Detroit Pistons 97, New York Knicks 111

For a quarter it looked like the fourth straight Detroit win. Paul Reed, starting again with Jalen Duren out, had a reverse layup at 6:14 of the first for a 13-11 lead, Kevin Huerter's three at 2:00 made it 30-22, Daniss Jenkins' runner at 1:39 made it 33-22, and Reed's three with 2.8 seconds left sent the Pistons into the second up 38-25. Then Detroit scored 12 points in the quarter. Cade Cunningham's three at 8:43 made it 42-30, and New York scored 13 of the next 14: Andre Drummond's tip at 7:26, Landry Shamet's runner at 6:00, and Shamet's two free throws at 4:22 tied it at 43. Mikal Bridges' three at 3:47 gave the Knicks their first lead since the first quarter, 46-45, Cunningham's fade-away at 36.5 seconds put Detroit back up 50-48, and Jalen Brunson's two free throws with 2.4 seconds left sent New York in ahead 51-50.

The third quarter was 37-13. Brunson's step-back at 10:34 made it 57-50, Towns' dunk at 6:27 made it 71-56, Towns' three at 5:30 made it 74-56, Shamet's three at 2:59 made it 82-61, and Josh Hart's three with 0.3 seconds left made it 88-63 going into the fourth. Towns' layup at 11:10 of the fourth put the lead at 27, 90-63, and Detroit scored 34 in the quarter against the Knicks' bench to make the final 111-97. The Pistons' biggest lead was 13; New York's was 27.

Towns had 27 points and 20 rebounds, eight of them offensive, on 12-of-21, with seven turnovers. Brunson scored 23 on 5-of-18, 0-of-5 from three and 13-of-16 at the line, with seven assists. Bridges made four threes for 12, OG Anunoby had 13 and seven, Shamet scored 13 off the bench, Drummond had 10 and eight in 14 minutes, and Hart had five steals and was plus-19 in 27 minutes. New York grabbed 19 offensive rebounds and turned it over 18 times. For Detroit, Reed had 22 and nine on 9-of-12 in 26 minutes, Cunningham had 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists on 7-of-18, Ausar Thompson played and scored 11, Jenkins scored 11, and Duncan Robinson was 4-of-14 with 2-of-10 from three. The Pistons made 9 of 37 threes and 14 of 24 free throws and blocked 11 shots. Detroit is 3-1; New York is 1-3.

Sacramento Kings 103, San Antonio Spurs 130

Victor Wembanyama's alley-oop dunk at 11:48 opened it, Devin Vassell's three at 11:19 made it 5-0, and Sacramento led exactly once: Darius Acuff Jr.'s running pull-up at 4:15 of the first made it 23-22. Julian Champagnie's three at 3:57 put San Antonio back ahead, Precious Achiuwa's fade-away tied it at 25 at 3:22, and Wembanyama's 12-footer at 3:06 made it 27-25 for good. Wembanyama's running dunk at 1:12 made it 36-27, and the Spurs led 39-29 after one.

The second quarter was 41-25, and most of it was Champagnie. His three at 10:55 made it 44-34, and he made five more in the quarter: at 8:48 for 51-38, at 7:34 for 54-38, at 7:00 for 57-38, at 5:22 for 63-41, and at 4:23 for 68-43. De'Aaron Fox's three at 1:39 made it 76-53, Wembanyama dunked at 39.3 seconds and tipped one in with 0.3 left, and San Antonio led 80-54 at the half. Wembanyama's driving dunk at 5:31 of the third put the lead at 28, 99-71, and that was his last basket; he sat the entire fourth quarter. The fourth quarter was 23-23, and the final was 130-103.

Wembanyama had 29 points on 14-of-21, 10 rebounds, five blocks, two steals and no turnovers in 27 minutes, and was plus-22. Champagnie scored 26 on 9-of-14, 8-of-13 from three, in 25 minutes off the bench. Stephon Castle had 15 points, five rebounds and five assists, Vassell had 14 and eight assists with four threes, Keldon Johnson scored 14, Dylan Harper had 13 on 6-of-7 with six rebounds and six assists, and Fox had 11 and six. San Antonio shot 49-of-90, made 17 of 37 threes, had 35 assists, and scored 60 in the paint and 29 on the break. For Sacramento, De'Andre Hunter scored 24 with five threes, Zach LaVine had 22 on 7-of-10, Domantas Sabonis had 20 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists, and Acuff scored 19 on 8-of-20. The Kings' bench made 6 of 29 shots; Jonathan Mogbo was 1-of-9 and Malik Monk 1-of-7. San Antonio is 2-2; Sacramento is 0-4.

