Rockets’ franchiserecord losing streak reaches 20.
HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets lost their team-record 20th straight game, falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-112 Sunday when John Wall missed two shots in the final 10 seconds.
Luguentz Dort scored 23 points and Isaiah Roby had 18 for the Thunder, who led by as many as 13 points. Svi Mykhailiuk and Justin Jackson each had 15 points off the bench.
Christian Wood had 27 points, eight rebounds and two blocks for Houston, Wall had 24 points and seven assists, and Victor Oladipo had 23 points.
PACERS 109, HEAT 106 (OT)
Justin Holiday scored 15 points and hit consecutive 3-pointers in overtime to lead visiting Indiana to a win over Miami.
Myles Turner finished with 16 points and five blocks, and Domantas Sabonis had 17 points and 11 rebounds.
Bam Adebayo scored 29 points.
PELICANS 113, NUGGETS 108
Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson each scored 30 points and visiting New Orleans overcame another triple-double by Nikola Jokic to beat Denver.
Jokic had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his 52nd career triple-double. Jamal Murray added 23 points.
CELTICS 112, MAGIC 96
Jaylen Brown scored 34 points, including a career-high 10 3-pointers, and Jayson Tatum added 23
on Sunday to help host Boston beat Orlando and snap a threegame losing streak.
Nikola Vucevic had 22 points and 13 rebounds for Orlando.
RAPTORS’ COACH FINED
The NBA has fined Toronto coach Nick Nurse $50,000 for throwing his facemask behind the
scorer’s table and toward the stands, plus for directing profanity toward game officials before leaving the floor at the end of a game Friday night.
Nurse was upset at the end of Toronto’s 115-112 loss to the Utah Jazz, a game in which the Jazz took 41 free throws compared with the Raptors’ 14.
GRIFFIN TO MAKE NETS DEBUT
Blake Griffin is expected to make his debut for the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday vs. Washington.
The Nets signed him March 8 but wanted to gradually prepare him to play after he was inactive during his final weeks in Detroit.