Philadelphia 76ers 127, Chicago Bulls 121

Chicago had the first six points, Isaac Okoro's layup at 11:26, Caleb Wilson's dunk at 11:05 and Okoro's basket at 10:31, and Jalen Smith's running jumper at 6:19 made it 23-16 and sent Philadelphia to a timeout. The 76ers answered with seven straight: Tyrese Maxey's layup at 5:28, VJ Edgecombe's three at 4:55 and Jaylen Brown's turnaround at 4:25 for 23-23. The lead changed hands three times from there to the end of the quarter, Noa Essengue's basket at 1:50 made it 31-27 Chicago, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's three at 1:22, Brown's layup at 1:06 and Jabari Walker's layup at 39.2 seconds made it 34-33 Philadelphia after one. The second quarter was LeBron James's. The game was tied at 40 on his and-one at 8:33, Chicago took its last lead at 42-41 on Josh Giddey's basket at 8:20, and James scored eight of the next 10 Philadelphia points: a dunk at 7:32 that forced a Bulls timeout, a free throw, a three at 6:33 and a floater at 5:53 for 51-44. Maxey's two free throws at 2:56 made it 60-50, the first double-digit lead, and Joel Embiid's 17-footer with 3.7 seconds left sent it to the half at 68-61.

Chicago opened the third with seven straight, four free throws and Matas Buzelis's three at 10:40 for 68-68, and Maxey answered with a three at 10:25. Philadelphia pushed it back out, Maxey's running layup at 4:05 making it 91-81 and forcing another Chicago timeout, and Walker's three at 2:22 gave the 76ers their largest lead at 97-85. The Bulls scored eight of the last 10 of the quarter, Jordan Hawkins's basket at 44.5 seconds making it 99-93. The fourth went the same way: Brown's step-back three at 7:23 made it 111-104, Giddey's floater at 5:05 cut it to 113-110, Caldwell-Pope's three at 4:47 pushed it to 116-110, and Wilson's three at 3:31 made it 116-113 and forced a Philadelphia timeout. Embiid's turnaround at 3:05 and Okoro's and-one at 3:00 left it 118-116. Embiid made two free throws at 2:40, Maxey made a step-back three off a James pass at 2:13 for 123-116, Buzelis's dunk at 1:09 got Chicago within 123-120, and Brown made four free throws in the last 51 seconds to close it.

Brown had 29 points and seven rebounds on 11-of-22, Maxey 27 points and seven assists on 9-of-16 with three threes, James 22 points, five rebounds and five assists, and Embiid 18 points and 10 rebounds on 7-of-19. Edgecombe scored 13 with three steals and was a plus-17, and Walker had nine points and 11 rebounds off the bench. Philadelphia grabbed 20 offensive rebounds, scored 58 in the paint and turned it over nine times to Chicago's 13. Giddey had 19 points, 15 assists and seven rebounds with five turnovers, Buzelis 19, Wilson 18 on 7-of-18, and Smith 17 points, eight rebounds and four blocks. Chicago went 10-of-37 from three. Philadelphia is 9-2; Chicago is 1-8.

Los Angeles Lakers 121, Detroit Pistons 116

With Luka Dončić out with his back, the Lakers scored 38 in the first quarter. Quentin Grimes's step-back three at 8:28 and running pullup at 8:09 made it 14-4, Sandro Mamukelashvili's three at 4:47 made it 21-9, Grimes's layup at 4:14 made it 23-9 and brought Detroit's second timeout of the quarter, and Ziaire Williams's threes at 3:41 and with 11 seconds left bracketed a 38-14 quarter. Walker Kessler's layup at 11:21 of the second made it 40-14, the largest lead at 26. Detroit chipped at it behind Daniss Jenkins, whose three at 5:02 cut it to 45-33 and forced a Lakers timeout, but Austin Reaves made a three at 29.1 seconds for 60-42 and Jenkins answered at 1.1 for 61-48 at the half.

