Boston Celtics 123, Philadelphia 76ers 101

Philadelphia led once. Tyrese Maxey's 26-footer at 10:01 of the first made it 5-4, Derrick White's step-back three at 9:21 put Boston back ahead 7-5, and the Celtics never gave it back. Jayson Tatum's two free throws at 7:12 made it 18-12 and sent the 76ers to a timeout, his step-back three at 6:31 made it 21-12, and Boston led 30-23 after one. Sam Hauser's threes at 5:31 and 4:36 of the second and Hugo Gonzalez's at 3:31 pushed it to 54-38, Paul George's three at 1:14 made it 62-47, and it was 62-51 at the half.

Philadelphia had one run in it. Joel Embiid's three at 11:42 of the third started it, Maxey's basket at 8:28 made it 69-63 and forced a Boston timeout, LeBron James's layup at 5:36 made it 73-69, Maxey's step-back at 4:45 made it 76-73, and Dean Wade's three at 4:02 tied it 76-76. Payton Pritchard's three at 3:43 put Boston back up, Maxey answered at 3:19 for 79-79, and then the Celtics made four straight threes: Pritchard at 3:02, Hauser at 2:24, Tatum at 1:31 and Baylor Scheierman at 57.9 seconds for 91-82 after three. Pritchard's threes at 11:39 and 10:13 of the fourth made it 97-82, and George took it from there, a three at 9:36 for 100-82 that brought a 76ers timeout, a basket and free throw at 8:44, a basket at 8:17, and threes at 6:44 and 5:38 for 111-87. George scored 14 of Boston's 20 points in that stretch. Jordan Walsh's basket at 3:55 made it 118-89, the largest lead at 29.

George had 36 on 14-of-22 and 6-of-11 from three in 30 minutes. Tatum scored 21 with six rebounds and four assists on 8-of-17, Pritchard had 18 points, six rebounds and five assists on 4-of-8 from three and was a plus-26, Hauser made four of six threes for 12, and Gonzalez had 10 points and three steals off the bench. Boston made 22 of 49 threes, had 28 assists against eight turnovers, and took only five free throws, making all five. Maxey led Philadelphia with 24 on 8-of-12, Anfernee Simons scored 17 off the bench, Embiid had 16 on 2-of-9 with 11-of-13 at the line, Jaylen Brown had 13 with four turnovers at a minus-27, and James had 11 points, eight rebounds and five assists on 4-of-12. The 76ers went 11-of-37 from three. Boston is 9-2; Philadelphia is 9-3.

Oklahoma City Thunder 103, Portland Trail Blazers 123

Oklahoma City, still without Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace, Chet Holmgren, Thomas Sorber and Jaylin Williams, could not keep up with a Portland team that had lost to San Antonio by 30 three nights earlier. Damian Lillard led the Blazers with 25 on 8-of-15, 4-of-10 from three, with three rebounds and three assists, and was a plus-20.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 26 on 8-of-22 with 10-of-11 at the line, eight rebounds and three assists, and was a minus-17. Portland is 7-3; Oklahoma City is 8-3.

Milwaukee Bucks 85, New York Knicks 117

Milwaukee's last lead was 16-15 on Brayden Burries's three at 4:31 of the first. Landry Shamet's step-back three at 3:31 put New York ahead 18-16, Andre Drummond's tip at 3:02 forced a Bucks timeout at 20-16, Shamet's three at 2:29 and Miles McBride's at 44.4 seconds made it 26-18, and it was 26-21 after one. Kel'el Ware's tip at 11:30 of the second got Milwaukee to 26-23, and the Knicks scored the next 10: OG Anunoby's step-back three at 11:07 and two free throws at 10:44, Tyler Kolek's three at 8:43 and layup at 8:22 for 36-23 and another Bucks timeout. McBride's three at 6:44 made it 41-26, Shamet's layup at 6:19 made it 43-26, and Anunoby's three at 39.1 seconds sent it to the half at 58-34. Milwaukee scored 13 points in the quarter.

The Bucks scored 38 in the third and still lost ground by the end of it. Ryan Rollins's three at 11:34, Jaime Jaquez Jr.'s three at 10:49 and his two three-point plays at 10:01 and 8:29 got it to 46-63, and Rollins's jumper at 7:51 made it 49-63 and brought a Knicks timeout. Jalen Brunson answered with a layup at 7:37 and a pullup at 6:32 for 69-49, Mohamed Diawara's three at 3:09 made it 78-56, and Ousmane Dieng's three at 12.5 seconds left it 85-72. Then New York closed the door: Karl-Anthony Towns's three at 11:14 of the fourth, Kolek's at 10:58 and Towns's again at 10:16 made it 94-76 around a Bucks timeout, Anunoby's threes at 7:15 and 6:30 made it 106-78, and Milwaukee scored 13 in the quarter. Dalton Knecht's three at 1:15 set the final at the largest lead of the night, 32.

