Franz Wagner scores 28 to lead Magic to a 127-119 win over Wizards
WASHINGTON — Franz Wagner had 28 points, nine assists, and eight rebounds, rookie Anthony Black scored a career-high 23 points and Orlando defeated Washington.
Paolo Banchero overcame a slow start to finish with 24 points and eight assists and Jalen Suggs returned from a two-game absence due to a left wrist injury to score 11.
Jordan Poole had 30 points to lead the Wizards, who have lost four of their last five, and Tyus Jones added 22.
Trailing by as many as eight, Washington’s bench came up with 12 points in the first quarter and a 14-4 run tied things at 33 after one.
Daniel Gafford had 13 points and 13 rebounds while Kyle Kuzma had 17 for the Wizards.
PACERS 123, ROCKETS 117
HOUSTON — Tyrese Haliburton had 33 points and 10 assists and hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with a minute left to lead Indiana over Houston, snapping a three-game losing streak.
Alperen Sengun led Houston with 30 points and 16 rebounds, and Fred Vanvleet added 18 points and nine assists.
Rockets forward Tari Eason tied the game at 33 on the last play of the first quarter by stealing the ball from Andrew Nembhard and finishing with a thunderous breakaway dunk. Eason had 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench for Houston.
There were 15 lead changes and six ties in the game.
BULLS 118, HAWKS 113
CHICAGO — Andre Drummond had season highs of 24 points and 25 rebounds in his first start of the season, Demar Derozan scored 25 points and Chicago cooled off Atlanta’s Trae Young somewhat in beating the Hawks.
Young finished with 21 points and 13 assists after tying Oscar Robertson’s record of seven consecutive games with at least 30 points and 10 assists.
Drummond made 11 of 13 shots and played 39 minutes. Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu each scored 19. White missed all seven 3-pointers and the Bulls were 7 of 25 from beyond the arc.
Bogdan Bogdanovic led Atlanta with 22 points. Dejounte Murray finished with 17 after scoring 20 or more in five straight games, and the Hawks lost their third in a row.
JAZZ 130, SPURS 118
SAN ANTONIO — Lauri Markkanen had 31 points and 12 rebounds, and Utah overcame a slow start to beat San Antonio, which has lost five straight since snapping a franchise-worst 18-game losing streak.
Jordan Clarkson added 24 points, Collin Sexton had 20 and Walker Kessler scored 11 for Utah.
Keldon Johnson led San Antonio with 26 points, Devin Vassell had 22, Jeremy Sochan added 19 and Victor Wembanyama had 15.
The Jazz have won three in a row and six of eight after starting the season 2-7.
THUNDER129, TIMBERWOLVES 106
OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-alexander scored 34 points, Jalen Williams added 21 and the Oklahoma City Thunder made 18 shots from 3-point range Tuesday night in a 129-106 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Chet Holmgren and Lu Dort each added 20 points for the Thunder (19-9), who went 18 for 39 (46.2%) on 3s and forced 24 Minnesota turnovers that led to 23 points. Dort was 5 of 6 from beyond the arc.
Oklahoma City shot 60.5% from the field and led by as many as 25 in the second half of its sixth victory in eight games.
Anthony Edwards had 25 points to pace Minnesota (227). Mike Conley added 17 and Karl-anthony Towns had 16.
Towns missed Minnesota’s 110-98 win over Sacramento on Saturday with soreness in his left knee. He entered Tuesday night averaging 22.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.
Josh Giddey returned to the starting lineup for the Thunder after missing a game with a left ankle sprain. He finished with 10 points.
The Thunder led 86-76 with 6:27 left in the third quarter when Holmgren picked up his fourth foul and went to the bench.
Giddey sat with three fouls about two minutes later, but OKC increased its lead to 9583 on a basket by Gilgeous-alexander with 2:43 left. Another 3 by Dort — his fifth of the game — following a steal by Cason Wallace made 98-83, the Thunder’s largest lead to that point.
But back came Minnesota, which cut it to 100-91 on a 3 by Nickeil Alexander-walker, who is Gilgeous-alexander’s cousin. That was as close as the Timberwolves got.
Williams made consecutive 3-pointers early in the fourth to extend the Thunder’s lead to 108-91 with 9:51 remaining.
Oklahoma City led 66-60 at halftime after the teams combined to make 16 3-pointers, including nine by the Thunder.
OKC led by 10 in the second quarter following backto-back 3s by Dort with 3:30 remaining. Gilgeous-alexander led Oklahoma City, which shot 57.1% in the first two quarters, with 16 points at the break. Williams added 15 points and Dort had 11.
Edwards led the Timberwolves — who shot 53.8% from 3-point range (7 of 13) — with 14 first-half points.