Reaves's three at 6:41 of the third made it 78-61, and then Detroit scored 20 of the next 26. Jenkins's three at 5:21 made it 78-66, Cade Cunningham's layup at 4:51 made it 80-68, Duncan Robinson's three at 2:30 and dunk at 1:56 and Kevin Huerter's layups at 1:38 and 1:03 cut it to 84-81, with Lakers timeouts at 2:30 and 1:38 in between. Collin Sexton's layup at 45.4 seconds and two free throws at 18.6 made it 88-81 after three. Detroit kept coming: Cunningham's dunk at 10:13 of the fourth made it 90-88, his free throw at 9:14 made it 90-89, Javonte Green's three at 7:20 made it 94-92, and Paul Reed's floater at 6:31 made it 95-94 and sent the Lakers to a timeout and a successful challenge. Reaves scored at 5:42 for 97-94, Ausar Thompson's layup at 4:23 made it 97-96, and the Lakers never let it get closer. Williams's three at 4:07 made it 100-96, Kessler's and-one at 2:15 made it 107-99, Reaves's 27-footer at 45.6 seconds made it 112-104 after Reed's tip had cut it to five, and the Lakers made nine of 10 free throws in the last 32 seconds while Detroit scored on five straight possessions to make the margin five.

Reaves had 43 points on 14-of-27, 4-of-6 from three and 11-of-11 at the line, with five rebounds and four assists and a plus-21 in 37 minutes. Williams scored 17 on four threes, Sexton 17 with 7-of-8 at the line, Kessler had 12 points, 16 rebounds, four assists and three blocks, and Grimes 12. The Lakers made 26 of 33 free throws. Jenkins had 31 on 8-of-15 from three and was a plus-22 off the bench, Huerter 24 points and five blocks, Robinson 12 on 3-of-11 from three, and Cunningham 14 points and eight assists on 6-of-15 with four turnovers and a minus-15. Detroit took 48 threes and made 19, grabbed 18 offensive rebounds, and never led. Los Angeles is 9-2; Detroit is 6-3.

Boston Celtics 117, Milwaukee Bucks 97

Kyle Kuzma scored 14 of Milwaukee's first 20 points, his threes at 10:16, 8:46 and 7:05 making it 20-6 and sending Boston to a timeout. Jayson Tatum scored 15 in the quarter, threes at 10:05, 5:48 and 50.4 seconds among them, and his two free throws at 18.2 seconds left it 27-25 Milwaukee after one. Then Boston took the game away. Paul George's three at 11:21 of the second gave the Celtics their first lead at 28-27, his layup at 10:41 forced a Bucks timeout at 30-27, and his running jumper at 10:07 made it 33-27. Derrick White's three at 7:30 made it 40-31, Neemias Queta's alley-oop at 4:12 made it 48-34, George's threes at 3:47 and 2:45 made it 54-39, and Queta's dunk with 4.5 seconds left made it 58-45 at the half. Boston won the quarter 33-18.

Tatum's three at 11:06 of the third made it 63-45, Queta's fadeaway at 10:21 made it 65-45 and brought another Milwaukee timeout, and Mike Conley's three at 8:38 made it 70-47, the largest lead at 23. Milwaukee got as close as 15 on Ryan Rollins's three at 2:49, and Boston led 91-74 after three. Payton Pritchard opened the fourth with step-back threes at 11:43 and 10:29 and another at 9:56 for 100-81, Sam Hauser's jumper at 9:34 made it 103-81, and George's three at 6:59 made it 109-86. The last five minutes were free throws and bench minutes.

George had 27 points on 11-of-18 and 5-of-10 from three in 28 minutes, Tatum 21 points and six assists on 5-of-11 from three, Queta 13 points and nine rebounds, Mitchell Robinson 12 points on 6-of-6 with seven rebounds and four steals, and Pritchard 12 on four threes with a plus-29. Boston took 48 threes and made 18, grabbed 20 offensive rebounds and had 12 steals. Kuzma finished with 27 on 6-of-13 from three, Tyler Herro had 13, Brayden Burries 13 points and eight rebounds, Nate Ament 12, and Myles Turner three points on 1-of-8 with seven assists. Milwaukee shot 15-of-43 from three and scored 28 in the paint. Boston is 8-2; Milwaukee is 1-9.

Minnesota Timberwolves 115, Utah Jazz 100: Utah led 25-23 on Kyle Filipowski's running jumper at 1:12 of the first, and Trey Lyles's three with 0.9 seconds left put Minnesota up 28-25. The Wolves led 57-51 at the half, Utah tied it four times early in the third, the last at 63-63 on Keyonte George's step-back at 7:23, and LaMelo Ball's three at 6:37 started the run that decided it: Minnesota outscored Utah 27-15 the rest of the quarter for a 90-78 lead and stretched it to 19 in the fourth. Ayo Dosunmu had 26 on 4-of-5 from three and 8-of-8 at the line, Ball 24 and five assists, Jaden McDaniels 16, Rudy Gobert 10 points and 15 rebounds on 4-of-4, and Bones Hyland 14 in 13 minutes; Minnesota turned it over 22 times and still scored 27 in transition. Darryn Peterson led Utah with 26 on 11-of-21, George had 19 and eight assists, and Jaxson Hayes 18 on 6-of-6. Minnesota is 8-3; Utah is 1-9.

