Philadelphia 76ers 112, Detroit Pistons 106

The lead changed hands five times in the first eight minutes, the last of them Joel Embiid's free throw with 3:40 left in the first that put Philadelphia up 18-17, and the 76ers led 29-21 after a quarter. The second was theirs: Adem Bona's running dunk off a LeBron James pass made it 40-27 with 8:21 left and forced a Detroit timeout, Jaylen Brown's three off Tyrese Maxey made it 43-29 at 7:49, and Brown's running jumper from 23 feet at 5:56 pushed it to 48-31. Detroit got within 48-40 on Cade Cunningham's fadeaway with 2:26 left, but Embiid's three-point play started an 8-2 finish and Philadelphia led 56-42 at the half.

Detroit got within 62-54 on John Collins' alley-oop with 8:53 left in the third, and Philadelphia called time; Brown's turnaround and James' three from 25 feet made it 67-54 at 8:02, Maxey's three at 7:25 made it 70-56, and the 76ers took an 89-75 lead into the fourth after leading by as many as 18. The Pistons made it interesting late. Duncan Robinson's running 27-footer off Cunningham cut it to 106-98 with 1:59 left, Cunningham's two free throws at 1:36 made it 106-100, and his driving layup at 1:05 made it 106-102. Embiid's two free throws with 23.7 seconds left made it 108-102, Robinson answered with two of his own, Maxey made two at 20.2 for 110-104, Collins dunked off Cunningham at 13.3 for 110-106, and Maxey's two free throws with 12.5 seconds left closed it.

Brown finished with 30 points on 11-of-19 with seven rebounds and no turnovers, and Embiid had 26 points, 15 rebounds and a 10-of-10 night at the line. Maxey scored 19 with seven assists on a 5-of-16 night, and James had 13 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. Philadelphia went 25-of-28 at the line and scored 44 in the paint. Robinson led Detroit with 27 on 7-of-11 from three, Cunningham had 26 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds on 9-of-22 and 1-of-9 from deep, Collins scored 16 on 7-of-9, and Ausar Thompson had 11 points and 17 rebounds. Philadelphia is 8-1; Detroit is 6-2.

Oklahoma City Thunder 124, Cleveland Cavaliers 116

Cleveland never led. Kenrich Williams' three off a Gilgeous-Alexander pass made it 13-9 with 7:58 left in the first, Ajay Mitchell's basket at 7:18 made it 15-9 and sent the Cavaliers to a timeout, Bennett Stirtz's driving layup at 5:00 made it 22-9, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's running pull-up from 26 feet at 3:55 made it 25-9. Oklahoma City led 37-20 after a quarter. Alex Caruso's three off Mitchell made it 46-22 with 8:40 left in the half, Cleveland called time again, and Jared McCain's layup at 6:27 made it 50-25, the biggest lead of the night. James Harden scored nine in the last 6:15 of the half, including two step-back threes, and the Thunder led 60-44 at the break.

Harden opened the third with seven straight Cleveland points, and Donovan Mitchell's running layup at 9:37 cut it to 60-53 and forced an Oklahoma City timeout. Gilgeous-Alexander answered out of it with a 13-footer, then step-back threes at 6:11 and 3:20 that made it 72-59 and 77-64, and the Thunder led 88-74 after three. Ajay Mitchell's layup off Isaiah Hartenstein made it 96-77 with 10:33 left, and the last four minutes belonged to Donovan Mitchell: threes at 3:11, 1:40, 1:15 and 46.7 seconds, the last of them cutting it to 117-111. Gilgeous-Alexander made two free throws at 40.3, Evan Mobley dunked at 38.5 for 119-113, Gilgeous-Alexander made two more at 35.6, and Sam Merrill's three with 18.1 seconds left made it 122-116 before Gilgeous-Alexander's last two free throws at 15.0 closed it.

