Irving carries Celtics to victory over Wizards

Doncic scores 24 to help Mavericks extend win streak at home to 11

WASHINGTON — Kyrie Irving scored Boston’s last 12 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers in the final 40 seconds of overtime to outduel John Wall in a pointguard showdown, and the Celtics extended their winning streak to seven games with a 130-125 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

Irving finished with 38 points and seven assists. Marcus Morris added 27 points and nine rebounds for Boston, which played without Al Horford, Gordon Hayward and Jaylen Brown — its Nos. 4-6 leading scorers.

Wall returned for the Wizards after missing a game with an aching left heel and finished with 34 points with 13 assists. But his seven points in OT weren’t enough to keep pace with fellow All-Star Irving.

MAVERICKS 114, HAWKS 107: In Dallas, Harrison Barnes scored 25 points, Luka Doncic added 24 and Dallas extended its home winning streak to 11 games while ending a 10-game skid against Atlanta.

J.J. Barea had 18 points before leaving with a sprained left ankle as the Mavericks finally beat the Hawks after blowing a 26-point lead in October, when rookie Trae Young had a strong fourth quarter in his home debut to help the Hawks rally to a 111-104 win.

PACERS 113, BUCKS 97: In Indianapolis, Thaddeus Young had 25 points, 11 rebounds and four assists, and Myles Turner added 23 points to lead Indiana to its fifth straight win.

Indiana pulled within a halfgame of the Central Divisionleading Bucks. CAVALIERS 113, KNICKS 106: In Cleveland, Jordan Clarkson scored 28 points and a basket by Rodney Hood in the fourth quarter gave Cleveland a late lead as the Cavaliers dealt New York its fifth straight loss.

Hood put the Cavaliers in front 107-106 with 23 seconds remaining after New York took a one-point lead on rookie Kevin Knox’s fastbreak dunk with 32 seconds left.

Hood added 23 points, rookie Collin Sexton scored 19 and Matthew Dellavedova, playing his first game for Cleveland since being re-acquired from Milwaukee, had 15 points. HORNETS 108, PISTONS 107: In Charlotte, N.C., Jeremy Lamb hit a 22-foot jumper from the right wing with 0.3 seconds left as Charlotte rallied from a late 10-point deficit for a wild win.

Lamb’s buzzer-beater came with controversy. As he released the ball, Malik Monk ran off the Hornets’ bench and onto the floor early to celebrate the made basket.

Officials reviewed the play and called one-shot technical on the Hornets for having six men on the court. The basket counted. The Pistons made the technical free throw, but the ensuing inbounds pass was intercepted.

NETS 127, 76ERS 124: In Philadelphia, Spencer Dinwiddie scored a career-high 39 points off the bench and Allen Crabbe had 20 to lead Brooklyn.

Joel Embiid had 33 points and 17 rebounds and Ben Simmons scored 22 for Philadelphia, which played without Jimmy Butler because of a strained groin.

JAZZ 111, HEAT 84: In Salt Lake City, Donovan Mitchell scored 21 points and Derrick Favors had 17 to help Utah romp over Miami. KINGS 141, TIMBERWOLVES 130: In Sacramento, Calif., Nemanja Bjelica scored 25 points and Buddy Hield and Bogdan Bogdanovic each added 20 and Sacramento beat Minnesota. GRIZZLIES 92, TRAIL BLAZERS 83: In Memphis, Tenn., Mike Conley scored 23 points and keyed a fourth-quarter outburst as Memphis snapped a two-game losing streak. PELICANS 118, THUNDER 114: In New Orleans, Anthony Davis had 44 points and 18 rebounds, and inconsistent New Orleans narrowly held on to defeat Oklahoma City.