Victor Wembanyama racked up a career-high 40 factors, together with the game-sealing 3-pointer with 1:12 to play in extra time, as San Antonio Spurs held off the visiting New York Knicks 130-126 on Friday.
Wembanyama additionally had 20 rebounds (tying his profession finest) and 7 assists, and Spurs wanted all of it to outlast the hassle of New York’s Jalen Brunson, who poured in a career-high 61 factors.
With 24 seconds left, San Antonio tied it with a pair of free throws by Wembanyama to ship the sport to extra time. Tre Jones hit a floater with 3:35 left earlier than Wembanyama stoked the Spurs’ benefit to 125-121 with 2:56 left. Brunson’s layup reduce the margin to 1 level earlier than Wembanyama canned a 3-pointer to make it 128-124 with 1:12 to go.
Mitchell Robinson’s putback culled New York’s deficit to 2 factors, however Brunson’s 3-point try with 5 seconds left missed, and Knicks threw away the rebound. Brunson missed Knicks’ file for single-game scoring by one level, as Carmelo Anthony had a 62-point recreation on January 25, 2014, towards the then Charlotte Bobcats.
Warmth 142, Path Blazers 82
Bam Adebayo posted 21 factors, 12 rebounds and 9 assists in simply three quarters to guide host Miami to an historic win over Portland.
It was the biggest margin of victory in Warmth historical past. Warmth additionally dished out a franchise-record 41 assists. Miami, which led by as many as 47 factors, additionally received a game-high 26 factors together with 11 rebounds from reserve Thomas Bryant. Jimmy Butler, who missed the earlier recreation on account of sickness, returned and offered eight factors and eight assists in 25 minutes.
Path Blazers, who’ve misplaced 9 straight, have been led by Scoot Henderson, who scored 20 factors. Deandre Ayton added 18 factors, together with 16 within the first half.
Timberwolves 111, Nuggets 98
Anthony Edwards had 25 factors and Rudy Gobert completed with 21 factors and 12 rebounds as Minnesota beat host Denver to maneuver right into a tie for first place within the Western Convention.
Mike Conley scored 23 factors and Jaden McDaniels 17 for Timberwolves, who’ve received 4 in a row regardless of Karl-Anthony Cities’ absence after surgical procedure on his left knee.
Nikola Jokic had 32 factors and 10 rebounds and Aaron Gordon and Michael Porter Jr. scored 14 every for the Nuggets, who’ve misplaced two in a row at house for the primary time this season. They fell to 3rd within the West, a half-game behind Minnesota and Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder.
Mavericks 107, Kings 103
Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic mixed for 56 factors, Dante Exum broke a late tie with a 3-pointer and Dallas accomplished a two-game highway sweep of Sacramento with a victory.
Irving led the way in which with 30 factors and Doncic accomplished a double-double with 26 factors and a game-high 12 assists for Mavericks (44-29), who had received 132-96 within the opener of the four-day double-header on Tuesday.
Domantas Sabonis recorded an NBA-leading twenty sixth triple-double with 13 factors, a game-high 12 rebounds and a team-high 10 assists for the Kings (42-31), who fell two video games behind Mavericks within the Western Convention playoff race after having began the two-game set tied.
Clippers 100 Magic 97
Kawhi Leonard scored the final of his game-high 29 factors on a go-ahead jumper with 34.1 seconds remaining and Los Angeles escaped with a highway win over Orlando.
Leonard’s basket, which proved to be the game-winner, got here off a James Harden steal of Paolo Banchero.That led to a Paul George basket, a part of his 12 factors, successfully placing the sport away with 5.1 seconds to play.
Banchero scored a team-high 23 factors and grabbed eight rebounds however dedicated seven of Orlando’s 17 complete turnovers. Franz Wagner completed with 13 factors however shot simply 5 of 13 from the ground, together with 0-for-3 from 3-point vary. The final of these misses was when his overtime-forcing effort on the buzzer was no good.
Thunder 128, Suns 103
Josh Giddey scored 23 factors to raise host Oklahoma Metropolis to a win over Phoenix.
It was Thunder’s first win in three video games this season with out Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who missed his second consecutive recreation with a proper quad contusion. Oklahoma Metropolis has received six of its previous eight and saved tempo close to the highest of the Western Convention.