Portland Trail Blazers 136, Los Angeles Lakers 129

Reaves' three at 11:17 of the third and two Dončić running pull-ups, at 10:46 and 9:51, made it 82-71, and that was as far as the Lakers got. Matisse Thybulle's three at 6:05 kept it 92-86, Collin Sexton's layup at 1:58 made it 101-93, and Portland scored nine of the quarter's last eleven points: Vit Krejci's three at 1:44, Holiday's two free throws at 1:11, Robert Williams III's running dunk at 57.4 seconds for 102-100, and Williams' dunk at the horn after a Dončić free throw, which left it 103-102 Lakers after three. Avdija's free throw at 11:09 of the fourth tied it, Jake LaRavia's dunk at 10:36 put Los Angeles up 105-103, Holiday tied it at 9:30, and Damian Lillard's 27-footer at 9:10 put Portland ahead 108-105. Toumani Camara's three at 8:31 and Avdija's three at 7:56 made it 114-106, the Blazers' biggest lead of the night.

The Lakers came all the way back: Reaves' pull-up at 5:33 tied it at 116, and Ziaire Williams' three at 4:43 put Los Angeles up 120-118. Holiday's 23-footer at 4:16 made it 121-120 Portland, and the Lakers never led again. Three flopping technicals in 90 seconds, on Camara, Ja Morant and Ziaire Williams, traded free throws, Lillard's three at 3:38 and the technical free throw at 3:36 made it 125-121, Dončić's 28-footer at 3:24 cut it to one, Avdija answered from 28 at 2:59, Williams' three at 2:36 made it 128-127, Morant's floater at 2:01 and turnaround at 1:24 made it 132-127, Dončić's pull-up at 1:06 made it 132-129, and Lillard's step-back three at 43.1 seconds made it 135-129. Holiday's free throw at 18.3 closed it. The lead changed hands eleven times.

Dončić had 41 points on 12-of-22, 6-of-15 from three and 11-of-13 at the line, with five rebounds and nine assists in 37 minutes. Reaves had 26 points and seven assists without a turnover, Mamukelashvili scored 17 off the bench with three threes, Walker Kessler had 13 and eight, and Ziaire Williams scored 11 on 4-of-5. The Lakers made 17 of 43 threes and gave up 56 points in the paint. For Portland, Avdija had 23 points and nine assists with four threes, Morant scored 23 on 9-of-13, Holiday had 22 on 8-of-12 off the bench, Lillard scored 21 with four threes and went 7-of-11 at the line, Williams had 14 points and 10 rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench, Camara made four of five threes for 12, and Clingan had nine and 10. The Blazers shot 59 percent, made 18 of 36 threes, and took 41 free throws, making 26. Seven technicals were called, four on Portland. Portland is 3-0; the Lakers are 3-1.

Celtics 125, Nets 124 (OT): Brooklyn led 61-56 at the half and 79-78 late in the third before Jayson Tatum's 27-footer at 1:18 gave Boston its first lead since the first quarter, 81-79, and the Celtics led 86-82 after three. The lead changed hands ten times. Mikel Brown Jr.'s three at 6:42 of the fourth put Brooklyn up 99-97, Michael Porter Jr.'s three at 3:44 made it 107-104, and Derrick White's dunk and free throw at 33.7 seconds put Boston ahead 114-111. White's two free throws at 13.3 made it 116-111, Brooklyn got within 117-114 at the line, and Brown's 23-footer with 1.0 second left tied it at 117. In overtime Brown's 32-footer at 2:01 put the Nets up 124-119, Tatum's and Paul George's free throws cut it to 124-123 at 1:02, Brooklyn missed its last four shots, and Tatum's 17-foot turnaround at the horn won it. Tatum had 40 points on 18-of-22 at the line with eight assists and no turnovers, George had 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, and White scored 16. Porter had 27 and 12 with six threes, Julius Randle had 24 and nine, and Brown scored 17 with four threes off the bench. Boston is 3-1; Brooklyn is 0-4.

Wednesday is a 12-game night. Philadelphia visits Indiana at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, with Miami at Atlanta, Washington at Cleveland and Charlotte at Detroit in the same window and Orlando at Toronto at 7:30. The Knicks go to Chicago, Houston visits Milwaukee, Golden State is in Minnesota and Denver plays at New Orleans at 8:00, San Antonio is in Utah at 9:00, Oklahoma City visits Dallas at 9:30 on ESPN, and the Lakers close it at the Clippers at 10:30. We'll have the preview, the card, and both leans before tip-off.

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