Detroit Pistons 144, Washington Wizards 140 (2OT)

Washington came out of Wednesday's loss in Indiana with a 10-point lead inside 12 minutes, Deandre Ayton's dunk at 3:51 of the first making it 32-22, and Detroit scored the last 11 points of the quarter to lead 33-32 after one, Daniss Jenkins's layup and free throw at nine seconds finishing the run. The second quarter had five lead changes and five ties, and Cade Cunningham's two free throws at 2.1 seconds sent Detroit to the half up 64-61. Duncan Robinson's threes at 10:48 and 10:04 of the third pushed it to 72-64, Jenkins's jumper at 9:43 gave the Pistons their biggest lead at 75-64, and Washington got back within 92-88 on Tre Johnson's layup at 1:31 before Anthony Davis's free throws at 1.3 seconds left it 94-90 Detroit after three.

The fourth went back and forth for 12 minutes. Trae Young's floater at 8:46 got Washington within 100-99, Bilal Coulibaly's layup at 8:25 put the Wizards ahead 101-100, and Young's layup at 7:55 made it 103-102 and sent Detroit to a timeout. Cunningham's free throws at 7:44 and Paul Reed's tip at 7:17 put the Pistons back up 106-103, and Cunningham's floater at 3:52 made it 114-108 and brought a Washington timeout. Alex Sarr's three at 2:23 cut it to 116-113, Young's free throws at 1:12 made it 116-115, and Kyshawn George's 30-footer at 32.5 seconds put Washington ahead 118-117. Cunningham went 4-for-4 at the line in the last 26.4 seconds for 121-118, and Young caught Kyshawn George's pass, pulled up from 29 feet with 1.1 on the clock and tied it. In the first overtime Sarr's alley-oop at 3:20 had Washington up 128-121, Cunningham's jumper and two free throws and Ausar Thompson's tip got Detroit within 128-127 at 2:17, Davis's dunk at 1:20 made it 130-127, Cunningham's running 26-footer at 33.1 seconds tied it, Robinson's jumper at 9.6 put Detroit up 132-130, and AJ Dybantsa's pullup at 2.8 seconds tied it again at 132.

Detroit scored first in the second overtime on Cunningham's three at 4:21 and did not trail again, but Washington kept coming: Sarr's basket at 2:05 made it 139-136, and Coulibaly's dunk at 1:14 made it 140-138. Cunningham's fadeaway at 25.3 seconds made it 142-138, Young's two free throws at 15.7 cut it to 142-140, Kevin Huerter made two at 11.4 for the final margin, and Johnson's 26-footer at 7.5 seconds missed. Cunningham played all 48 minutes of regulation and both overtimes without a turnover and finished with 52 points, five rebounds and 11 assists on 16-of-25 with 3-of-5 from three and 17-of-18 at the line. Ausar Thompson had a triple-double of 17 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists with three steals and three blocks, Jenkins scored 21, Reed had 13 points and 11 rebounds at a plus-25 off the bench, and Robinson had 13. Detroit went 33-of-39 at the line. Young had 37 points and 14 assists on 17-of-17 free throws but shot 8-of-23, Davis had 30 points and 15 rebounds on 13-of-21, Sarr scored 30 on 12-of-14 with four threes, and George had 14 on 5-of-7. Washington turned it over 18 times on the second night of a back-to-back. Detroit is 8-3; Washington is 4-9.

Dallas Mavericks 94, Minnesota Timberwolves 133

Dallas led 24-21 with 2:13 left in the first quarter, and Minnesota scored the next 10 to lead 31-24 at 47.4 seconds and 34-26 after one. The Mavericks hung around through the middle of the second, Zaccharie Risacher's dunk at 6:53 getting it to 43-42, and then LaMelo Ball took it away: his layup at 6:35, step-back three at 5:57 and step-back three from 27 feet at 4:41 were part of a 12-3 stretch that put Minnesota up 55-45 at 4:04 and sent Dallas to a timeout. Rudy Gobert's alley-oop from Ball at 34.5 seconds made it 67-52 at the half; Minnesota would finish with 74 points in the paint.

The third quarter was a 36-17 Minnesota run from start to finish. Ball's 31-footer at 11:17 made it 70-53, Jonathan Kuminga's three at 8:23 made it 82-56, Jaden McDaniels's free throws and dunk between 6:41 and 6:10 made it 91-59, and Joan Beringer's back-to-back dunks at 3:42 and 3:06 pushed it to 97-61. Bones Hyland's layup at 11.9 seconds left it 103-69 after three, and the lead peaked at 44 on Isaiah Evans's basket at 2:47 of the fourth before two Zaccharie Risacher threes and Jett Howard's three at 1:22 brought the final margin back under 40. Minnesota challenged a call and lost at 11:04 of the fourth, Dallas did the same at 10:11, and both coaches had their benches in for the final eight minutes.

