Mitchell scores 35 points as Jazz hold off Cavaliers
Jazz 109, Cavaliers 108: Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points, Rudy Gobert had 20 rebounds and five blocks and the Utah Jazz survived Cleveland’s late surge for their fourth straight win, 109108 over the host Cavaliers on Sunday. Bojan Bogdanovic added 16 points and Rudy Gay had 15 for Utah, which made 20 3-pointers and gave away a 15-point lead in the fourth. The Cavs had a chance to win, but Darius Garland missed a 28-footer with 2.9 seconds to go, and Jarrett Allen couldn’t get his tip to drop as Cleveland had its winning streak stopped at four.
Hornets 130, Hawks 127: Miles Bridges scored 32 points and the Charlotte Hornets, without four players, leaned on their best 3-point shooting game of the season and beat the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night. Kelly Oubre Jr. made six 3s and scored 28 points for Charlotte. The Hornets made a seasonhigh 17 3s. John Collins led Atlanta with a season-best 31 points and 12 rebounds. Bridges’ 3 with 4:26 remaining gave Charlotte a 115-113 lead that it didn’t relinquish.
Raptors 102, Wizards 90: Pascal Siakam scored 31 points, Precious Achiuwa had 10 points and 14 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Washington Wizards on Sunday night. Chris Boucher scored 14 points, Scottie Barnes had 11, and Fred Vanvleet 10 to help the Raptors win back-toback games for the first time since a five-game winning streak from Oct. 27 to Nov. 3. Kentavious Caldwell-pope scored a season-high 26 points and Bradley Beal had 14 for the Wizards, who couldn’t dig out of a big hole after shooting poorly in the first quarter.
Rockets 118, Pelicans 108: Eric Gordon and Christian Wood both scored 23 points, and the Houston Rockets beat the Pelicans on Sunday night for their sixth straight win. Brandon Ingram scored a season-high 40 points for the Pelicans – the most since dropping 40 against Brooklyn on Nov. 4, 2019. Jonas Valanciunas finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds, but New Orleans dropped
their third game in the last five.