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Kevin Durant delivered a towering 39-point display for the Nets, but it was not enough to stop the powerful Celtics' line-up from sealing a 116-112 victory at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
Jayson Tatum scored 39 points to lead the Celtics in a 109-103 victory over the Nets in Brooklyn that pushed their lead in the NBA Eastern Conference first-round series to 3-0.
The Mavericks made a team-record 22 3-pointers but committed only three turnovers, tying an NBA playoff record.
The Hawks grabbed their fifth straight win to move into eighth place in the Eastern Conference, a game ahead of the Nets and the Charlotte Hornets, who were routed 144-114 by the Philadelphia 76ers earlier in the day.
The Warriors, missing injured star point guard Stephen Curry, had stumbled to three straight losses heading into Wednesday’s road game in Florida, with a 94-90 reversal to Orlando on Tuesday the latest setback.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 23 points to lead six players in double figures for the Jazz, who out-scored the Warriors 48-20 in the paint and out-rebounded them 52-35.
James Harden flirted with a triple-double as the Brooklyn Nets rolled over the New Orleans Pelicans despite an injury to NBA leading scorer Kevin Durant.
The Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid is the second NBA player in history to score exactly 31 points in four straight games. Bob McAdoo did it for the Buffalo Braves in 1973.
The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Golden State Warriors 102-93 on Saturday, stifling Stephen Curry and stopping him from setting an NBA all-time record on their court.
While LeBron James scored 20 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and handed out 11 assists, the Lakers coughed up 22 turnovers to fall to the Grizzlies.
Paul George ignited Los Angeles' offense by scoring a game-high 23 points as the Clippers won their seventh straight game with a 129-102 NBA victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves
Nikola Jokic tallied 28 points, 14 rebounds and made a clutch game-saving block at the buzzer as the Denver Nuggets survived a late scare to edge the Houston Rockets.
Jaylen Brown scored 17 points as the Boston Celtics stunned the high-flying Miami Heat to complete back-to-back road wins in Florida.