Minnesota Timberwolves 125, Cleveland Cavaliers 127 (OT)

Minnesota had its fourth straight fast start. Jaden McDaniels' step-back three at 8:00 of the first quarter gave the Wolves a 10-7 lead, Anthony Edwards' running pull-up at 5:35 made it 18-9, Joan Beringer's dunk at 1:45 made it 29-16, and Minnesota led 31-24 after one. Edwards' fade-away at 5:03 of the second put the lead at 15, 54-39, and the Wolves took a 60-50 lead into the half on the second night of a back-to-back. Then Cleveland scored 36 in the third. James Harden's three at 5:31 cut it to 69-66, Sam Merrill's free throws at 5:02 made it 69-68, and Harden's basket at 4:29 gave the Cavaliers their first lead since the opening minutes, 70-69. The lead changed hands eight more times before the quarter ended, Donovan Mitchell's 25-footer at 30.5 seconds made it 86-83 Cleveland, and Terrence Shannon Jr.'s free throw at 11.4 tied it at 86 going into the fourth.

Harden's three at 4:19 of the fourth tied it at 104, and from there Edwards tried to win it by himself: a pull-up at 2:15 for 106-104, a fade-away at 1:45 for 108-104, a floater at 1:16 for 110-107 after Mobley's three had cut it to one. Mitchell scored at 1:03 and 26.4 seconds, LaMelo Ball's basket at 38.7 made it 112-109, Jonathan Kuminga made one of two free throws at 25.8 for 113-111, and Harden's driving floater at 10.4 seconds tied it at 113. Mobley's three at 4:45 of overtime put Cleveland ahead 116-113. Edwards answered with a three at 2:52 and a step-back at 2:21 for 118-117, Mobley's basket at 2:00 and Mitchell's layup at 1:12 made it 121-118, Edwards' three at 1:03 tied it at 121, and Mitchell's 19-foot fade-away at 48 seconds was the lead Cleveland kept. Kuminga made one of two at 34 seconds, Harden's two free throws at 13 seconds made it 125-122, Peyton Watson's two at 3.9 made it 127-122, and Edwards' 28-footer at the horn set the final.

Edwards finished with 47 on 19-of-34, 5-of-15 from three, with four rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks in 41 minutes. Nobody else on Minnesota scored more than 14: McDaniels had 14 on 6-of-9, Shannon 14 off the bench, Beringer 12 on 6-of-6, and Ball 11 with six assists and seven turnovers. Rudy Gobert missed all nine of his shots and finished with 5 points and 20 rebounds. Minnesota grabbed 17 offensive rebounds and scored 58 in the paint but made 13 of 40 threes and 14 of 23 free throws. For Cleveland, Mitchell scored 26 with five threes and seven assists, Harden had 19 points and nine assists, Mobley had 18 points and 10 rebounds on 4-of-5 from three, Meleek Thomas scored 16 off the bench with four threes, and Watson had 15 points, eight rebounds and four blocks. The Cavaliers made 18 of 45 threes. Cleveland is 2-1; Minnesota is 3-1.

Dallas Mavericks 113, Miami Heat 109

Cooper Flagg played after sitting Saturday, and Miami had the better first half for a while. Giannis Antetokounmpo's 24-foot three at 8.6 seconds of the first quarter made it 27-23, Dru Smith's three at 10:03 of the second put the Heat up 39-30, and the lead reached 12 before Dallas came back: Flagg's 26-footer at 1:07 tied it at 50, Davion Mitchell's basket at 47.1 seconds put Miami back ahead, and P.J. Washington's three at 30.8 sent the Mavericks in up 53-52. The third quarter went back and forth after Klay Thompson's three at 10:47 made it 58-57 Miami, and the Heat led 84-83 after three.

Zaccharie Risacher's free throw tied it at 90 at 8:51 of the fourth, Pelle Larsson's three at 8:38 gave Miami 93-90, Walter Clayton Jr.'s driving layup at 8:13 gave Dallas 94-93, Mitchell's floater and free throw at 6:57 and 6:34 made it 96-95 Miami, and Daniel Gafford's basket at 6:12 put Dallas ahead 97-96 for good. Bam Adebayo's dunk at 3:08 cut it to 106-103, Morez Johnson Jr.'s tip at 2:40 made it 108-103, Mitchell's floater at 2:29 made it 108-105, and Flagg's three at 2:02 made it 111-105. Giannis scored at 1:41, Adebayo's tip at 49.5 seconds made it 111-109, Kyrie Irving missed a 26-footer, and Flagg blocked Andrew Wiggins' running jumper at 31.1. Out of a timeout, Flagg drove for a layup with 10 seconds left for 113-109, and Risacher blocked Mitchell's layup at 5.5 seconds.

