Houston Chronicle

Doncic, Mavericks hold off Thunder; Magic edge Pistons

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DALLAS — Teenage rookie Luka Doncic scored 25 points, teammate Dennis Smith Jr. hit the goahead layup in the final minute and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-103 on Sunday night.

Paul George scored the last 13 points for Oklahoma City and finished with 36, but he missed a pull-up jumper over Smith with 2 seconds left in the first of two straight meetings on back-to-back nights for these regional rivals.

The Thunder still had a chance with 1.7 seconds left, but Russell Westbrook missed a corner 3-pointer at the buzzer to wrap up a rough night for the 2017 MVP.

Westbrook missed all eight of his attempts from long range.

MAGIC 109, PISTONS 107

Evan Fournier’s running jumper in the lane as the buzzer sounded gave host Orlando a win over Detroit.

D.J. Augustin led the Magic with 26 points and eight assists, and Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon each scored 22 points for Orlando.

Fournier finished with 13.

LAKERS 121, KINGS 114

Kentavious Caldwell Pope scored 26 points, Josh Hart added 22, and Brandon Ingram chipped in 21 as Los Angeles won at Sacramento.

TRAIL BLAZERS 129 76ERS 95

CJ McCollum scored 35 points as host Portland routed Philadelph­ia.

Ben Simmons led the 76ers, who trailed by 40 points midway through the second half, with 19 points.

RAPTORS 95, BULLS 89

Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points, Pascal Siakam had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Toronto won at home for its seventh straight win over the Bulls.

T-WOLVES 113, HEAT 104

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 34 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, leading six Minnesota players in double figures in scoring in a victory at Miami.

Towns added seven assists and six blocked shots for the Timberwolv­es.

Dwyane Wade led the Heat with 21 points off the bench.

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