Payton Pritchard got here off the bench to attain a game-high 27 factors and ship 10 assists, main the Boston Celtics to a 123-99 win over the visiting Detroit Pistons on Thursday.
Pritchard shot 10 of 20 from the sphere, together with 7 of 15 from 3-point vary.
The Celtics acquired 23 factors from Derrick White and 19 from Kristaps Porzingis whereas beating the Pistons for the twelfth consecutive assembly.
Rookie Ronald Holland II scored a career-high 26 factors for the Pistons, who shot 7 of 37 (18.9 p.c) from 3-point territory. Detroit’s Cade Cunningham completed with 18 factors, eight rebounds and eight assists.
Kings 111, Pelicans 109
Domantas Sabonis had 32 factors and 20 rebounds, DeMar DeRozan scored 16 of his 29 factors within the third quarter and visiting Sacramento beat New Orlean Pelicans.
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DeAaron Fox and Keegan Murray scored 18 every for the Kings, who outscored the Pelicans 38-28 within the third quarter.
CJ McCollum scored a game-high 36 factors, Trey Murphy III had 21 and Dejounte Murray added 20 to guide New Orleans.
Warmth 114, Raptors 104
Bam Adebayo scored 21 factors and grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds, main host Miami over Toronto.
Miami, which received its season-best fourth straight sport, additionally acquired a game-high 23 factors from Tyler Herro. The Warmth additionally acquired essential bench contributions from Nikola Jovic (14 factors) and Dru Smith (11 factors).
Raptors star RJ Barrett made simply 5 of 18 photographs, however he had a triple-double with 13 factors, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Gradey Dick led Toronto with 22 factors, together with 12 within the first quarter. Jakob Poeltl added 16 factors.