Down 28, Nets ride Bridges to win over Celtics

Mikal Bridges scored 38 points and the visiting Brooklyn Nets overcame a 28-point deficit to stun the Boston Celtics 115-105 on Friday night.

Part of the trade that sent Kevin Durant to Phoenix, Bridges has reached 30 or more points in three of Brooklyn’s past six games. He also had 10 rebounds, playing nearly 43 minutes.

Fellow former Sun Cam Johnson added 20 points. Dorian Finney-Smith finished with 17.

It is the largest comeback by a Boston opponent since the Clippers rallied from 28 down to beat Boston 123-112 at TD Garden on Feb. 9, 2019.

Jaylen Brown led Boston with 35 points. Jayson Tatum added 22 points and 13 rebounds, but he was 0 of 8 from 3-point range.

Julius Randle scored 43 points, the last of them on a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left for visiting New York, which extended its winning streak to eight games. Randle was 8 of 13 from 3-point range. Jalen Brunson scored 25 points for the Knicks. Jimmy Butler scored 33 points and Tyler Herro scored 29 for Miami, including a layup that put the Heat up by one with 23.1 seconds left.

Devin Booker scored 35 points and matched his career high with six 3s and Kevin Durant added 20 points in his second game with visiting Phoenix. Josh Okogie scored 25 and made five 3-pointers and the Suns withstood big efforts by DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine to win for the eighth time in 11 games. DeRozan scored 31 points on 13 of 18 shooting and LaVine scored 27.

Klay Thompson scored 27 points and Jordan Poole had 18 points and seven assists to lead host Golden State, which also had three bench players score in double figures, led by Jonathan Kuminga’s 19 points; he also grabbed seven rebounds and made four steals. CJ McCollum led New Orleans with 25 points.

Dejounte Murray scored a career-high 41 points to help host Atlanta overcome Damian Lillard’s 33 points and give new coach Quin Snyder his first win with the Hawks. Murray shot 17 of 22, 5 of 5 from deep. Trae Young finished with 23 points and 11 assists for Atlanta. Cam Reddish scored 25 points for Portland.

Aaron Wiggins scored 27 points for host Oklahoma City to snap a five-game losing streak. The Thunder hadn’t won since Feb. 15 — their final game before the All-Star break. Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, an All-Star who averages 31 points, missed his fourth straight game. He was out due to health and safety protocols and an abdominal strain. Lauri Markkanen had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Utah.

Michael Porter Jr. scored 26 points, Jamal Murray scored 22 and Nikola Jokic had a triple-double with 18 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists for Western Conference-leading Denver, which entered five games ahead of secondplace Memphis. Ja Morant led the visiting Grizzlies with 27 points and 10 assists.