It was simply the second loss in six video games for Suns. Kevin Durant led Phoenix with 26 factors on 10-of-17 capturing. Bradley Beal chipped in with 15 factors and Devin Booker added 14.
Warriors 115, Hornets 97
Stephen Curry scored 23 factors in a return to his hometown as visiting Golden State beat Charlotte Hornets.
Warriors, who’ve a three-game profitable streak made up completely of highway video games, additionally obtained 20 factors from Andrew Wiggins and 18 from Trayce Jackson-Davis, whereas Moses Moody added 15 off the bench. Chris Paul contributed 11 factors and a game-high 9 assists.
Miles Bridges led Charlotte with 22 factors, although that wasn’t sufficient to offer the staff consecutive victories for the primary time in additional than a month. Davis Bertans had 14 factors within the first 20 minutes for Hornets, however he didn’t rating once more.
Pacers 109, Lakers 90
Pascal Siakam scored 22 factors with 11 rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton added 21 factors with eight rebounds and eight assists and Indiana flashed some improved protection whereas incomes a victory to finish Los Angeles’ season-best five-game profitable streak.
T.J McConnell scored 16 factors and Aaron Nesmith added 12 as Pacers exacted revenge after giving up 150 factors to Lakers in a highway loss on Sunday. Pacers held Lakers to a season low in factors on 40.7 % capturing from the ground, whereas capturing 48.3 % on their offensive finish.
Anthony Davis scored 24 factors with 15 rebounds for Lakers after lacking Wednesday’s victory at Memphis to relaxation knee discomfort. LeBron James scored 16 factors with 10 rebounds and D’Angelo Russell was held to 6 factors as the primary Los Angeles scoring trio performed collectively for the primary time in 4 video games.
Rockets 101, Jazz 100
Jalen Inexperienced scored 34 factors, together with 30 within the second half, and Fred VanVleet added 22 as red-hot Houston defeated Utah in Salt Lake Metropolis for its eleventh consecutive victory.
Amen Thompson contributed 18 factors, 14 rebounds and 5 assists to assist Rockets match their longest profitable streak since late within the 2017-18 season. Houston stays a recreation behind Golden State Warriors for the ultimate play-in spot within the Western Convention.
John Collins contributed 30 factors and 11 rebounds and Collin Sexton had 29 factors for Jazz, who misplaced their eighth straight.
Cavaliers 117, 76ers 114
Georges Niang scored 25 factors and Evan Mobley added 20 factors and 11 rebounds on Friday as host Cleveland dealt Philadelphia its third straight loss.
Darius Garland had 14 factors and 12 assists, and Jarrett Allen contributed 13 factors and 11 rebounds for Cavaliers, who welcomed again Donovan Mitchell after a six-game absence on account of a nasal fracture. He scored 12 factors.
Kyle Lowry led Sixers with 23 factors, Tobias Harris added 21 and Tyrese Maxey had 16 factors and 11 assists. The Sixers performed with out Joel Embiid, De’Anthony Melton and Robert Covington. Embiid is now touring with the staff and seems to be near getting back from knee surgical procedure on February 6.
Nets 125, Bulls 108
Cam Thomas scored 28 factors and Dennis Schroder added 27 as Brooklyn heated up from behind the 3-point arc within the second half and earned a victory over Chicago in New York.
Nets tied a season-high with their third straight win because of an offense that made 18 of 24 3-point makes an attempt in a 78-point second half. Nets tied a season-high with 25 treys and completed with 68 3-pointers whereas finishing a three-game season sweep of Bulls.
DeMar DeRozan led all scorers with 31 factors however Chicago misplaced for the fourth time in 5 video games.
Pistons 96, Wizards 87
Cade Cunningham had 33 factors and 7 assists to guide Detroit to a highway win over Washington in a recreation between groups with the 2 worst data within the NBA.
Jalen Duren had 20 factors and 17 rebounds for Pistons, who snapped an eight-game shedding streak. Pistons shot simply 6 of 24 from 3-point vary however made 31 of their 65 subject targets contained in the arc and hit 16 of 20 from the free-throw line.
Corey Kispert scored 23 factors and Deni Avdija had 18 factors, 11 rebounds and 9 assists in defeat for Washington, which has misplaced two straight following a three-game profitable streak.