NBA results | Thursday
DALLAS — Luka Doncic returned to the Dallas lineup after missing four games due to injury and scored 24 points, helping the Mavericks beat the San Antonio Spurs.
Doncic finished with 10 rebounds and eight assists and barely missed adding to his NBA-leading total of eight triple doubles. He last played on Dec. 14 against Miami, when he sprained his right ankle.
San Antonio rallied from a 102-85 deficit by scoring the game’s final 13 points. After Doncic missed two free throws, the Spurs’ Derrick White missed a 3-point attempt with six seconds left and Doncic got the rebound.
The Mavericks (20-10) pulled within half a game of idle firstplace Houston in the Southwest Division.
Knicks 94, Nets 82
NEW YORK — Julius Randle had 33 points and eight rebounds, and the Knicks forced the Nets into the worst shooting performance in the NBA this season.
Brooklyn finished 21 of 78 (26.9%) from the field. Chicago had the previous worst shooting game this season when it hit 29.9% against Toronto exactly two months earlier.
Marcus Morris added 22 points and eight rebounds for the Knicks, who snapped a threegame losing streak. Elfrid Payton scored 13 points as New York won for the first time in three meetings with Brooklyn this season.
Pistons 132, Wizards 102
DETROIT — Blake Griffin had 14 points and a season-high 11 rebounds and Detroit routed Washington in a matchup of shorthanded teams.
The Pistons were missing Reggie Jackson (back) and Luke Kennard (knee), while Griffin, Bruce Brown and Derrick Rose played through injuries.
John Wall, Davis Bertans, Isaiah Thomas, Thomas Bryant and Rui Hachimura sat out for Washington.
Detroit got 14 points and 10 rebounds from Andre Drummond. Christian Wood finished with 22 points and Todd Frazier scored 18.
Grizzlies 110, Thunder 97
OKLAHOMA CITY — Jonas
Valanciunas scored 21 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 20 and Memphis held on to the lead this time against Oklahoma City in the second meeting between the teams in eight days.
Tyus Jones added 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting for Memphis, which blew a 24-point thirdquarter lead during its last visit to Oklahoma City on Dec. 18 and lost 126-122.
That started a stretch in which the Grizzles dropped three out of four games.
Chris Paul had 23 points and 11 assists, Shai GilgeousAlexander scored 21 and Dennis Schroder added 20 points for Oklahoma City, which had a fourgame winning streak snapped.
Timberwolves 105, Kings 104, 2OT
SACRAMENTO — Andrew Wiggins scored the first basket of the second overtime and then fed Robert Covington for another score, and Minnesota ended its 11-game losing streak by beating Sacramento.
Wiggins finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Gorgui Dieng had 21 points and 15 rebounds, and Covington scored 19 for the Timberwolves.
Minnesota hadn’t won since Nov. 27 before limiting Sacramento to 11 points in the fourth quarter and then outlasting the Kings in two overtimes. The Wolves did it without Karl-Anthony Towns, who missed his fifth straight game with a left knee sprain.
Jazz 121, Trail Blazers 115
SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell scored 28 of his 35 points in the second half to power Utah over Portland.
Rudy Gobert, who had 16 points and 15 rebounds, forced Carmelo Anthony into an air ball with 22.4 seconds remaining and blocked Damon Lillard’s driving shot with 5.2 seconds left to quell the Trail Blazers’ furious fourthquarter rally.
Lillard scored 34 points, including a pair of 30-foot contested 3-pointers in the final minutes, and CJ McCollum tallied 17 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter for the Blazers (14-18), who have dropped two straight after winning four in a row.