Philadelphia 76ers 114, Indiana Pacers 109

Indiana played without Tyrese Haliburton and Ivica Zubac, and for a half it looked like the market had it right. The first quarter ended 25-25 on Andrew Nembhard's free throw with 3.0 seconds left, and then Philadelphia won the second 37-27. Anfernee Simons' threes at 9:50 and 9:28 made it 34-30 and 37-30, Joel Embiid's 14-footer at 5:42 made it 50-38, Jaylen Brown's 6-footer at 2:12 made it 59-44, the 76ers' biggest lead, and VJ Edgecombe made a 50-footer at the second-quarter horn for 62-52 at the half.

The third quarter was 36-13, Indiana. Nembhard's layup at 11:47 and Kelly Oubre Jr.'s at 10:58 started it, Pascal Siakam tied it at 62 at 9:00, and Nembhard's 26-footer at 8:22 put the Pacers ahead 65-62, their first lead since the opening minute of the second quarter. Aaron Nesmith's three free throws at 2:38, one of them a technical, made it 80-70, Quenton Jackson's jumper at 2:16 made it 82-70, and Nembhard's pull-up with 17.0 seconds left sent Indiana into the fourth up 88-75, its biggest lead of the night. Philadelphia made five shots in the quarter.

Then the fourth was 39-21 the other way. Simons' threes at 11:42 and 9:22 cut it to 84-92, LeBron James' 25-footer at 8:32 made it 87-92, Embiid's and-one at 7:17 made it 90-92, and Maxey's driving layup at 5:38 tied it at 94. Maxey's two free throws at 5:15 put Philadelphia ahead 96-94, and it never trailed again. Nembhard's fade-away at 3:07 got Indiana within 101-100, Embiid answered from 11 feet at 2:43, Maxey's step-back three at 1:10 made it 109-104, his 29-footer at 46.1 seconds made it 112-106, and his two free throws at 12.3 closed it at 114-107 before Oubre's dunk with 5.4 seconds left.

Maxey had 27 points on 8-of-18 with 8-of-9 at the line, five rebounds and four assists. Embiid had 21 and 11, Brown had 20 and 10, Simons scored 20 off the bench on 6-of-10 from three and was plus-14 in 27 minutes, and James had 13 points, five rebounds and 10 assists without a turnover. Philadelphia made 13 of 36 threes and 21 of 24 free throws. For Indiana, Siakam had 26 and 11 on 11-of-17, Nembhard had 18 points and 14 assists on 5-of-16, Nesmith scored 18 with three threes, Oubre 15, and Obi Toppin 13 off the bench. The Pacers made 9 of 36 threes and 28 of 35 free throws and scored 16 on the break. Philadelphia is 4-1; Indiana is 2-3.

Golden State Warriors 119, Minnesota Timberwolves 114

Minnesota, without Anthony Edwards, led by five at 7:51 of the first on Jonathan Kuminga's free throw, 12-7, and that was the Wolves' biggest lead of the night. Bones Hyland's step-back three tied it at 22 at 2:26, Brandon Williams' driving layup at 2:14 put Golden State ahead 24-22, and Minnesota never led again. The Warriors closed the quarter 8-1 for 30-23. LaMelo Ball's step-back three at 9:45 of the second cut it to 30-29, and then Stephen Curry made five threes in three minutes: at 9:11 for 33-29, at 8:39 for 36-31, at 7:31 for 41-34, at 6:48 for 46-38, and from 31 feet at 6:07 for 51-38. Yaxel Lendeborg's three at 1:46 made it 60-46, and Curry's two free throws with 3.5 seconds left sent Golden State into the half up 64-48.

