Raptors avoid Hornets sting
TORONTO— DeMar DeRozan scored 19 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and 13 rebounds and Toronto beat the Charlotte Hornets 103-98 on Sunday night, the Raptors’ 11th victory in 12 games and 45th overall. Serge Ibaka scored 17 points, and Kyle Lowry had 14 to help the Eastern Conference-leading Raptors complete their first season sweep of Charlotte since 2006-07. Toronto improved to 26-5 at Air Canada Centre, the best home record in the NBA.
Kemba Walker scored 27 points for Charlotte.
Pacers 98, Wizards 95
In Washington, Victor Oladipo scored 33 points, Bojan Bogdoanovic added 20 and Indiana beat Washington to overtake the Wizards by a half-game for fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
Myles Turner added 12 points and 13 rebounds for Indiana, which almost gave away a 17-point lead but never trailed. Bradley Beal scored 22 points and had a career-high 11 assists for Washington.
Pelicans 126, Mavericks 109
In Dallas, Jrue Holiday scored 30 points, Nikola Mirotic added 24 in a rare start and New Orleans won its eighth in a row, beating Dallas.
Anthony Davis had 23 points and 13 rebounds, scoring most of his points from inside 5 feet.
Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 23 points for the Mavericks, passing Elvin Hayes for eighth on the career field goals list with 10,980.
Bucks 118, 76ers 110
In Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 34 points and Milwaukee snapped a fourgame losing streak, scoring 36 points off Philadelphia’s season-high 26 turnovers.
Eric Bledsoe added 22 points, and Jabari Parker had 13 to keep Milwaukee in seventh place in the Eastern Conference —a half-game game behind the sixth-place 76ers.
Dario Saric scored 25 points, Joel Embiid had 19, and JJ Redick 17 for the 76ers.
Hawks 113, Suns 112
In Atlanta, Taurean Prince hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 7.6 seconds remaining and finished with 22 points in Atlanta’s victory over Phoenix.
Devin Booker’s potential winner for Phoenix, a 15-foot shot from the right baseline, bounced off the rim with Tyler Dorsey defending as time expired.
T.J. Warren had 35 points, while Booker had 20 points, ending a streak of four straight games in which he had at least 30.