Dallas Mavericks 130, Brooklyn Nets 93: Cooper Flagg's floater at 11:02 of the first put Dallas ahead 4-2, and Brooklyn never led again. It was 33-26 after one, Flagg's step-back three at 9:22 of the second made it 47-32, Santi Aldama's floater at 1:35 made it 63-40, and Dallas led 66-46 at the half. P.J. Washington's threes at 7:48 and 6:09 of the third pushed it to 88-62, Kyrie Irving's free throw at 2.0 seconds made it 100-71 after three, and the lead reached 37 at the final horn. Flagg had 25 points, 12 assists and five rebounds on 8-of-13 in 28 minutes and was a plus-22, Irving scored 21 on 9-of-15, Daniel Gafford 18 on 7-of-8 with three blocks in 19 minutes, Aldama 12 and Zaccharie Risacher 11. Dallas had 31 assists, 64 points in the paint and 26 in transition. Michael Porter Jr. led Brooklyn with 19 on 5-of-15, Nolan Traore had 14, Julius Randle 13 with a minus-33, and the Nets, a night after losing by three in Atlanta, shot 31-of-80 and grabbed 30 rebounds. Dallas is 6-4; Brooklyn is 2-8.

LA Clippers 139, New Orleans Pelicans 123: The first quarter ended 28-28 with nine lead changes or ties, the Clippers led by 13 at 54-41 on Brook Lopez's free throw at 4:36 of the second and 67-60 at the half, and New Orleans took the lead back three times in the third: Jeremiah Fears's layup at 7:18 for 78-77, Derik Queen's basket at 6:26 for 80-79, and Saddiq Bey's free throw at 2:36 for 92-91. Kobe Sanders's three at 2:23 and Gradey Dick's dunk at 2:06 answered, it was 102-95 after three, and Keaton Wagler's three at 10:13 of the fourth and Lopez's alley-oop from Darius Garland at 5:33 for 121-105 put it away; the lead reached 20. Garland had 24 points and 10 assists, Lopez 20 on 8-of-11, Dick 15 on 6-of-7 in 17 minutes, Wagler 15 on three threes, and the Clippers had 34 assists and 60 points in the paint. Trey Murphy III scored 26 for New Orleans, Zion Williamson 25 on 9-of-9, and Fears 25 on 10-of-14. Los Angeles is 2-7; New Orleans is 4-6.

Miami Heat 114, Sacramento Kings 108: Miami led 34-30 after a first quarter with 13 lead changes or ties and 68-59 at the half, Darius Acuff Jr.'s floater at 8:34 of the third made it 77-63 and the lead sat at 10 after three, 91-81. Sacramento got all the way back: Malik Monk's layup at 11:19 of the fourth made it 91-85, and De'Andre Hunter's free throw at 6:12 tied it 95-95. Pelle Larsson's three at 5:56 put Miami back ahead, Davion Mitchell scored at 5:10 and 4:38 for 102-97, Giannis Antetokounmpo's pullups at 4:08 and 1:35 kept it at five and seven, Bam Adebayo's tip at 2:00 made it 108-101, and Hunter's three at 17.1 seconds set the final. Antetokounmpo had 29 points and 14 rebounds on 14-of-23 but 1-of-7 at the line, Klay Thompson 23 on 7-of-13 from three, Adebayo 18 and eight, and Mitchell 17 points and 11 assists in 40 minutes. Acuff had 32 points and 10 assists on 11-of-21, Zach LaVine 15, Hunter 14, and Precious Achiuwa 14 rebounds with six turnovers; Sacramento turned it over 18 times. Miami is 4-6; Sacramento is 1-9.

Monday has eight games. The Lakers are in Atlanta, Cleveland visits Charlotte and Washington is in Detroit at 7 PM ET, Memphis visits Toronto at 7:30, Indiana is in Dallas at 8, Denver visits Houston at 8:30, San Antonio is in Phoenix at 9, and New Orleans closes the night at Golden State at 10. We'll have the preview, the cards and every lean before the first tip.

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