Flagg had 29 points on 12-of-23, six rebounds, 11 assists, five steals and three blocks in 40 minutes. Washington scored 20 with four threes and nine rebounds, Irving had 18 on 7-of-17 with 2-of-11 from three, Clayton scored 15 on 6-of-7 off the bench and was plus-22, and Max Christie made three threes for 11. Risacher went 2-of-13 but had eight rebounds and three blocks. Dallas made 14 of 46 threes, blocked 10 shots and had 11 steals. For Miami, Giannis had 29 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists on 12-of-23 but 3-of-7 from the line, Mitchell scored 21, Wiggins and Larsson had 12 each, and Bobby Portis had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Adebayo was 3-of-10 for 8 points. The Heat made 14 of 25 free throws and 13 of 41 threes. Dallas is 2-2; Miami is 0-4.

Golden State Warriors 134, Denver Nuggets 114

Nikola Jokic opened the night with nine points, five rebounds, five assists and two blocks in the first quarter, a line only a handful of players have put together in a single quarter since 1996-97, and Denver led 32-28 after one. Then Golden State took over. The Warriors won the second quarter 32-24 for a 60-56 halftime lead, won the third 40-28 to go up 100-84, and led 119-101 with under four minutes left before closing it out 134-114.

Yaxel Lendeborg had another career night two days after scoring 26 in Phoenix: 31 points, 12 rebounds and six assists on 9-of-19, with 12 of 13 at the line and only one make in eight threes. Stephen Curry, back after sitting Saturday, scored 24 in 26 minutes without missing a shot, 8-of-8 from the floor, 3-of-3 from three and 5-of-5 at the line, the second perfect shooting game of his career. Brandin Podziemski added 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists, Gui Santos scored 13, and Golden State shot 46-of-85 with 22 of 44 threes, 20 of 21 free throws and 31 assists. DeMar DeRozan led Denver with 21 off the bench on 7-of-15, and Jokic finished with 19 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and three blocks on 8-of-18. Golden State is 1-3; Denver is 1-2.

Hornets 110, Wizards 103: Washington led 21-19 after one, and Charlotte won the second quarter 35-19: Sion James' basket at 3:53 made it 40-32, Moussa Diabate's free throw at 1:19 made it 50-38, and the Hornets led 54-44 at the half and 80-68 after three. Dennis Schroder's layup at 3:57 of the fourth made it 100-87, and Washington scored 35 in the quarter anyway: Kyshawn George's layup at 2:34 cut it to 100-95, and Trae Young's floater at 1:13 made it 103-100. Brandon Miller's 12-footer at 50.9 seconds made it 105-100, and Grayson Allen's four free throws finished it. Miller scored 39 on 15-of-28 with five threes, six rebounds, three steals and two blocks, Naz Reid had 18 and 12, Diabate had 11 points and 17 rebounds, and Charlotte grabbed 20 offensive rebounds. Anthony Davis had 29 and 10, Young had 22 and 10 assists, and George scored 20. Charlotte is 3-1; Washington is 2-2.

Celtics 134, Bulls 99: Paul George's threes at 11:09 and 10:11 of the first quarter opened it 6-2, Hugo Gonzalez's three at 1:35 made it 27-18, and Boston led 33-21 after one and 66-54 at the half. The third quarter was 39-21: George's 27-footer at 4:07 made it 89-70, Sam Hauser's running pull-up at 2:30 made it 95-71, and Payton Pritchard's step-back three at 1:22 made it 101-73. Chris Cenac Jr.'s three at 4:28 of the fourth put the lead at 40, 127-87. Pritchard scored 28 on 10-of-16 with seven threes in 22 minutes, Jayson Tatum had 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists in 28, George scored 16, Gonzalez 13 and Hauser 11, and Boston made 21 of 44 threes with 19 offensive rebounds. Norman Powell scored 20 for Chicago, Caleb Wilson had 17, and the Bulls made 12 of 44 threes and turned it over 24 times. Boston is 2-1; Chicago is 1-3.

