Lowry has triple-double in Raptors’ win
Heat gives 76ers first home loss
DETROIT — Kyle Lowry had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for a tripledouble and the Toronto Raptors had an 11-0 run in the third quarter on their way to a 112-99 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
The Raptors were without guard Fred VanVleet because of a right knee injury. Then center Marc Gasol left in the first quarter with a left hamstring strain. Toronto still had enough firepower to handle the Pistons.
Detroit allowed 133 points in a loss to Washington on Monday night. The Pistons got frontcourt standouts Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond back from their injuries for this game, but they still allowed 70 points in the first half. HEAT 108, 76ERS 104:
In Philadelphia, Kendrick Nunn scored 26 points to help Miami hand Philadelphia its first home loss of the season.
The 76ers had been 14-0 at home, including a 113-86 victory over the Heat last month.
Tobias Harris buried a 3-pointer for the Sixers with 25.5 seconds left that made it 106-104 and they had sudden life when Nunn missed twice at the free throw line. Al Horford, though, missed an open 3-point attempt from the wing. PELICANS 107, TIMBERWOLVES 99: In Minneapolis,
Brandon Ingram scored 34 points and New Orleans snapped its 13-game losing streak with a win over Minnesota.
Jrue Holiday had 18 points and Lonzo Ball added 10 points, six rebounds and six assists off the bench for New Orleans, which was coming off a 108-101 overtime loss at home to Brooklyn a night earlier.
Playing without leading scorer and rebounder KarlAnthony Towns, Minnesota lost its seventh straight game. CAVALIERS 100, HORNETS 98: In Cleveland, Collin Sexton scored 23 points, Cedi Osman had 18 and Cleveland held off a late Charlotte comeback.
Cleveland, which had lost 16 of 18, led the entire game but nearly squandered a 24-point lead in the third quarter.
Terry Rozier scored a career-high 35 points for Charlotte. BULLS 110, WIZARDS
109: In Washington, Wendell Carter Jr. made a layup with 9.1 seconds left in overtime, completing Chicago’s rally from an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Washington.
Zach LaVine capped a 21-3 Bulls run with three free throws that tied the game at 96 with 5.5 seconds left in the fourth. Bradley Beal hit a jumper with 0.5 seconds remaining to put Washington ahead 98-96, but LaVine was fouled on the ensuing inbound play and hit two free throws to force OT. THUNDER 126, GRIZZLIES 122: In Oklahoma
City, Dennis Schroder
scored 31 points, and Oklahoma City overcame a 24-point deficit and beat Memphis.
Danilo Gallinari and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander each scored 20 points and Chris Paul added 18 for the Thunder, which rallied from 26 points down to beat the Chicago Bulls on Monday. NUGGETS 113, MAGIC
104: In Denver, Jamal Murray and Paul Millsap helped fuel a 24-0 run in the third quarter as Denver rallied to beat Orlando for the eighth straight time.
Murray finished with 33 points, including 13 in the pivotal third quarter. Millsap scored 14 of his 15 points during the third in his return from a strained quadriceps. CELTICS 109, MAVERICKS
103: In Dallas, Kemba Walker scored 32 points and Jaylen Brown had 26 as Boston defeated Dallas.
Jayson Tatum added 24 points to help Boston prevail on a night when both teams were missing key players and struggled to shoot 40% from the field.
The Mavs’ Luka Doncic sat out his second straight game with a right ankle sprain, while Boston was without Gordon Hayward (left foot soreness) and Marcus Smart (left eye infection). TRAIL BLAZERS 122,
WARRIORS 112: In Portland, Ore., Damian Lillard had 31 points and CJ McCollum had 30 as Portland beat Golden State.