Houston Chronicle Sunday

Sexton, Cavaliers top 76ers in OT

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Collin Sexton scored 28 points, Darius Garland had 25 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Eastern Conference-leading Philadelph­ia 76ers 112-109 in overtime.

Isaac Okoro scored the first three points of OT and had 15 when he fouled out.

Joel Embiid had 42 points and 13 rebounds for Philadelph­ia. Ben Simmons scored 21 points.

JAZZ 124, MAGIC 109

Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and Joe Ingles filled in well again at point guard in place of Mike Conley to help visiting Utah beat Orlando.

Ingles had 17 points and six assists.

Magic All-Star center Nikola Vucevic scored 34 points.

WIZARDS 128 TIMBERWOLV­ES 112

Bradley Beal scored 34 points, Russell Westbrook added 19 as part of his NBA-leading 10th tripledoub­le, and host Washington used a 44-point third quarter to beat Minnesota.

Westbrook added 14 rebounds and 12 assists for the Wizards.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points and 11 rebounds. The Timberwolv­es have lost seven in a row.

SPURS 117, PELICANS 114

DeMar DeRozan had 32

points and 11 assists and short-handed San Antonio held on to beat visiting New Orleans.

LaMarcus Aldridge added 21 points off the bench. Dejounte Murray added 18 points, and Lonnie Walker IV had 17 for San Antonio.

Brandon Ingram had 29 points and Zion Williamson added 23 points and 14

rebounds for New Orleans.

KNICKS 110, PACERS 107

Julius Randle scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lift host New York back to .500 with a win over Indiana.

RJ Barrett added 24 for New York, which improved to 17-17 with its sixth win in its last 10 games. Derrick Rose had 17 points and

Immanuel Quickley 10.

Doug McDermott had 20 points for Indiana, which fell to 15-17 with its third straight loss. T.J. McConnell finished with 17, and Domantas Sabonis had 15 points, seven rebounds and nine assists.

MAVERICKS 115, NETS 98

Luka Doncic scored 27 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 18 in his return from injury and visiting Dallas snapped the Brooklyn’s eight-game winning streak.

James Harden had 29 points for the Nets, but only four after halftime while playing as Brooklyn’s solo superstar. Kevin Durant missed his seventh straight game with a left hamstring strain and Kyrie Irving rested his surgically repaired right shoulder.

NUGGETS 126, THUNDER 86

Jamal Murray continued his hot scoring with 26 points and Nikola Jokic had his eighth triple-double of the season to help visiting Denver rout Oklahoma City.

Jokic had 19 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists. Michael Porter Jr. added 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Will Barton scored 15 points.

Darius Bazley had 22 points for the Thunder. Ty Jerome and Isaiah Roby added 15 each.

 ?? Matt Slocum / Associated Press ?? Collin Sexton goes up for a shot against Joel Embiid in overtime. Sexton finished with 28 points.
Matt Slocum / Associated Press Collin Sexton goes up for a shot against Joel Embiid in overtime. Sexton finished with 28 points.

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