Bucks 110, Pacers 102: Indiana led 61-50 at the half after Tyrese Haliburton's step-back three at 1:21 of the second, and Milwaukee won the third quarter 34-24. Ryan Rollins' basket at 5:33 tied it at 71, Nate Ament's three at 46.6 seconds gave the Bucks 84-82, and Haliburton's step-back three at 36.5 sent the Pacers into the fourth up 85-84. Brayden Burries' tip dunk at 11:26 of the fourth gave Milwaukee the lead back, Ament's dunk at 10:08 made it 88-86, Rollins' layup at 5:27 made it 101-92, and Kasparas Jakucionis' three at 2:19 and Kyle Kuzma's at 1:53 closed it at 108-100. Tyler Herro had 23 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, Rollins scored 19, Kuzma had 17 with four threes, Kel'el Ware had 16 and 14 off the bench, and Milwaukee outrebounded Indiana 61-48. Haliburton had 22 and nine assists, Pascal Siakam had 20 and 13, and the Pacers made 13 of 48 threes on the second night of a back-to-back. Milwaukee is 1-3; Indiana is 2-2.

Thunder 125, Suns 114: Ajay Mitchell's free throws at 7:02 of the first gave Oklahoma City a 10-9 lead, Duop Reath's free throw tied it at 24 at 1:53, and Mitchell's pull-up at 1:44 put the Thunder ahead for good on the way to a 33-27 lead after one. Aday Mara's tip at 2:16 of the second made it 59-46, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 25-footer at 18.5 seconds made it 67-50, and Oklahoma City led 67-53 at the half and 99-85 after three on the second night of a back-to-back. Mitchell's free throw at 6:08 of the fourth put the lead at 21, 116-95, and the lead reached 22. Mitchell scored 30 on 10-of-16 with 9-of-10 from the line in 25 minutes, Gilgeous-Alexander had 26 in 30, Jared McCain made four threes for 18, Isaiah Hartenstein had 15 and 13, and Mara had 11 and 10 off the bench. Jalen Green scored 20 for Phoenix, Dillon Brooks 19 on 4-of-14, and Miles Bridges 17; Devin Booker had 3 points on 1-of-7 two nights after scoring 43. Phoenix made 18 of 50 threes. Oklahoma City is 4-0; Phoenix is 1-2.

Rockets 120, Hawks 110: The rematch was even for a half. CJ McCollum's three at 1:11 of the second gave Atlanta 64-63, the Hawks led 66-63 at the break, and the lead changed hands three times early in the third before Alperen Sengun's layup at 6:06 made it 77-76 Houston for good. Sengun's running layup at 3:44 made it 84-76, Houston led 91-85 after three, Tari Eason's three at 7:48 of the fourth made it 106-93, and Jabari Smith Jr.'s layup at 4:44 put the lead at 22, 117-95. Sengun had 29 points on 11-of-15 with nine rebounds, nine assists and six steals, Kevin Durant had 22 points, nine rebounds and four blocks, Smith had 16 and 12, Amen Thompson scored 15, and Houston scored 64 in the paint and 26 on the break. Jalen Johnson had 21 and nine for Atlanta, McCollum scored 20, and the Hawks made 11 of 39 threes. Houston is 4-0; Atlanta is 2-2.

Grizzlies 110, Jazz 105: Memphis led 30-21 after one, Jerami Grant's three at 10:41 of the second made it 37-25, and Cedric Coward's 25-footer at 1:40 of the third put the lead at 16, 87-71. Utah scored 29 in the fourth: Keyonte George's floater and free throw at 3:37 cut it to 102-101, Ty Jerome's floater at 2:44 and pull-up at 2:15 made it 106-101, Ace Bailey's pull-up at 1:55 and Mo Bamba's dunk at 1:01 made it 106-105, and Jaylen Wells' free throws at 41 seconds and Jerome's at 11.6 held it. Coward had 16 points and 11 rebounds on 4-of-4 from three, Jerome had 15 and eight assists on 4-of-15, Wells scored 14, Grant made three threes for 13, and Quinten Post scored 12 on 5-of-6 in 12 minutes; Memphis made 16 of 37 threes and 20 of 22 free throws. George scored 26, Bailey had 17 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, Bamba had 14 on 7-of-8 with four blocks, and Lauri Markkanen played six minutes. Memphis is 4-0; Utah is 1-3.

Tuesday is a four-game night: Brooklyn is in Boston at 7:30 PM ET, Detroit visits New York and Sacramento plays at San Antonio at 8:00, and Portland closes it at the Lakers at 11:00. We'll have the preview, the card, and both leans before tip-off.

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