Curry's step-back three at 10:04 of the third made it 71-50, and his free throw at 6:18 made it 78-54, the Warriors' biggest lead at 24. Minnesota's bench cut into it from there: Hyland's three at 54.2 seconds made it 91-79, and Curry's two free throws at 19.0 left it 93-81 after three. Williams' and-one at 8:45 of the fourth made it 103-87, and the Wolves scored 14 of the next 20. Ayo Dosunmu's three at 4:00 made it 109-99, Jaden McDaniels' pull-up at 3:21 made it 109-101, Dosunmu's layup at 1:28 made it 115-109, and his 24-footer at 32.2 seconds made it 116-112. Lendeborg made one of two at 6.1 seconds, Hyland banked in a 16-footer at 0.8 for 117-114, and Curry's two free throws at 0.1 closed it.

Curry had 44 points on 11-of-27, 6-of-16 from three and 16-of-16 at the line, with eight rebounds and six assists in 32 minutes. Lendeborg had 26 points and nine rebounds on 11-of-20 with seven turnovers, Williams scored 11 off the bench, and Draymond Green had nine rebounds, six assists and three steals. Golden State made 30 of 37 free throws, outrebounded Minnesota 53-42, and scored 54 in the paint. For the Wolves, Kuminga scored 20 with three threes, McDaniels had 19 on 8-of-18 with 1-of-8 from three, Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 19 off the bench, Dosunmu had 17, Hyland 13, and Ball had eight points on 3-of-11 with eight assists and six turnovers. Rudy Gobert scored one point on 0-of-4 in 20 minutes. Minnesota made 15 of 45 threes and 19 of 27 free throws. Golden State is 2-3; Minnesota is 3-2.

Oklahoma City Thunder 96, Dallas Mavericks 120

Oklahoma City came in 4-0 and without six players, and for a quarter it looked like the Thunder might absorb that too. Bennett Stirtz's fade-away at 2:36 of the first put them up 25-23, Cooper Flagg's three at 1:44 tied it at 28, and Dallas led 33-30 after one. Oklahoma City's biggest lead of the night was three. The Mavericks won the second 32-29 behind a Marcus Sasser stretch off the bench, his layup at 6:52, running pull-up at 5:02 and 15-footer at 4:10 making it 48-40, 54-42 and 56-46, and Dallas led 65-59 at the half.

Zaccharie Risacher's tip at 8:11 of the third made it 74-61, Flagg's alley-oop to Daniel Gafford at 7:30 made it 78-63, and Flagg's driving layup at 3:33 made it 84-73; Dallas led 94-81 after three. Ajay Mitchell scored eight points in a four-minute stretch early in the fourth, the last two on free throws at 6:45 for 108-93, and then P.J. Washington answered with seven in a row: a 24-footer at 5:26, a layup at 4:41 and a 16-footer at 3:27 for 115-93. Max Christie's three at 2:11 made it 120-93, the biggest lead at 27, and the final was 120-96.

Flagg had 26 points, five rebounds and eight assists without a turnover and was plus-12 in 33 minutes. Washington had 18 and nine, Kyrie Irving scored 15 and was plus-25, Risacher had 13 on 5-of-6, Christie made three threes for 11, and Caleb Martin and Morez Johnson Jr. scored 10 each off the bench. Dallas won the glass 49-43 and scored 17 on the break to Oklahoma City's zero. For the Thunder, Mitchell had 29 on 12-of-20 and was the only starter with a positive plus-minus, at plus-4. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 21 on 7-of-19 with 1-of-6 from three and was minus-21 in 28 minutes, Isaiah Hartenstein had 10 and 14, and Jared McCain was 3-of-13 and 0-of-6 from three. Oklahoma City made 5 of 32 threes. Dallas is 3-2; Oklahoma City is 4-1, its first loss of the season.

