MONDAY’S GAMES
HOME team in caps. Cavaliers 116, PISTONS 88: LeBron James scored 16 of his 18 points in the first quarter, and Cleveland made 11 3-pointers in the first half. Tobias Harris led Detroit with 11 points. Kevin Love had 19 points and 11 rebounds for Cleveland. Pacers 105, MAGIC 97: Victor Oladipo had 29 points, nine rebounds and seven steals to lead Indiana to a fourth straight win. Oladipo and Bojan Bogdanovic combined for 40 points in the second half. HORNETS 118, Timberwolves 102: Dwight Howard had 25 points and 20 rebounds for Charlotte. Howard outplayed Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns, who had 18 points and 12 rebounds as Minnesota lost on back-to-back nights. 76ERS 107, Jazz 86: Ben Simmons scored 27 points, a firedup Joel Embiid added 15 points and 10 rebounds despite a sore knee, and Philadelphia won. Embiid posted his seventh double-double and got under Utah’s skin in the fourth quarter. KNICKS 107, Clippers 85: Kristaps Porzingis scored 25 points and the Knicks extended the Los Angeles Clippers’ losing streak to nine games. Doug McDermott added 16 points. PELICANS 114, Thunder 107: Anthony Davis was cleared from the NBA’s concussion protocol and scored 36 points with 14 rebounds in a win over Oklahoma City. Trail Blazers 100, GRIZZLIES 92: C. J. McCollum scored 24 points, and Damian Lillard added 21 points as Portland sent Memphis to its fifth straight loss. Shabazz Napier added 16 points for Portland. Wizards 99, BUCKS 88: Bradley Beal scored 23 points to lead Washington. The win snapped a two-game skid for the Wizards, who were playing on back-to-back days. SPURS 96, Hawks 85: LaMarcus Aldridge had 22 points and 11 rebounds for San Antonio. Atlanta lost its 20th straight game in San Antonio, a skid spanning 20 years. Celtics at MAVERICKS, late: Wesley Matthews scored a season-high 22 points, and the Dallas Mavericks stopped a four-game slide with a 111-79 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night. Nuggets at KINGS, late : Forward Paul Millsap left with a sprained left wrist in the second quarter of a 127-109 loss to the Lakers. Denver lost for just the second time in six games.