Nets 109, Magic 102
Kristaps Porzingis scored a career-high 41 points, including 29 in the first half, and the Washington Wizards beat Minnesota 142127 on Monday after Timberwolves star Karl-anthony-towns was helped off the court in the third quarter with a right leg injury.
Towns grabbed at his leg and went down near midcourt. He was helped off without putting weight on the leg, and the team announced that he had a right calf strain.
Porzingis made all six of his 3-pointers in the first half. Washington shot 57% from the field for the game.
Kyle Kuzma scored 23 points for the Wizards and Bradley Beal added 22.
Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves with 29 points.
Kevin Durant scored a season-high 45 points and Brooklyn beat Orlando to get back to .500.
Durant shot 19 of 24 from the field and added seven rebounds and five assists, playing 39 minutes on the second night of back-to-back games.
Kyrie Irving added 20 points and Nic Claxton had 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Nets (11-11), who had to play the second half without Ben Simmons after he was bothered by knee soreness.
Paolo Banchero and Bol Bol each scored 24 points and Franz Wagner chipped in 21 for the Magic, who have lost five straight games and seven of their last eight.
76ers 104, Hawks 101
Joel Embiid sank the go-ahead 14-footer with 18.6 seconds left and scored 30 points in his return from a sprained left foot as Philadelphia beat Atlanta.
Embiid
scored
seven points in the final minute as the 76ers rallied. He had missed the previous four games with a sprained left foot.
Tobias Harris scored 24 points and Shake Milton had 21 for the Sixers.
Young and De’andre Hunter led the Hawks with 18 points apiece.
Celtics 140, Hornets 105
Jayson Tatum scored 35 points, Marcus Smart had 22 points and a career-high 15 assists, and Boston cruised past Charlotte.
The Celtics led by 27 points in the first quarter. It was the ninth straight win at home and the 13th in 14 games for the reigning Eastern Conference champions, who have the best record in the NBA.
Malcolm Brogdon had 21 points, six assists and five rebounds for Boston.
Jalen Mcdaniels scored 24 points and Kelly Oubre
Jr. had 22 for the Hornets, who lost for the 12th time in 15 games.
Raptors 100, Cavaliers 88
Pascal Siakam had 18 points and 11 rebounds in his return from injury, O.G. Anunoby scored 20 and Toronto beat Cleveland.
Gary Trent Jr. scored 14 points, Fred Vanvleet had 13 and Scottie Barnes 11 as the Raptors improved to 8-2 at home.
Siakam returned after missing 10 games because of a strained right adductor. Toronto went 5-5 in his absence.
Evan Mobley had 18 points and 15 rebounds and Darius Garland added 18 points and 10 assists, but the Cavaliers lost to Toronto for the second time.
Pelicans 105, Thunder 101
Zion Williamson scored 23 points, matched his career high with eight assists and converted a go-ahead threepoint play with 44 seconds left to lift short-handed New Orleans past Oklahoma City.
With the Pelicans playing without Brandon Ingram and C.J. Mccollum, Williamson also had eight rebounds and three blocked shots. Trey Murphy III scored 20 points for the Pelicans.
The Pelicans slowed down Shai Gilgeous-alexander from the floor, but the penetrating guard still scored 31 points on 7-of-21 shooting. He did most of his damage from the foul line, going 16 of 18.