Heat 129, Hawks 117: Miami's first win. Jalen Johnson's 26-footer at 5:44 of the first put Atlanta up 17-15, Andrew Wiggins answered from 25 at 5:27, and the Heat never trailed again, closing the quarter 12-5 for 34-25. Tim Hardaway Jr.'s running jumper at 2:04 of the third made it 95-77, the biggest lead at 18, and Giannis Antetokounmpo's running dunk at 3:12 of the fourth and layup at 2:42 made it 122-112 after Atlanta had cut it to eight. Antetokounmpo had 24 points and 18 rebounds, Bam Adebayo 24 and nine, Wiggins 18 with four threes, and Pelle Larsson 17 and eight assists off the bench; Miami scored 70 in the paint. Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Kingston Flemings scored 23 each, and Johnson had 12, nine and 11. Miami is 1-4; Atlanta is 2-3.

Cavaliers 121, Wizards 111: Washington scored 42 in the first quarter and led 74-61 at 10:50 of the third on AJ Dybantsa's layup; Donovan Mitchell's two free throws at 33.8 seconds of the third tied it at 92. Dybantsa's pull-up at 6:16 of the fourth put the Wizards up 105-104, their last lead, and Cleveland scored the next nine, Mario Hezonja's three at 4:01 and James Harden's floater at 3:28 making it 113-105. Evan Mobley had 24 points and 12 rebounds on 5-of-6 from three, Peyton Watson scored 22, Mitchell had 19 and seven assists, and Cleveland won the glass 47-27. Dybantsa scored 19 on 8-of-12, Anthony Davis and Alex Sarr had 18 each, and Trae Young had 14 on 3-of-12 with eight assists. Cleveland is 3-1; Washington is 2-3.

Pistons 97, Hornets 89: Charlotte led 40-28 at 6:22 of the second and 51-44 at the half against a Detroit team on the second night of a back-to-back. The third quarter was 32-19: Cade Cunningham's 24-footer at 7:04 put the Pistons ahead 57-56, their first lead since the final minute of the first quarter, and his 5-footer at 10:59 of the fourth made it 80-70. Dennis Schröder's 29-footer at 54.2 seconds cut it to 94-89, and Cunningham's 25-footer at 31.1 closed it. Cunningham had 30 points and seven assists with four threes, Paul Reed scored 16, and Daniss Jenkins 14 off the bench. Brandon Miller had 31 and 12 on 12-of-26; Charlotte turned it over 25 times. Detroit is 4-1; Charlotte is 3-2.

Raptors 129, Magic 99: Orlando led 19-10 at 6:19 of the first, and Toronto led 32-25 after one and never looked back. Scottie Barnes' 18-footer at 36.4 seconds of the second made it 69-53 at the half, the Raptors won the third 34-23 for 103-76, and Alijah Martin's running dunk at 1:33 of the fourth made it 129-96, the biggest lead at 33. Barnes had 28 points on 11-of-17 and was plus-30 in 31 minutes, RJ Barrett had 25 points and nine rebounds, Immanuel Quickley scored 16 with four threes and seven assists, and Toronto scored 23 on the break. Tristan da Silva scored 20 on 8-of-10 off the bench for Orlando, Franz Wagner had 15 with seven turnovers, and Desmond Bane went 3-of-14. Toronto is 3-1; Orlando is 1-3.

Knicks 133, Bulls 127: The lead changed hands 18 times. Norman Powell's 26-footer at 4:57 of the third put Chicago up 87-68, Tyler Kolek's 29-footer at 13.9 seconds cut it to 94-90, and New York won the fourth 43-31. OG Anunoby's layup at 9:02 made it 102-101, the Knicks' first lead since the second quarter, Landry Shamet's running jumper at 6:26 put them ahead 112-109 for good, and Jalen Brunson's three at 3:17 made it 127-116. Brunson had 38 points with six threes and seven assists on the second night of a back-to-back, Anunoby scored 23, Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 and 13, and New York made 22 of 48 threes. Powell scored 30, Caleb Wilson 20, Jalen Smith had 17 and 11, and Josh Giddey had 10 points and 11 assists. New York is 2-3; Chicago is 1-4.

