Rockets beat Kings, may have lost Sengun

Fred VanVleet scored 22 points, Jalen Green added 19 and the visiting Houston Rockets beat the Sacramento Kings 112-104 on Sunday.

The Rockets may have lost leading scorer Alperen Sengun to a right knee injury when he landed awkwardly while challenging a shot by the Kings' Domantas Sabonis with under a minute to play in the fourth. Sengun appeared to be in immediate distress and he left the court in a wheelchair after several minutes on the baseline, with his hands covering his face.

The 21-year-old Sengun, who had 14 points prior to the injury, is averaging a career-high 21.2 points per game in his third season.

Seven players finished in double figures for the Rockets, who are making a push toward a spot in the playin tournament. Houston is now 4 1/2 games back of the 10th seed in the Western Conference.

Sabonis led the Kings with 25 points and 15 rebounds.

76ERS 79, KNICKS 73 >> Kelly Oubre Jr. had 18 points and 10 rebounds and visiting Philadelphia held New York Knicks to the lowest point total in the NBA this season. Philadelphia led 3731 at halftime. The scoring picked up in the second half, when the 76ers finally got enough contributions to snap a three-game losing streak. Buddy Hield had 16 points and Paul Reed added 13.

Jalen Brunson scored 19 points for the Knicks, but shot just 6 for 22.

PACERS 111, MAGIC 97 >> Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam each scored 20 points and visiting Indiana beat Orlando to close within a game of the Magic in the Eastern Conference standings.

Paolo Banchero had 19 points for Orlando, Cole Anthony added 16 and Wendell Carter had 13 points and 15 rebounds.

NETS 120, CAVALIERS 101 >> Cam Thomas scored 29 points in 31 minutes, Mikal Bridges had 25 points and visiting Brooklyn pulled away to beat injury-riddled Cleveland.

Dennis Schroder added 17 points and eight assists for the Nets.

Georges Niang scored 20 points and Jarrett Allen had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Cavaliers, who were without Donovan Mitchell (left knee), Evan Mobley (left ankle sprain), Max Strus (right knee strain) and Dean Wade (personal reasons).

THUNDER 124, GRIZZLIES 93 >> Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 23 points and six assists in three quarters and host Oklahoma City rolled past Memphis. The Thunder (45-19) entered the day tops in the Western Conference, and now lead Minnesota, which lost to the Lakers, by 1 1/2 games.

Rookie GG Jackson II scored a season-high 30 points and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 16 for the Grizzlies.

WIZARDS 110, HEAT 108 >> Kyle Kuzma scored 32 points and visiting Washington held on to beat Miami for its second win in a row after ending a 16-game skid. Corey Kispert finished with 22 points, Deni Avdija added 16 and Tyus Jones had 12 points and 16 assists for the Wizards, who got their first road victory since Jan. 29, ending an eight-game skid away from home.

Jimmy Butler scored 23 points for the Heat.

PELICANS 116, HAWKS 103 >> Trey Murphy III had 28 points off the bench to help visiting New Orleans complete a perfect three-game road trip with a win over Atlanta.

Zion Williamson had 27 points, six rebounds and seven assists for the Pelicans, who have won four straight overall.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led the Hawks with 25 points. Dejounte Murray finished with 23 points and 11 assists.

GOBERT FINED $100K FOR GAMBLING INFERENCE >> The NBA fined Minnesota center Rudy Gobert $100,000 on Sunday, two days after he implied that referee Scott Foster was not calling games fairly and further suggesting that gambling is having a detrimental impact on the outcome of games.

The fine is the maximum that the NBA could give under terms of the collective bargaining agreement that went into place last year, matching the $100,000 fine given to then-Philadelphia guard James Harden for his public trade demand last fall.

Gobert was called for a technical foul in the closing seconds of regulation Friday night in the Timberwolves' 113-104 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers when he rubbed his fingers together several times, the so-called money sign that he directed toward Foster.

“I'll bite the bullet again,” Gobert said after that game. “I'll be the bad guy. I'll take the fine, but I think it's hurting our game. I know the betting and all that is becoming bigger and bigger, but it shouldn't feel that way.”

The NBA said it found that Gobert directed “an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward a game official, and publicly (criticized) the officiating.”