In the NBA, the Lakers defeated the 76ers 119-115, while the Spurs, Wizards, Raptors, Hornets, Magic, Hawks and Warriors also recorded wins.
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Austin Reaves scored 35 points off the bench, LeBron James added 17 points with 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the loss of Luka Doncic to beat the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 119-115 on Thursday.
Jake LaRabia and Rui Hachimura each scored 14 points for the Lakers, who came back from a 5-3 road trip with a win. Doncic scored 10 points before leaving the game late in the second quarter with soreness in his left foot. He will undergo an MRI scan, coach JJ Reddick said.
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The Lakers came back from a 14-point deficit in the third quarter and won the game despite not taking their first lead until the fourth quarter.
Joel Embiid scored 35 points and Tyrese Maxey added 26 points with 13 assists for the 76ers, whose season-best winning streak ended at five. VJ Edgecomb had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Spurs 135, Mavericks 123
Victor Wembaneyama had a dominant performance with 29 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocked shots to lead visiting San Antonio past Dallas.
Harrison Barnes scored 19 points, Keldon Johnson 18 points and De’Aaron Fox 17 points for the Spurs, who have won three straight.
Mavericks star Cooper Flagg scored 32 points, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to score 30 or more points in four consecutive games. Naji Marshall also scored 32 points, and Dallas lost its sixth straight game.
Wizards 126, Pistons 117
Will Riley led eight Washington players in double figures with 20 points as the undermanned Wizards stunned host Detroit.
Riley added six rebounds and five assists for the Wizards, who had only 10 players available due to trade deadline moves but still won for the fourth time in six games. Sharif Cooper scored a career-high 18 points.
For the Pistons, Cade Cunningham had 30 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists, and Duncan Robinson had 21 points. Jaylen Duren sat out the second half with a sore right knee. Detroit’s other starter, Tobias Harris, was out with a sore left hip.
Raptors 123, Bulls 107
Brandon Ingram scored 22 of his 33 points in the first half and Toronto, which completed seven trades before the deadline, defeated visiting Chicago. The Bulls featured two new players in the starting lineup and three new players overall.
Immanuel Quickley added 24 points for the Raptors, who won two of three games to open a five-game homestand. Sandro Mamukelashvili and Colin Murray-Boyles each scored 17 points.
Chicago’s new backcourt, Anfernee Simons and Jaden Ivey, scored 22 and 13 points, respectively. Gershon Yabusele had 15 points and 11 rebounds in his Bulls debut off the bench.
Hornets 109, Rockets 99
Rookie Con Knuppel scored 24 points and LaMelo Ball added 20 points as visiting Charlotte defeated Houston to extend its winning streak to eight.
Miles Bridges scored 18 points and Josh Green scored 14 points on 4-of-4 shooting for the Hornets, whose winning streak was the franchise’s longest since the 1998-99 season.
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 31 points for the Rockets, who had split their past six games and lost two straight at home. Jabari Smith Jr. had 17 points and seven rebounds.
Magic 118, Nets 98
Jalen Suggs recorded his first career triple-double as Orlando opened a four-game homestand with a win over Brooklyn.
Suggs, in his fifth year with the Magic, had 15 points, 11 assists, 11 rebounds, four blocks and three steals in just 29 minutes. The Magic never trailed, with Desmond Bane scoring 23 points and Paolo Banchero adding 22 points.
Rookie Egor Demin made six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 26 points for the Nets, who suffered a nine-game losing streak against Orlando. Rookie Nolan Traore tied his career high with 21 points.
Hawks 121, Jazz 119
Jock Landale matched his season-high 26 points in his debut in Atlanta, and Nickel Alexander Walker scored 23 points, including the game-winning goal with 1.3 seconds left, as the Hawks defeated visiting Utah.
Landale was acquired by Atlanta from the Grizzlies on Wednesday, traveled from Memphis to Atlanta for Thursday morning’s shootaround, and was in the starting lineup later that day. He made 10 of 14 from the field, tied a season-high with 11 rebounds, tied a career-high with five assists and had a season-best four blocked shots.
Jalen Johnson also recorded 22 points, 16 rebounds, and 15 assists for Atlanta, achieving his 10th triple-double of the season. For the Jazz, Isaiah Collier totaled 25 points and 11 assists, and Kyle Filipovski had 15 points and 17 rebounds.
Warriors 101, Suns 97
Pat Spencer had a career-high 20 points and six 3-pointers, and Golden State, despite missing Stephen Curry (knee) for the second straight game, scored the final 10 points to beat host Phoenix.
Guy Santos contributed 18 points and his breakaway layup with 28.7 seconds left gave the Warriors a 99-97 lead. After Phoenix’s Dillon Brooks missed a 3-point shot, the Warriors picked up the loose ball and De’Anthony Melton made a layup at the buzzer.
Brooks had 24 points and Grayson Allen had 21 points and five 3-pointers for the Suns, who had won four of their past five games.
