The Boston Celtics overcame a 21-point deficit and raised their home record to 15-0 by beating the Detroit Pistons 128-122 in overtime Thursday night.
The Pistons also made dubious NBA history, losing for the 28th straight time, the longest in-season losing streak in league history. If they fall on Saturday vs. the visiting Toronto Raptors, they would tie the longest skid of all time, including from one season to the next.
Boston’s Kristaps Porzingis scored a season-high 35 points and added eight rebounds. Jayson Tatum finished the game with 31 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds.
Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 31 points and nine assists. Detroit received 22 points and 10 rebounds from Jaden Ivey, 15 points and 14 rebounds from Jalen Duren and 17 points, 12 rebounds and six assists from Bojan Bogdanovic.
Nuggets 142, Grizzlies 105
Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his 11th triple-double of the season, Jamal Murray finished with 23 points and nine assists and host Denver beat Memphis.
Peyton Watson scored a career-high 20 points while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Julian Strawther contributed 12 points each for the Nuggets, who earned their season-high sixth win in a row.
Desmond Bane logged 23 points and Marcus Smart put up 17 points for the Grizzlies, who played without Ja Morant (illness). Memphis had been 4-0 since Morant returned from a 25-game suspension to open the season.
Pelicans 112, Jazz 105
Brandon Ingram scored 26 points to lead three New Orleans players with 20-plus points as the host Pelicans held off Utah.
CJ McCollum added 22 points and Zion Williamson had 21 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Pelicans, who had lost three of their previous four games.
Collin Sexton scored 26 points and Lauri Markkanen had 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz, whose three-game winning streak ended. Utah’s Walker Kessler scored 11 and Jordan Clarkson added 10.
Pacers 120, Bulls 104
Myles Turner scored 24 points and Tyrese Haliburton delivered 21 points and 20 assists to lift visiting Indiana over Chicago.
Buddy Hield added 19 points for the Pacers, while Jalen Smith (15), Bennedict Mathurin (15), and Aaron Nesmith (12) rounded out a balanced attack that helped Indiana pull away down the stretch after squandering a 25-point lead.
Patrick Williams led the Bulls with 22 points, while DeMar DeRozan (21), White (16), Alex Caruso (15) and Ayo Dosunmu (15) followed.
Timberwolves 118, Mavericks 110
Anthony Edwards scored a season-high 44 points to lead Minnesota past Dallas in Minneapolis.
Edwards made six 3-pointers while equaling the third-highest scoring output of his career as the Timberwolves won for the 12th time in 15 games. Dallas played without star Luka Doncic (quadriceps) for the second time in five games. Sidekick Kyrie Irving (heel) missed his 11th game in a row.
Rudy Gobert registered 20 points on 7-of-7 shooting and also had 11 rebounds and three blocked shots for Minnesota, which owns the second-best record in the NBA at 23-7. Tim Hardaway Jr. matched his season high of 32 points and Jaden Hardy added 17 for the Mavericks, who lost for the sixth time in nine games.
–Field Level Media