Gilgeous-Alexander had 42 points on 11-of-26 with 15-of-19 at the line, five threes and eight assists, two nights after scoring 43 in Cleveland. Ajay Mitchell added 23 points and seven rebounds, Stirtz scored 16 on 4-of-7 from three, Williams 13, and Aday Mara had nine points, five rebounds and three blocks. Oklahoma City went 27-of-35 at the line and had 21 fast-break points. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 27 on 5-of-10 from three, Harden had 19 points, nine rebounds and six assists on 5-of-16, Mobley had 16 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, and the Cavaliers went 19-of-49 from three. Oklahoma City is 6-2; Cleveland is 4-4.

Dallas Mavericks 111, San Antonio Spurs 112

Victor Wembanyama had 29 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks by halftime, the first player in the play-by-play era with at least 25, 10 and five in a half, including three blocks in 13 seconds. San Antonio led 32-26 after one quarter and 68-51 at the break, and by as many as 19. Dallas won the third 29-22 to get within 90-80, and kept coming in the fourth: Cooper Flagg finished an alley-oop for a three-point play and P.J. Washington hit a three, and the Mavericks were up three late.

Wembanyama answered with two putbacks in the final 2:39, though he went 1-of-4 at the line in the last 2:10, and Kyrie Irving missed a contested 15-foot turnaround with three seconds left. Wembanyama finished with career highs of 52 points and 24 rebounds, plus eight blocks, two assists and two steals in 34 minutes; San Antonio was plus-23 with him on the floor and minus-22 without him. Irving led Dallas with 29 points, seven rebounds and five assists, Naji Marshall scored 22, Washington 21, and Flagg had 19, 10 and five. San Antonio is 6-2 and has won six straight; Dallas is 4-4.

Atlanta 120, Washington 105: The lead changed hands eight times in the first quarter, the last on CJ McCollum's running jumper off Dyson Daniels with 2:34 left for 27-25, and Atlanta led 37-32 after one. Daniels' driving layup at 9:06 of the second made it 48-32, the 16-point high, and the Hawks led 68-61 at the half. Washington got within 110-101 on Bilal Coulibaly's dunk with 4:51 left; Aaron Wiggins' floater and Nickeil Alexander-Walker's layup off Daniels at 4:05 pushed it back to 114-101, and the Wizards never got closer than nine again. Alexander-Walker scored 26 with six threes, Onyeka Okongwu had 14 points and 16 rebounds, and Atlanta went 19-of-49 from three to Washington's 6-of-26. Anthony Davis had 26 and 10 on 12-of-19, Kyshawn George 25 with seven assists, and Trae Young 18. Atlanta is 5-4; Washington is 4-4.

Boston 109, Milwaukee 102: Boston led 28-14 after a quarter, Luka Garza's three off Paul George at 4:12 of the second made it 51-29, the 22-point high, and it was 62-41 at the half. Milwaukee scored 38 in the third to get within 87-79, and Nate Ament's layup off Ryan Rollins tied it 91-91 with 7:51 left. Brayden Burries' floater put the Bucks ahead 96-95 at 5:08, and Kyle Kuzma's free throw tied it 97-97 at 4:04. Neemias Queta's layup off George at 3:06 put Boston ahead for good, Derrick White's layup and free throw made it 102-97 at 2:22, and George's step-back three from 26 feet at 1:23 made it 107-99. George had 25 with five threes and four steals against six turnovers, White 24 with seven assists and 9-of-9 at the line, and Queta 12 rebounds. Tyler Herro led Milwaukee with 25, Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 18, and Myles Turner 12 with four threes. Boston is 6-2; Milwaukee is 1-7.

Brooklyn 114, Charlotte 104: Twelve lead changes and 11 ties, the last of them at 83-83 on Naz Reid's three with 11:06 left. Michael Porter Jr. then made three 26-footers in 79 seconds, each off a Day'Ron Sharpe pass, at 8:34, 7:37 and 7:15, the last for 99-91. Reid's turnaround cut it to 104-97 at 5:11, Danny Wolf's layup and free throw off Nolan Traore at 3:49 made it 107-97, and Charlotte got no closer than eight. Porter had 26 points and 10 rebounds with four threes, Julius Randle 22, Mikel Brown Jr. 18 in 20 minutes, Traore 16, and Wolf 12; Brooklyn shot 51 percent. Reid had 28 and nine rebounds and Grayson Allen 22 with five threes, but Brandon Miller went 2-of-15 and 1-of-10 from three, and Charlotte turned it over 17 times despite going 30-of-36 at the line. Brooklyn is 2-6; Charlotte is 3-6.