Hyland had 24 points and eight assists in 23 minutes off the bench on 7-of-10 with 5-of-6 from three, Ball scored 22 with nine assists on 6-of-10 from three in 25 minutes, Ayo Dosunmu had 18 at a plus-27, McDaniels had 16 points and nine rebounds, Kuminga 14, eight and five, and Beringer 13 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in 22 minutes. Minnesota shot 52-of-90, 15-of-32 from three, and had 33 assists. Risacher led Dallas with 22 on 9-of-14 and 4-of-8 from three; Cooper Flagg had 12 points and seven rebounds on 5-of-12 in 27 minutes at a minus-21, Kyrie Irving scored 10 on 4-of-11 at a minus-36, and Walter Clayton Jr. went 1-of-8 with five turnovers. Dallas shot 13-of-48 from three and turned it over 19 times, with Dereck Lively II out. Minnesota is 9-3, now 6-2 without Anthony Edwards; Dallas is 7-5.

Charlotte Hornets 96, Phoenix Suns 101

Phoenix led 28-22 after one and pushed it to 48-31 on Miles Bridges's reverse layup at 6:20 of the second, the Suns' biggest lead at 17, with Collin Gillespie and Jordan Goodwin hitting threes along the way. Charlotte, without Kon Knueppel, Brandon Miller and Dennis Schröder, got it back to 55-50 at the half on Grayson Allen's step-back three at 31.6 seconds, and then outscored Phoenix 26-17 in the third. Coby White's layup and free throw at 9:56 tied it 57-57, Allen's three at 8:54 gave the Hornets their first lead since the first quarter at 60-59, and the teams traded it eight more times before Christian Anderson's three at 1:52 made it 73-72 Charlotte and his free throws at 17.2 seconds sent the Hornets to the fourth up 76-72.

Phoenix scored the first five of the fourth, Gillespie's pullup at 11:00 putting the Suns back ahead 77-76, and Oso Ighodaro's alley-oop at 8:10 made it 83-79 and brought a Charlotte timeout. Allen's floater at 5:17 got the Hornets within 86-87, and Devin Booker answered with a fadeaway at 4:20 and Dillon Brooks hit a step-back three at 3:40 for 92-86. Naz Reid's three at 1:21 made it 92-89, Booker's floater at 1:00 made it 94-89, Moussa Diabaté's layup at 42.2 seconds made it 94-91, and Booker's step-back three from 28 feet at 23.8 seconds made it 97-91. Royce O'Neale's three and a free throw at 21.2 got Charlotte within 97-95, and Bridges and Booker made four free throws between 18.4 and 11.1 to close it out.

Booker had 30 points and seven assists on 12-of-20 with 4-of-8 from three and three steals in 35 minutes. Brooks scored 15, Gillespie 13 on 3-of-9 from three at a plus-12, Jalen Green 12, Bridges 11 with five free throws, and Ighodaro scored two with seven assists and was a plus-14 in 32 minutes. Phoenix shot 13-of-43 from three and turned it over seven times to Charlotte's 25, and the Suns had 11 steals. White led Charlotte with 21 in 20 minutes, Reid had 16 and eight on 6-of-18, Allen scored 14 with six assists on 4-of-8 from three, Anderson had 13 off the bench, and Diabaté had seven points and 13 rebounds. The Hornets outrebounded Phoenix 52-31 and still lost because of the turnovers; Sion James had five by himself. Phoenix is 5-6; Charlotte is 4-8.

Philadelphia 76ers 123, Toronto Raptors 112: Toronto scored 33 in the first quarter and led 33-16 on Jakob Poeltl's free throw at 2:01, the largest lead at 17, before Philadelphia got it to 33-24 after one and tied it 60-60 at the half on RJ Barrett's three at 14 seconds. The teams were tied 85-85 on Barrett's turnaround at 2:33 of the third, and the 76ers scored the next 11: Tyrese Maxey's basket at 2:23, Jaylen Brown's layup at 2:03, Anfernee Simons's three at 1:22, Jabari Walker's layup at 50.7 seconds and Maxey's free throws at 36.6 for 96-85, with Toronto calling timeouts at 2:03 and 50.7. Philadelphia led 96-87 after three and by as many as 15. Maxey had 27 points and eight assists on 10-of-12 at the line, Joel Embiid scored 20 on 7-of-17 in 28 minutes, Brown had 18, Simons scored 17 on 5-of-6 from three at a plus-22, VJ Edgecombe had 15 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's 11 came at a plus-21. LeBron James was listed day-to-day and did not play. Barrett had 31 points and 14 rebounds on 13-of-20 for Toronto, Immanuel Quickley scored 26, Collin Murray-Boyles had 14 points and five blocks, and Jamison Battle 13, with Scottie Barnes and Kawhi Leonard out. Philadelphia is 10-3; Toronto is 5-7.

Friday has nine games. The Knicks visit Indiana and Milwaukee is in Orlando at 7 PM ET, Cleveland visits Miami and Atlanta is in Chicago at 8, Memphis is in New Orleans at 8 and Utah visits Houston at 8:30, Golden State is in San Antonio at 9:30, Portland visits Sacramento at 10, and Oklahoma City closes the night at the Clippers at 10:30. We'll have the preview, the cards and every lean before the first tip.

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