Love leads Cavaliers to bizarre win
Kevin Love made two free throws with 1.2 seconds left and scored 25 points, and the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers held on to beat the Charlotte Hornets, 102-101, after a wild fourth quarter.
Jarrett Allen had a careerhigh 29 points and 22 rebounds, and Love scored 22 of his points in the second half as the Cavaliers overcame a bizarre technical foul on bench player Ed Davis with 4:44 remaining.
Terry Rozier scored 24 points and Kelly Oubre Jr, added 21 for Hornets, who overcame a double-digit deficit in the fourth.
Things got strange when Davis, who never played, interfered with Terry Rozier’s 3point attempt by swatting at his arm, apparently thinking the play was over. Replays appeared to show a whistle had blown before Rozier attempted his shot. Davis was whistled for a technical.
Officials credited Rozier with a successful 3-pointer — even though the ball never went through the hoop — and he also made the free throw for the technical, cutting the Cavaliers’ lead to six.
Other games
Celtics 102, Pistons 93: Jayson Tatum scored 24 points in 28 minutes and visiting Boston beat Detroit.
Jazz 125, Nets 102: Donovan Mitchell led host Utah with 27 points and Bojan Bogdanovic added 19 as the Jazz defeated Brooklyn.
Raptors 125, Hawks 114: Pascal Siakam matched his season high with 33 points and Fred VanVleet had 26 points and 11 assists as Toronto beat visiting Atlanta.
Bulls 122, Pacers 115: Nicola Vucevic scored a season-high 36 points with 17 rebounds to give visiting Chicago a win against Indiana.
Spurs 131, Rockets 106: Keldon Johnson broke out with 28 points and Jakob Poeltl added 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead host San Antonio past Houston.
Pelicans 113, Nuggets 105: Herbert Jones scored 25 points and Brandon Ingram chipped in 23 as New Orleans won at Denver.