Memphis, Feb. 26 (BNA): Ja Morant scored 23 points and seven rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies took an early lead and cruised to a 112-94 win over the Denver Nuggets Saturday night in a game between the Big West teams. .
Teus Jones finished with 17 points, and Luke Kennard, Xavier Tillman and Dillon Brooks scored 12 each for Memphis, which is six games behind Denver in the conference race, the Associated Press reports.
Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Jeff Green added 12 points. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Christian Brown each scored 11 points as Denver’s four-game winning streak came to an end. Denver was hampered by 40% of the shooting game. The Nuggets’ starting linebackers were 17 out of 47 from the field in the game.
Denver’s total of 94 points was a season low.
Celtics 110, 76ERS 107
Philidelphia: Jason Tatum buried a light-pointer three-pointer for Boston with 1.3 seconds left, Joel Embiid didn’t recover his desperation in time to tie the game and the Celtics held the lead for Philadelphia.
Tatum finished with 18 points, 13 rebounds, and six assists. Jaylen Brown scored 26 points and Derrick White added 18 for the Celtics.
Embiid finished with 41 points and 12 rebounds. James Harden scored 21 points and Tobias Harris scored 19.
The endgame thriller proved worthy of a showdown between two of the best teams in the East. Despite this, Boston proved they were still the team to beat.
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Charlotte: Gordon Hayward scored 21 points, rookie center Mark Williams scored career-highs with 18 points and 20 rebounds and Charlotte beat Miami for their fourth consecutive win of the season.
LaMelo Ball scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half and finished with 13 assists for his sixth consecutive double-double. Kelly Ober Jr. and Dennis Smith Jr. each earned 15 points off the bench for the Hornets.
Tyler Hero scored 33 points on six three-pointers and Jimmy Butler added 28 as Miami lost its fourth in a row. Kevin Love recorded 13 points and 13 rebounds in his second game since joining the Heat.
Jazz 118, Spurs 102
Salt Lake City: Lauri Markkanen scored 27 points and final site Chris Dunn added 15 as Utah rallied from a 14-point deficit and beat struggling San Antonio.
Markkanen sealed the game with 14 points in the fourth quarter, with Walker Kessler scoring four of his five blocks in the closing minutes. Kessler added 12 rebounds and nine points.
Jeremy Suchan scored 22 points, Keldon Johnson 18 and Zach Collins 15 for the Spurs, who lost their 16th consecutive game.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (BNA): Julius Randle scored 28 points as New York defeated New Orleans as the Knicks celebrated the golden anniversary of their 1972-73 NBA championship team.
Six players scored double-digit points for New York, who won for the fifth time in a row. RJ Barrett scored 25 points and had seven assists on the season. Jalen Bronson added 20 points, Josh Hart added 15 points, Emmanuel Kwikley added 13 points and Mitchell Robinson finished the double with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Brandon Ingram scored 19 points for the Pelicans, who lost their third straight and fourth in five games overall. Josh Richardson added 16 points, CJ McCollum finished with 13 and Jonas Valanciunas had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Trey Murphy III scored 11 goals off the bench.
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ORLANDO: Miles Turner scored 24 points, Therese Haliburton had 15 points and 14 assists and Indiana ran out of Orlando in the second half.
Indiana shot 59% in the second half and won for the fourth time in 21 games.
Benedict Mathurin scored 19 points and Jordan Nora 18, both off the bench for the Pacers, while Jalen Smith added seven rebounds and five blocks.
Orlando was led by Franz Wagner with 21 points. Paolo Panchero scored 19 points and Markel Fultz 18. The Magic struggled with shooting, going 6-for-29 from 3-point range and finishing with a 38.9% percentage overall.
Raptors 95, Pistons 91
DETROIT: Pascal Siakam scored 29 points and eight rebounds as Toronto extended its winning streak to four games with a win over Detroit.
Gary Trent Jr. scored 19 points and Scotty Barnes added 12, all in the second half as the Raptors won for the seventh time in eight games. Precious Uchiwa scored 10 points off the bench.
Detroit’s Marvin Bagley III scored 21 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in his first game since breaking his right hand on January 2. Isaiah Livers, Hamidou Diallo and Bojan Bogdanovic each scored 11 points for the Pistons, who lost their fourth in a row.
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