Magic shake off Hawks in OT

PAOLO BANCHERO tallied a game-high 35 points to go along with 10 rebounds to help lead the Orlando Magic to a 117-110 overtime win against the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.

Caleb Houstan added a career-high 25 points on seven triples for the Magic, who won their second straight game after a threegame skid. Jalen Suggs chipped in 16 points for Orlando, while Goga Bitadze notched 11 points and 14 boards.

Trae Young led Atlanta with 31 points, with Dejounte Murray scoring 24.

With the Hawks down 102-98 with 1:20 remaining, Murray converted a threepoint play to cut the deficit to one. Houstan responded with a corner triple to push the Orlando advantage back to four with 1:07 left.

Trail Blazers 134, Nets 127 (OT)

Malcolm Brogdon hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:02 remaining in overtime as Portland outlasted Brooklyn in New York.

The Trail Blazers stopped a three-game losing streak by overcoming a 42-point showing by Mikal Bridges and outscoring the Nets 49-34 in the fourth quarter and overtime. Anfernee Simons helped Portland get the game to overtime by scoring 19 of his 38 points after the third quarter, but it was Brogdon who helped the Blazers secure the win in the bonus frame.

Grizzlies 121, Suns 115

Desmond Bane’s go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:47 remaining in regulation completed a 13-point second-half comeback for Memphis in its win over host Phoenix.

Memphis went on a 16-1 run that began late in the third quarter and spanned the first 3:52 of the fourth. Vince Williams Jr. scored seven of his career-high 19 points during the Grizzlies’ burst, making a go-ahead 3-pointer that ignited a back-and-forth finish.

Devin Booker scored a team-high 24 points to lead all five Suns starters scoring in double figures. Kevin Durant finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds and Jusuf Nurkic added 18 points and 19 rebounds.

Cavaliers 117, Spurs 115

Jarrett Allen recorded his seventh straight double-double with 29 points and 16 rebounds as host Cleveland extended San Antonio’s losing streak to five games with a win.

Caris LeVert scored 23 points and Sam Merrill had 18 points on five 3-pointers for Cleveland, which won its third straight.

The Cavaliers’ reserves outscored San Antonio’s bench 60-38 with LeVert and Merrill leading the way.

Pelicans 133, Kings 100

CJ McCollum scored 30 points and visiting New Orleans dominated from start to finish in a victory over Sacramento.

Jonas Valanciunas added 15 points and 12 rebounds as the Pelicans overcame the absence of Zion Williamson (quad contusion) in the opener of a five-game road trip.

Domantas Sabonis had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Sacramento, falling four assists shy of a third straight triple-double. Kevin Huerter scored 17 points and Keon Ellis had 13 for the Kings, who had won four of their past five games before falling to 0-4 against New Orleans this season.

Mavericks 115, Timberwolves 108

Kyrie Irving scored 35 points and Luka Doncic added 34 to lift host Dallas to a victory over Minnesota.

Irving made six 3-pointers to go along with eight rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks. Doncic sank five 3-pointers and added eight assists and six rebounds to send Dallas to its third straight win to begin its season-high seven-game homestand.

Nuggets 131, Pistons 114

Jamal Murray scored a season-high 37 points, Nikola Jokic finished with 16 assists — two shy of his career high — and host Denver rebounded from a disappointing loss to Orlando to beat struggling Detroit.

Jokic scored just four points on three shots but had five blocks. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Michael Porter Jr. scored 18 points apiece for the Nuggets.

Lakers 106, Clippers 103

LeBron James scored 25 points, Anthony Davis added 22 points with 10 rebounds and the Lakers ended a four-game losing streak with a victory over the visiting Clippers.

Paul George and Ivica Zubac each scored 22 points for the Clippers, who saw their five-game winning streak come to an end.

Kawhi Leonard scored 15 points but missed much of the final three minutes as he reached his minutes restriction for the game.

Raptors 133, Warriors 118

RJ Barrett exploded for a season-high 37 points as Toronto won for the third time in four games by beating Golden State in San Francisco.

Acquired from the New York Knicks on Dec. 30 along with Immanuel Quickley, Barrett connected on 13 of 20 shots, including 5 of 8 from 3-point range, in the third-highest scoring game of his career.

Quickley chipped in with a game-high 10 assists to go with nine points for Toronto. Jakob Poeltl recorded a double-double for Toronto with 14 points and a game-high-tying 11 rebounds, while Chris Boucher had 17 points and Pascal Siakam added 16. —