which had its seven-game win streak snapped, was led by Bam Adebayo, who had 20 points, seven rebounds, four steals and two blocks. Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 22 points, seven assists and three steals. Fellow reserve Norman \u2060Powell had 20 points and Pelle Larsson scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Celtics 111, \u2060Wizards 100<\/p>\n
Neemias Queta scored a game-high 24 points and had 10 rebounds to help Boston end a two-game losing streak and defeat visiting Washington.<\/p>\n
The \u200bCeltics received 20 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists from Jayson Tatum, and a 16-point performance from Jaylen Brown. Derrick White scored 15 and Luka Garza added 15 off the bench. Boston \u200boutrebounded Washington 55-38. The Celtics grabbed 19 offensive rebounds.<\/p>\n
The loss stretched Washington\u2019s losing streak to 11. The Wizards have lost nine in a row \u200con the road. Tristan Vukcevic made 6 of 7 3-point attempts and led the Wizards with 22 points. Fellow reserve Jamir Watkins added 15 points and Trae Young scored 11 and had six assists.<\/p>\n
Hawks 122, Bucks 99<\/p>\n
CJ McCollum scored 30 points and made seven 3-pointers to help red-hot Atlanta extend its winning streak to nine games with a victory over visiting Milwaukee.<\/p>\n
Jalen Johnson added 23 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for his 12th triple-double of the season as Atlanta won nine in a row for the first time since a 19-game stretch in the 2014-15 season.<\/p>\n
Ryan Rollins had \u206022 points and eight assists for the Bucks, who dropped their eighth game in nine tries. Kevin Porter Jr. contributed 18 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.<\/p>\n
76ers 104, Nets 97<\/p>\n
Quentin Grimes scored 28 points, as Philadelphia notched a home victory over Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
Adem Bona chipped in with nine points, 10 rebounds and three blocks for Philadelphia, which continued to play without Tyrese Maxey (finger), Joel \u2060Embiid (oblique), and Paul George (suspension), among others. VJ Edgecombe contributed 16 points and \u200cseven assists for the Sixers, who had dropped five of their previous seven games. Justin Edwards added 19 points.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn lost for the \u206013th time in 15 games despite erasing a 28-point, second-half deficit. Danny Wolf scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to pace \u200bthe Nets, who took \u200cthe court without several key players, including top scorer Michael Porter Jr. (ankle).<\/p>\n
Kings 118, Clippers 109<\/p>\n
DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points and Precious \u200bAchiuwa added 25 \u2060with 13 rebounds as Sacramento turned a brief stop on the road into a victory over host Los Angeles in Inglewood, Calif.<\/p>\n
Maxime Raynaud scored 23 points and Russell Westbrook added 12 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists against his former team as the Kings won for the third time in their past four games to continue emerging from their 2-20 downturn. The Kings were playing on the road for the only time in a stretch of 10 games and are now 3-3 during the run.<\/p>\n
Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points for the Clippers to tie the franchise record with his 45th consecutive game of at least 20 points. Leonard went to the locker room in the first half with a cut over his left eye and departed for good with 9:27 remaining in the game \u200bwhen he rolled his left ankle.<\/p>\n
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