In a potential NBA Finals preview, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tossed in 34 points, and Chet Holmgren added 23 points and 15 rebounds to lead the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder over the Boston Celtics 118-112 on Wednesday.
Oklahoma City, which outscored Boston 30-24 in the fourth quarter, has won eight of its past nine games. The result ended Boston’s five-game winning streak.
The game was tied at 98 with 8:12 to play, but the Thunder took control by scoring 15 of the next 19 points. Seven Oklahoma City players scored in double figures.
Jayson Tatum led Boston with 33 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. The Celtics received 22 points and eight rebounds from Derrick White, while Al Horford added 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Timberwolves 115, Nuggets 95
Anthony Edwards scored 29 points, Julius Randle added 25 and visiting Minnesota beat Denver for its season-high sixth win in a row.
Jaden McDaniels contributed 16 points, while Rudy Gobert had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who have beaten the Nuggets five straight times dating back to the 2024 playoffs.
Nikola Jokic had 34 points and eight rebounds, and Russell Westbrook scored 19 points for the Nuggets, who fell into a tie with the Memphis Grizzlies for second place in the Western Conference. Denver struggled from deep, making just 7 of 30 shots (23.3 per cent).
Knicks 114, Trail Blazers 113 (OT)
Mikal Bridges scored 33 points and drilled the winning 3-pointer as time expired in overtime to give New York a victory over host Portland.
Deni Avdija Avdija (27 points, 15 rebounds) converted a three-point play with 3.4 seconds left to put Portland ahead by two before the Knicks ran a play for Bridges, who finished off a stellar 13-of-21 shooting effort with the decisive try.
OG Anunoby recorded 23 points and seven rebounds, Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and seven boards, and Josh Hart contributed 11 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for the Knicks. Scoot Henderson scored 20 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and overtime for Portland, which lost its fifth straight.
Rockets 111, Suns 104
Jalen Green scored a game-high 29 points, Alperen Sengun and Dillon Brooks combined for 39 points, and Houston topped visiting Phoenix for its fourth win in a row.
Green finished 10-for-11 from the free-throw line and grabbed seven rebounds, while Sengun paired 20 points with seven assists. Brooks added 19 points on 8-of-14-shooting from the field.
Bradley Beal paced the Suns with 25 points, while Kevin Durant and Devin Booker scored 19 each. Phoenix shot 53.4 per cent from the field but committed 17 turnovers en route to its fourth loss in six games.
Grizzlies 122, Jazz 115
Luke Kennard came off the bench to score a career-high-tying 30 points, and Ja Morant added 28 points and seven assists to lead Memphis past visiting Utah.
Kennard made 11 of 14 shots from the field, including 7 of 9 from beyond the arc. Kennard and Morant made key 3-pointers in the final minute to give the Grizzlies their fourth straight win. Utah lost its seventh straight.
Desmond Bane chipped in 17 points, nine assists and five rebounds for Memphis, which improved to 24-10 at home. Utah got 22 points apiece from John Collins and Collin Sexton.
Clippers 119, Heat 104
James Harden posted 24 points, eight rebounds and a game-high 11 assists while leading visiting Los Angeles past struggling Miami.
Bogdan Bogdanovic added 30 points and 10 rebounds, and Ivica Zubac posted 26 points and a game-high 14 rebounds for the Clippers, who have won four of their past five. Kawhi Leonard, who had 29 points in a loss at New Orleans on Tuesday, was held out as the Clippers played on consecutive nights.
Miami took its season-worst fifth straight despite a game-high 31 points plus seven assists and six rebounds from Tyler Herro. Andrew Wiggins added 22 points, but Bam Adebayo was held to six points, though he had seven rebounds, seven assists and a game-high five steals.
Raptors 118, 76ers 105
Jared Rhoden posted a career-high 25 points and 12 rebounds, and A.J. Lawson added 28 points as Toronto defeated visiting Philadelphia.
Toronto led by as many as 22 points in the first half, but the margin dwindled to three entering the fourth quarter. Rhoden had a steal and a dunk, however, to put the Raptors ahead by 10 with 8:28 left in the fourth, and he followed with a 3-pointer to bump the margin to 13.
Orlando Robinson added a career-best 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Raptors, who got 14 rebounds from Colin Castleton. Quentin Grimes scored 29 points for the 76ers, and Jeff Dowtin Jr. added a career-best 20 points.
Hawks 123, Hornets 110
Trae Young returned to the lineup to produce his 39th double-double of the season and help Atlanta win its fourth consecutive game, taking down visiting Charlotte.
Young, who missed a Monday game with a bruised left quadriceps, came back to score 35 points — going 21-for-21 at the foul line. He added 12 assists and seven rebounds. Young became only the eighth player in NBA history to have 21-plus free throws without a miss.
Charlotte’s Miles Bridges logged 31 points and 11 rebounds. LaMelo Ball contributed 25 points and nine assists, and DaQuan Jeffries scored a career-high 20 points. The Hornets had their two-game winning streak end.
Spurs 126, Mavericks 116
De’Aaron Fox racked up 32 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds to lead host San Antonio past Dallas, giving the Spurs a split of the teams’ two-games-in-three-nights series.
Fox registered his highest point output as a member of the Spurs since being acquired from the Sacramento Kings in early February. Keldon Johnson and Jeremy Sochan each added 18 points off the San Antonio bench.
Reserve Brandon Williams led the Mavericks with 19 points, while Dante Exum added 17.