Dinwiddie’s 25 points lead the Nets in win

NEW YORK — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 25 points and Rondae HollisJefferson added 20 to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 112-104 win over the New York Knicks on Saturday night.

Allen Crabbe scored 17 points, Jarrett Allen had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Joe Harris added 11 as Brooklyn won its second straight game. The Nets improved to 10-8.

Enes Kanter led the Knicks (8-19) with 23 points and 14 rebounds. Allonzo Trier had 15 points off the bench, Emmanuel Mudiay chipped in with 13 points, and Damyean Dotson and Mario Hezonja each added 12 for New York, which has lost three straight and five of six.

Brooklyn was coming off an emotional overtime win over Toronto on Friday, while the Knicks hadn’t played since Thursday.

In this game, it was the Nets who were the better, more in-sync squad.

The Nets used crisp passing to create open open shots when they were not driving the lane for layups and drawing fouls.

Brooklyn made 48.9 percent of its shots from the field (43 for 88) and 50 percent of its 3s (11 for 22).

New York, meanwhile, knocked down 47 percent of its shots (39 for 83) but missed 18 of 26 from 3point range (30.8 percent).

Each team shot 60 percent from the free throw line.

The Nets led by 10 points, 56-46, at halftime and extended their lead to as many as 19 points in the fourth quarter.

Luka Doncic shrugged off a rough shooting night with 11 straight points to erase an eight-point deficit late in the fourth quarter, and the Mavericks went on to their ninth straight home victory, 107-104 over the Rockets on Saturday.

Doncic was 3-for-13 before hitting back-to-back 3pointers to get the Mavericks within two. After Chris Paul missed two free throws, Doncic hit a floater in the lane for a tie, then followed an air-ball 3 from James Harden with another from long range for a 105-102 lead.

The Slovenian rookie finished with 21 points. Eric Gordon missed a potential tying 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Wizards guard John Wall was held to a career-low one point in 26 minutes — a free throw early in the third quarter with the Cavaliers holding a 74-48 lead, in a 116-101 loss. ... Jaylen Brown scored 23 points off the bench as the Celtics started the game on a 17-0 run and routed the Bulls 133-77 for their fifth straight win. The 56-point loss was the worst in Bulls history, eclipsing a 53-point (127-74) defeat at Minnesota on Nov. 8, 2001.