New York 135, Chicago 105: The last lead change was Jalen Brunson's running layup at 9:38 of the first for 8-6, and the Knicks ran from there: Brunson's three off Mikal Bridges made it 22-10 at 5:37, his 25-footer at 2:14 made it 32-14, and New York led 43-21 after a quarter and 84-52 at the half. Miles McBride's free throw with 3:23 left in the third made it 111-67, a 44-point lead, the biggest of the night anywhere. Brunson scored 33 in 28 minutes on 10-of-17 with five threes and no turnovers, Karl-Anthony Towns had 17 and 12 on 5-of-5, and OG Anunoby 18 with 11-of-12 at the line; New York went 30-of-37 at the line and scored 26 points off 13 Chicago turnovers. Chicago went 10-of-44 from three, Tre Jones and Jaylin Sellers had 14 each, and Norman Powell went 3-of-12. New York is 4-4; Chicago is 1-7.

Indiana 107, Memphis 103: Sixteen lead changes. Kris Murray's three off Cameron Boozer put Memphis up 87-86 with 7:34 left, and Cedric Coward's step-back three at 6:17 made it 91-86. Indiana answered with eight straight: Quenton Jackson's pull-up, two Obi Toppin free throws, and Toppin's alley-oop off Jackson at 4:47 for 92-91, then Toppin's dunk at 4:26. Jackson's 28-footer off Andrew Nembhard made it 97-93 at 3:47, and Pascal Siakam's pull-up and free throw made it 104-98 at 1:04. Boozer's three at 46.0 seconds cut it to 104-101, Ty Jerome's floater at 28.2 made it 104-103, and Aaron Nesmith's three off Siakam with 14.6 left ended it. Nembhard had 22, Siakam 20 on 8-of-13, Nesmith 16, Jackson 13 with seven rebounds. Coward had 23 with nine rebounds and four steals, Jerome 23, and Zach Edey 11 and 13, but Memphis turned it over 19 times and went 12-of-44 from three. Indiana is 3-6; Memphis is 6-2.

New Orleans 120, Utah 113 (OT): Utah scored 43 in the third and led 80-70 after it, and Lauri Markkanen's three at 10:45 of the fourth made it 85-72. New Orleans scored 34 in the quarter: Derik Queen's layup at 5:54 put the Pelicans ahead 88-87, and the lead changed hands seven times from there. Markkanen's three off Keyonte George made it 104-100 Utah with 39.4 seconds left, Zion Williamson's layup off Dejounte Murray cut it to 104-102 at 31.3, and Murray's two free throws at 6.4 tied it. George's two step-back threes put Utah up 110-104 with 4:10 left in overtime; New Orleans closed on a 16-3 run, Jeremiah Fears' tip tying it at 2:37 and Saddiq Bey scoring the next six Pelicans points, the last a step-back at 39.3 for 116-110. George had 39 points, nine assists and four steals in 44 minutes, Markkanen 21 and 10 with five threes, and Utah went 11-of-47 from three. Williamson had 23 with 11-of-13 at the line, Bey 22 on 9-of-14, Murray 20 with 11-of-11, and Queen 20, nine and six; New Orleans went 39-of-43 at the line. New Orleans is 4-4; Utah is 1-7.

