Gordon leads Magic over Kyrie, Nets

Aaron Gordon scored a season-best 38 points, Evan Fournier added 31 and the Orlando Magic held off a furious fourth-quarter rally by the Brooklyn Nets to win 121-113 on Friday night.

The Magic overcame Kyrie Irving’s season-best 43 points to end a nine-game losing streak and stop Brooklyn’s winning streak at six games.

Orlando led 103-84 at the end of the third quarter, but the Nets opened the fourth with a 16-1 run. However, the Nets would get no closer than 104-100 after Gordon and Fournier revived the Magic offense.

Gordon tipped in an airball that gave Orlando a 114-105 lead and his 3-pointer seconds later sealed the victory.

Two nights after rallying from 16 points down in a win in Indiana, the Nets were trying to pull off their second-largest comeback in a win this season. However, the Nets couldn’t overcome an off night by superstar guard James Harden and an Orlando team that shot 51.2% from the floor and drilled a season-best 21 3-pointers.

Warriors 116, Grizzlies 103 — Andrew Wiggins scored a season-high 40 points, Jordan Poole added 25 while starting in place of injured Stephen Curry, and the short-handed Golden State Warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies.

Damion Lee had 21 points, also a season best, as the Warriors won their third in the last four games despite missing several key players. Draymond Green was 0 for 6 from the field and scored only two points but grabbed 11 rebounds and handed out 13 assists.

Ja Morant and Grayson Allen had 14 points each to lead Memphis, and Brandon Clarke scored 13.

Pacers 137, Heat 110 — Malcolm Brogdon scored 27 points on 10-of-12 shooting and the Indiana Pacers beat the Miami Heat.

The Pacers, who had lost eight of their last 10, were never threatened after building a double-digit lead late in the second quarter.

The Pacers shot 20-of-36 on 3-pointers and Brogdon tied a season high with seven.

Spurs 116, Cavaliers 110 — Keldon Johnson scored 23 points and grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds, and Dejounte Murray had 22 points as the San Antonio Spurs held on for a wire-to-wire victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Johnson, a second-year pro, shot 9 of 19, was 5 of 7 from the foul line and had 11 offensive rebounds.

DeMar DeRozan had 20 points in his return to the Spurs after missing four games for the funeral of his father Frank.

Jazz 115, Raptors 112 — Donovan Mitchell scored eight of his 31 points in the final minute and a half to lead the Utah Jazz to a victory over the Toronto Raptors.

Pascal Siakam’s 3-point shot at the final horn spun around and out for the Raptors, who have lost seven straight.

Joe Ingles came off the bench with 19 points for Utah, and Rudy Gobert had 15 points and 16 rebounds.

Siakam led Toronto with 27 points and nine assists. Pistons 113, Rockets 100 — Frank Jackson had a season-high 23 points and the Detroit Pistons handed the Houston Rockets their franchise-record 19th straight loss.

Winless since Feb. 4, Houston struggled to find answers for Detroit’s ball movement and Jackson’s shooting. Jackson was 5 of 5 from 3-point range and 7 of 10 overall.

Jerami Grant added 18 points, Josh Jackson had 15, and Isaiah Stewart 13. Detroit made 14 of 29 3s.