Towns had 21 points and 16 rebounds on 5-of-14 with 9-of-14 at the line in 27 minutes, Brunson scored 23 on 7-of-18 and 8-of-8 free throws in 28, and Anunoby had 19 on 5-of-8 from three at a plus-26. Kolek scored 12 on 5-of-6 with four assists in 15 minutes, Shamet had 10, Drummond grabbed 14 rebounds in 16 minutes, and McBride's eight points came with a plus-39. New York outrebounded Milwaukee 59-32 with 18 offensive boards and made 17 of 44 threes. Jaquez led the Bucks with 16 on 6-of-13, Rollins had 14 on 4-of-6 from three, Kasparas Jakucionis 11 and Nate Ament 10; Kyle Kuzma scored five on 1-of-4 in 26 minutes and Myles Turner three on 1-of-7. Milwaukee shot 30-of-79 and 16-of-44 from three. Josh Hart and Tyler Herro were both out. New York is 6-4; Milwaukee is 1-10.

Phoenix Suns 133, LA Clippers 110: Darius Garland's step-back three at 3:20 of the first gave the Clippers an 18-16 lead, their last. Jordan Goodwin's three at 3:01 put Phoenix ahead for good, Collin Gillespie's threes at 1:42 and 1:07 made it 27-18, and Goodwin made four more threes in the second, the last at 7:15 for 45-31. Gillespie's 38-footer at 0.2 seconds sent it to the half at 64-47, and Phoenix scored 35 in the third, Miles Bridges's three at 8:21 and Jalen Green's step-back at 7:30 pushing it to 83-56, and Devin Booker's step-back three at 6:00 made it 86-56 and brought the Clippers' second timeout of the quarter; Goodwin's three at 20.2 seconds made it 99-69. Goodwin had 18 on 6-of-7 from three in 14 minutes, Devin Booker 17 and five assists, Luke Kennard 14, Green 13 on 5-of-7, Gillespie 12 with eight assists, and Khaman Maluach 11 and seven; Phoenix made 22 of 43 threes with 32 assists, 24 hours after losing by 26. Rui Hachimura, Garland and Baba Miller had 13 each for the Clippers, and Keaton Wagler went 3-of-12. Phoenix is 4-6; the Clippers are 2-8.

Miami Heat 115, Utah Jazz 109: Utah led 10-8 on Darryn Peterson's basket at 10:18 of the first, Pelle Larsson's layup at 8:10 put Miami up 13-12, and Ace Bailey's jumper at 2:50 tied it 23-23 for the last time. Ryan Conwell's three at 8:05 of the second made it 44-31, it was 64-54 at the half, and Giannis Antetokounmpo's three at 4:51 of the third and Bobby Portis's basket at 2:38 made it 89-66, the largest lead at 23; it was 92-72 after three. Isaiah Collier made three threes in 41 seconds, at 7:23, 6:59 and 6:42 of the fourth, for 101-93, and Miami called two timeouts. Antetokounmpo's dunks at 5:57 and 4:39 made it 105-95, Bailey's step-back three at 2:22 made it 110-102, Svi Mykhailiuk's jumper at 47.7 seconds made it 112-107, and Larsson's two free throws at 9.3 seconds closed it. Utah won the fourth 37-23. Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 11 rebounds on 12-of-21, Davion Mitchell 19 and eight assists, Larsson 14 and seven, and Andrew Wiggins 13; Bam Adebayo had 11 points, eight rebounds and four steals on 1-of-8, and Miami went 33-of-44 at the line. Peterson had 25 on 10-of-19 with five turnovers, Bailey 23 and seven on 10-of-15, and Collier 17 on 4-of-4 from three off the bench; Utah turned it over 18 times. Miami is 5-6; Utah is 1-10.

Orlando Magic 107, Sacramento Kings 100: Orlando led 34-27 after one quarter and 57-52 at the half, and held on to end a four-game losing streak. Orlando is 3-7; Sacramento, which has lost four straight, is 1-10.

Wednesday has 10 games. Washington visits Indiana, Cleveland is at New York on ESPN and Boston visits Toronto at 7 PM ET; San Antonio is in Chicago, Denver visits Memphis, the Lakers are in Milwaukee and Brooklyn visits New Orleans at 8; Orlando is in Utah at 9; Golden State visits Houston at 9:30 on ESPN; and Oklahoma City and Portland play again in Portland at 10. We'll have the preview, the cards and every lean before the first tip.

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