Minnesota 117, Houston 107: Twenty-six lead changes and 14 ties, the last at 84-84 on Ayo Dosunmu's layup with 11:41 left. LaMelo Ball's three off Jonathan Kuminga at 6:04 put Minnesota ahead 99-96 for good, Jaylen Clark's three off Ball made it 102-98 at 5:27, and Fred VanVleet's 27-footer cut it to 104-102 at 3:46. Kuminga then scored eight of Minnesota's next 10: a three off Dosunmu at 2:37 for 109-104, a tip at 1:51 for 111-104, and a three off Rudy Gobert at 54.0 seconds for 114-106. Dosunmu had 21 and six assists on 10-of-20, Ball 20 with four threes and three steals against seven turnovers, Bones Hyland 19 in 16 minutes, and Kuminga 16 and eight; Minnesota shot 53 percent and scored 33 points off 18 Houston turnovers. Kevin Durant had 21, VanVleet 18 with four threes, and Alperen Şengün 17 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists on 5-of-15. Houston is 7-2; Minnesota is 6-3.

Denver 128, Toronto 109: It was 33-33 after a quarter and Toronto led 67-64 at the half. Aaron Gordon's layup off Nikola Jokić at 10:29 of the third put Denver ahead 70-69, and the Nuggets outscored Toronto 41-15 in the quarter, finishing it 21-4 after Jamison Battle's free throw at 5:18 had cut it to 84-78; Jokić's floater at the buzzer made it 105-82. Denver led by as many as 27. Jokić had 32 points on 13-of-19, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and three steals in 30 minutes, Bryce Hopkins 18 on 6-of-7, Gordon 17 on 7-of-9, and Jamal Murray 14 with seven assists; Denver shot 62 percent with 35 assists and 76 points in the paint. RJ Barrett led Toronto with 22, Scottie Barnes had 17 with five turnovers, and Immanuel Quickley 13. Denver is 4-3; Toronto is 4-4.

Portland 132, Phoenix 119: Phoenix led 34-29 after a quarter. Deni Avdija's driving layup at 9:27 of the second put Portland ahead 40-39 for good, Jrue Holiday's threes at 5:48 and 4:49 made it 60-47, and Damian Lillard's turnaround at the buzzer capped a 43-point quarter for a 72-59 halftime lead. Devin Booker's three and technical free throw got Phoenix within 78-71 at 8:37 of the third, and Portland led 104-85 after three and by as many as 22. Lillard had 25, Donovan Clingan 24 points and 11 rebounds on 9-of-12 with three blocks, Avdija 21 points and 12 assists, and Holiday 15 on 5-of-9 from three; Portland went 30-of-41 at the line. Booker had 33 with 13-of-13 at the line, Jalen Green 22, and Miles Bridges 18. Portland is 6-1; Phoenix is 1-5.

LA Lakers 116, Sacramento 103: It was 28-28 after a quarter, and the Lakers took a 61-54 lead into the half and an 87-74 lead into the fourth. Luka Dončić scored 40 on 11-of-23, 6-of-13 from three and 12-of-13 at the line, with nine rebounds and seven assists, his sixth straight game with at least 35; with 308 points in eight games, he is the first player past 300 in his first eight games of a season since Michael Jordan in 1988-89. Austin Reaves added 21. Darius Acuff Jr. had 22 points and 12 assists for Sacramento, which shot 38.2 percent. Los Angeles is 7-2; Sacramento is 1-7.

Miami 117, LA Clippers 116 (OT): The Clippers scored 43 in the second quarter to lead 67-52 at the half and 87-78 after three, and Miami won the fourth 29-20 to force overtime at 107. Darius Garland's free throws put the Clippers up 109-107 in overtime, and they still led 116-114 when Klay Thompson hit a 23-footer off a Giannis Antetokounmpo pass with 1.0 second left; Kobe Sanders missed a heave at the horn. Bam Adebayo scored 35 on 14-of-20, Antetokounmpo had 14 rebounds, and Garland led the Clippers with 26 on 10-of-14. Miami is 3-5; the Clippers are 1-7 and have lost seven straight.

Thursday is a two-game night: Orlando at Phoenix at 9 p.m. ET, then Miami at Golden State at 10. We'll have the preview, the card, and both leans before tip-off.

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