Rockets 132, Bucks 100: Houston played without Alperen Şengün and Marcus Smart and won by 32. Amen Thompson's dunk at 42.7 seconds of the first put the Rockets up 23-21, the second quarter was 34-14, and Fred VanVleet's 25-footer at 3.0 seconds made it 57-35 at the half. It was 95-69 after three, and Bogdan Bogdanović's pull-up at 13.5 seconds made it 132-97, the biggest lead at 35; Milwaukee's biggest lead was three. VanVleet had 24 with four threes, Thompson scored 23 on 10-of-16, Kevin Durant had 18 points and three blocks, and Bogdanović scored 16 on 5-of-6 in 15 minutes. Tyler Herro scored 23 on 9-of-13 and Jaime Jaquez Jr. 19 for Milwaukee, which made 12 of 41 threes. Houston is 5-0; Milwaukee is 1-4.

Nuggets 104, Pelicans 91: Trey Murphy III's three at 10:18 of the first put New Orleans up 5-3, and that was its last lead. Denver won the quarter 37-18, and Marvin Bagley III's running layup at 9:09 of the second made it 44-22, the biggest lead at 22. The Pelicans got within 79-73 after three and 88-83 on Zion Williamson's 25-footer at 6:40 of the fourth; Jamal Murray's three at 5:44 made it 91-83, and Christian Braun's threes at 4:25, 3:11 and 1:09 made it 96-85, 99-87 and 104-89. Murray scored 23 with five threes, Nikola Jokić had 21 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Aaron Gordon had 15 and 11, and Denver made 18 of 19 free throws. Williamson had 25 on 10-of-14, and New Orleans made 7 of 30 threes. Denver is 2-2; New Orleans is 0-4.

Spurs 117, Jazz 111 (OT): Utah led 32-22 after one and 46-35 at 5:23 of the second; San Antonio, on the second night of a back-to-back, led 55-51 at the half, led 105-100 at 2:27 of the fourth, and was tied at 105 on Keyonte George's driving layup at 41.4 seconds. Brice Sensabaugh's 27-footer at 3:15 of overtime put Utah up 108-105, Dylan Harper's two free throws at 2:24 made it 109-108, Devin Vassell's tip dunk at 1:53 made it 111-108, and Victor Wembanyama's jumper at 1:34 and dunk at 1:18 made it 115-108. Wembanyama had 36 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks without a turnover in 39 minutes, and Vassell scored 21. George scored 31 with five threes, Ace Bailey 19, and Sensabaugh 16 off the bench; Utah turned it over 19 times. San Antonio is 3-2; Utah is 1-4.

Lakers 103, Clippers 87: The Lakers played the second night of a back-to-back without Luka Dončić and never needed him. The Clippers led by as many as five in the first quarter, and Quentin Grimes' running layup at 44.1 seconds put the Lakers ahead 23-22 for good. The second quarter was 31-16: Matisse Thybulle's three at 3:42 made it 48-33 and the Lakers led 56-38 at the half. Collin Sexton's three at 1:52 of the third made it 75-59, and Walker Kessler's dunk at 7:58 of the fourth made it 92-71, the biggest lead at 23. Grimes had 23 points with 9-of-11 at the line, Sexton scored 21 off the bench and was plus-23, Thybulle had 15 on 5-of-6 with four threes, Sandro Mamukelashvili had 13 and eight, and Austin Reaves scored 16 with eight turnovers. Keaton Wagler scored 21 off the bench on 4-of-15 with 10-of-12 at the line, Derrick Jones Jr. had 15, and Garland had 14 on 4-of-12 with five turnovers; the Clippers shot 26-of-74 and turned it over 24 times. The Lakers are 4-1; the Clippers are 1-3.

Thursday is a three-game night. Cleveland visits Atlanta at 8:00 PM ET on NBA TV, Sacramento is in New Orleans in the same window, and Memphis closes it at Portland at 10:00. We'll have the preview, the card, and both leans before tip-off.

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