De’Aaron Fox scored a game-high 29 factors because the visiting San Antonio Spurs knocked off the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder 117-102 at hand the Thunder its first back-to-back losses this season.
The Spurs have received eight consecutive video games — which doesn’t embody the NBA Cup closing loss to the New York Knicks on Dec. 16 — to increase their longest successful streak since 2018-19. Three of the Thunder’s 5 defeats this season, together with each of their previous two, have come in opposition to San Antonio.
Spurs star Victor Wembanyama, who got here off the bench for the sixth consecutive recreation since lacking almost a month attributable to a calf damage, completed with 19 factors and 11 rebounds in almost 26 minutes.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma Metropolis with 22 factors, however he shot simply 7-for-19 from the sphere, together with 1-for-6 from past the 3-point arc. Isaiah Hartenstein paired 13 factors with 12 rebounds whereas no different Thunder participant scored greater than 12.
Knicks 126, Cavaliers 124
Jalen Brunson hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:05 left for host New York, which overcame a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Cleveland.
Brunson scored 13 of his 34 factors over the ultimate 7:15 for the Knicks, who mounted their greatest comeback win of the season. Reserves Jordan Clarkson (25 factors) and Tyler Kolek (16 factors, 9 assists) had large video games whereas Karl- Anthony Cities (11 factors, 14 rebounds) posted a double-double.
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Donovan Mitchell scored 34 factors for the Cavaliers, who blew a pair of double-digit leads and took their first loss this season when main after three quarters. Darius Garland recorded 20 factors and 10 assists.
Warriors 126, Mavericks 116
Stephen Curry misplaced a private scoring duel with Cooper Flagg of their first head-to-head matchup, however he teamed with Gary Payton II to stall a late rally as Golden State held off Dallas in San Francisco.
Curry led the Warriors with 23 factors in Golden State’s thirteenth consecutive look on Christmas Day. After the Mavericks closed inside 110-104 with 4:28 to play, Payton transformed a Draymond Inexperienced cross into his momentum- swinging dunk and Curry bombed in a 26-footer on Golden State’s subsequent possession to reopen a double-digit lead with 3:45 left.
Flagg went for a game-high 27 factors and Brandon Williams added 26 for the Mavericks, who misplaced Anthony Davis for the evening after he skilled proper groin spasms within the fourth minute of the second quarter. Davis completed with three factors, three rebounds and two blocks in 11 minutes.
Rockets 119, Lakers 96
Amen Thompson scored a game-high 26 factors and Kevin Durant added 25 as visiting Houston by no means trailed Los Angeles to cap a 2-4 street journey on a great word.
Jabari Smith Jr. notched 16 factors whereas Alperen Sengun contributed 14 factors and 12 rebounds because the Rockets remodeled a 10-point halftime lead into an 81-58 benefit on Smith’s tip-in with 5:52 left within the third quarter.
Luka Doncic paced the Lakers with 25 factors and 7 assists whereas LeBron James posted 18 factors in his nineteenth Christmas Day recreation. Austin Reaves scored 12 factors within the first half, however he didn’t play within the second half attributable to left calf soreness. The Lakers have been outrebounded 48-25.
Nuggets 142, Wolves 138 (OT)
Nikola Jokic compiled 56 factors, 16 rebounds and 15 assists because the host Denver Nuggets rallied from 9 down in additional time to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 142-138.
The 30-year-old star produced the primary NBA recreation ever with at the very least 55 factors, 15 rebounds and 15 assists. Jokic additionally logged the third-highest level complete ever registered on Christmas Day, behind 60 factors from Bernard King in 1984 and 59 from Wilt Chamberlain in 1961.
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