Irving nets 40, Harden injured as Nets defeat Knicks
Kyrie Irving scored 40 points, Jeff Green made two free throws with 3.7 seconds left and the Brooklyn Nets overcome the early loss of James Harden to beat the New York Knicks 114-112 on Monday night.
Harden returned after missing two games with right hamstring tightness but lasted just four minutes before having to leave again with the same injury.
Green scored 23 points and Joe Harris added 16 for the Nets, who won their eighth straight at home.
Julius Randle had 19 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists in his fourth tripledouble of the season. RJ
Barrett scored 22 points and Reggie Bullock added 21.
CAVALIERS 125, SPURS 101 >> Darius Garland scored a career-high 37 points, and Cleveland beat San Antonio
to snap a five-game skid.
Collin Sexton added 22 points for Cleveland. Isaiah Hartenstein scored a season-high 16, and Taurean Prince finished with 14.
San Antonio finished the longest homestand in franchise history at 2-7, dropping from seventh to ninth in the Western Conference. PISTONS 132, THUNDER 108 >> Jerami Grant scored 21 points against his former team, and Detroit beat Oklahoma City.
Grant played three seasons for the Thunder, and then was traded after the 2018-19 season. He looked at home during his return, making 7 of 15 shots and adding five rebounds and five assists in just 23 minutes. Frank Jackson and Sekou Doumbouya scored 14 points apiece for Detroit, which was coming off a 125- 81 home loss to the New York Knicks on Saturday — the franchise’s worst defeat since a 44-point loss in 1994.
MAVERICKS 111, JAZZ 103 >> Luka Doncic scored 31 points and Dorian FinneySmith added a season-high 23 as Dallas beat Utah for its season-best fifth straight win.
Jalen Brunson scored 20 points, Josh Richardson 17 and Tim Hardaway Jr. 16 as Dallas won for the first time in three games versus Utah this season. >> Gary Trent Jr. beat the buzzer with a long 3-pointer and Toronto rallied from a 19-point second-half deficit to beat Washington.
Pascal Siakam led Toronto with 22 points, and DeAndre Bembry and rookie Malachi Flynn led a fourth- quarter charge for the Raptors, who won consecutive games for the first time since Feb. 19-21.
SUNS 133, ROCKETS 130 >> Devin Booker scored 18 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter, and Phoenix beat Houston for its sixth straight win.
Deandre Ayton matched a season high with 27 points as Phoenix won for the ninth time in 10 games overall.