McCOLLUM NAILS FLOATER FOR WIN

ORE.» CJ McCollum hit PORTLAND, a floater with 5.9 seconds left to give the Trail Blazers a 111-110 victory over the Spurs on Sunday night with both teams short-handed.

McCollum finished with 25 points and Maurice Harkless added 19 off the bench for the Blazers, who played without starter Damian Lillard.

Former Blazer LaMarcus Aldridge had 30 points and 14 rebounds, while Manu Ginobili added 26 points, including six 3-pointers, for the Spurs.

Trailing by as many as 12 points in the third quarter, Portland rallied to lead 101-94 on Harkless’ 3-pointer with 5:37 left. But Ginobili’s 3 gave the Spurs a 105-103 lead with 2:48 left. He added another to extend the lead to 108-105.

McCollum’s layup with 1:11 left gave the Blazers back a onepoint edge, but he missed an off-balance jumper that would have given Portland some cushion.

After Kyle Anderson’s free throws put San Antonio in front, McCollum came through with his floater. Aldridge missed a jumper as time ran out.

Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard sat out because of a partial tear in his left shoulder, coach Gregg Popovich revealed before the game. It was not immediately known how serious or extensive the tear is.

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Dragan Bender scored 17 of his career-high 20 points in the second half, rookie Josh Jackson had 17 points and 10 rebounds in his first career double-double, and the Suns beat the Thunder 114-100. Bender made a careerbest six 3-pointers, going 5-of-6 in the second half. Phoenix beat the Thunder for the third straight time dating to last season, with all three wins coming in Phoenix. Russell Westbrook posted his 14th triple-double of the season and second in a row with 26 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, but Oklahoma City never led after the first quarter. … Josh Richardson’s layup with 5.1 seconds left capped a Miami rally from eight points down in the fourth, Donovan Mitchell missed what would have been the winner at the buzzer and the Heat beat the Jazz 103-102. … Kristaps Porzingis scored 29 points and Jarrett Jack made the tiebreaking basket with 31.2 seconds left as the Knicks defeated the Mavericks 100-96. Kyle O’Quinn scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Enes Kanter added 13 points and 18 boards for the Knicks.