Pelicans’ Davis remains on tear

Scores 45 in win over Celts in OT

BOSTON — Anthony Davis had 45 points and 16 rebounds to lead the New Orleans Pelicans to a 116113 overtime victory over Boston on Tuesday night, ending the Celtics’ sevengame winning streak.

Davis, who scored 48 on Sunday in an overtime win in New York, had four points in overtime and blocked two shots for the Pelicans, who overcame a sluggish start to the fourth quarter and erased a fivepoint deficit in the final few minutes of regulation.

DeMarcus Cousins had 19 points and 15 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday had 23 points and seven assists for New Orleans. Ian Clark added 15 points for the Pelicans.

Kyrie Irving led Boston with 27 points and Al Horford had 14 points and nine rebounds. Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown added 16 points apiece for the Celtics, who attempted a season-high 50 3-pointers.

“I thought we did a great job defensively in the first half trying to contain Kyrie. You know that that’s not going to last the entire game,” Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said. “We came up with stops when we absolutely had to and then we were able to make some plays down the stretch that were the difference in the game.” MAGIC 108, TIMBERWOLVES 102: In Orlando, Fla., Evan Fournier scored a season-high 32 points to help Orlando break a seven-game

losing streak with a victory over Minnesota.

D.J. Augustin added 11 points and three assists in the fourth quarter, when the Magic scored 35 points after trailing by two through three.

Jimmy Butler had 28 points and seven rebounds for the Timberwolves, who had won five straight games by an average of 18.8 points.

Bismack Biyombo had 16 rebounds for the Magic. NUGGETS 105, MAVERICKS 102: In Denver, Nikola Jokic scored 29 points and grabbed a season-high 18 rebounds, and Gary Harris hit two late free throws as Denver led by as many as 23 points before holding on against Dallas.

Harris finished with 25 points and Will Barton added 22 for the Nuggets.

The Nuggets led 82-59 with 4:04 left in the third before Dallas staged a comeback. The Mavericks cut the deficit to one on a three-point play by Dennis Smith Jr. with 10.4 seconds remaining. After Harris made two free throws, the Mavericks had a chance for a last-second shot, but Dwight Powell couldn’t corral a long pass as the buzzer sounded. TRAIL BLAZERS 118, SUNS 111: In Portland, Ore., Damian Lillard scored 31 points as Portland snapped a three-game losing streak with a victory over Phoenix.

CJ McCollum had 27 points, including six 3-pointers, and the Trail Blazers led by as many as 27 points in third quarter.

Devin Booker had 43 for the Suns.