Contest between Kings, 76ers postponed for wet floor

PHILADELPHIA — A scheduled game between the Sacramento Kings and Philadelphia 76ers was postponed Wednesday night by the NBA because of condensation on the court at the Wells Fargo Center.

The game, which was slated to start at 7 p.m., was called off at 8:03 p.m. A makeup date was not immediately announced.

The Philadelphia Flyers hosted an NHL game at the arena Tuesday night and the ice surface remained under the basketball court — standard procedure at the Wells Fargo Center. However, Wednesday was an unseasonably warm, humid day for late November in Philadelphia, and it likely affected the surface.

“With our ice surface, sometimes humidity is our biggest opponent when we prepare for a game,” said John Page, president of the Wells Fargo Center complex. “We’ve never had an issue before, but we need to make sure we don’t have this issue again.”

Sacramento center DeMarcus Cousins said players noticed the court was slippery at Wednesday morning’s shoot around. By pregame warmups, the problem had worsened.

“It was pretty bad,” Cousins said. “I’ve never seen anything like that before.”

Cousins joined the fruitless effort to prepare the court, pushing around a pair of mops during the delay. He entered averaging 35.3 points in his last four games and was disappointed the contest was postponed.

• Thunder 126, Wizards 115 — At Oklahoma City: Russell Westbrook scored 14 of his 35 points in overtime and posted his fourth consecutive triple-double to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Washington Wizards, also on Wednesday night.

Westbrook added 14 rebounds and 11 assists for his ninth triple-double this season and the 46th of his career. The Thunder have won all four games during his triple-double streak, and he heads into December averaging a triple-double through 20 games this season.

• Knicks 106, Timberwolves 104 — At Minneapolis: Kristaps Porzingis had 29 points and eight rebounds in a thrilling duel with KarlAnthony Towns, helping New York beat Minnesota.

Carmelo Anthony capped a quiet night with a gamewinning 18-footer over Andrew Wiggins with 2.3 seconds to play, helping the Knicks avoid what would have been an epic collapse in the fourth quarter.

• Lakers 96, Bulls 90 — At Chicago: Julius Randle made a strong move against Nikola Mirotic for a tiebreaking layup with 45.1 seconds left, and Los Angeles held off Chicago for a gritty victory.

Randle had 13 points and matched a career high with 20 rebounds as Los Angeles bounced back from an ugly 105-88 loss at New Orleans on Tuesday night. Lou Williams and Jordan Clarkson scored 18 points apiece, and Larry Nance Jr. finished with 12 points and 11 boards.

• Spurs 94, Mavericks 87 — At Dallas: Patty Mills scored 15 of his team-high 23 points in the fourth quarter and Kawhi Leonard added 21 points, helping San Antonio rally over Dallas.

San Antonio became just the third team to start the season 11-0 on the road, following last year’s Warriors (14-0) and the 1969-70 Knicks (12-0).

• Raptors 120, Grizzlies 105 — At Toronto: Kyle Lowry had 29 points and eight assists, DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points and Toronto ended Memphis’ six-game road winning streak.

• Pistons 121, Celtics 114 — At Boston: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 25 points and Tobias Harris had 21 to lead balanced scoring that carried Detroit over Boston.

Andre Drummond added 20 points and 17 rebounds, one night after he was ejected in the second quarter of a victory at Charlotte for a flagrant-2 foul.

• Heat 106, Nuggets 98 — At Denver: Hassan Whiteside had another big game with 25 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks to lift Miami over Denver.

Wayne Ellington scored 22 points and Tyler Johnson had 18 points and seven assists for Miami in his return after missing one game. Goran Dragic had 16 points and seven assists for the Heat, who have more wins on the road (four) than at home (two).

• Trail Blazers 131, Pacers 109 — At Portland, Ore.: Damian Lillard had 28 points and 10 assists to help Portland beat Indiana and former coach Nate McMillan.

Maurice Harkless added 23 points for the Trail Blazers, who led by as many as 28 in their fifth consecutive victory over the Pacers.

• Suns 109, Hawks 107 — At Phoenix: Brandon Knight scored 23 points off the bench and Phoenix reserves combined for 54 as the Suns held off slumping Atlanta thanks to a key fourth-quarter run.

Eric Bledsoe’s bank shot with 28.4 seconds left gave the Suns a 104-99 lead and all but sealed Atlanta’s fourth consecutive defeat.