ORLANDO, Fla. — Julius Randle had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Anthony Edwards had 21 points and seven assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Orlando Magic 104-89 on Thursday night for their third consecutive victory. win.
Naz Reid came off the bench to score 16 points, and Rudy Gobert contributed 10 points and 12 rebounds for Minnesota.
Goga Bitadze led Orlando with 15 points and eight rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 13 points.
Cavaliers 132, Raptors 126
CLEVELAND — Darius Garland scored a season-high 40 points, Jarrett Allen had 18 points and 15 rebounds and NBA-leading Cleveland extended its winning streak to 12 games with a victory over the Toronto Raptors.
Evan Mobley scored 21 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists for the Cavaliers, who achieved a 33-4 record in 37 games, tied for the fifth-best record in league history. Cleveland’s 20-1 home record at Rocket Mortgage Field leads the NBA.
Scotty Barnes had 24 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for Toronto, which is 1-17 on the road, the worst in the league and has lost 15 of its past 16 games. Montreal’s Chris Boucher came off the bench to score 23 points and grab 12 rebounds.
Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, who played a team-high 35 minutes in a 129-122 victory over the Thunder on Wednesday, was rested that night. Western Conference leader Oklahoma City has won a franchise-record 15th straight game.
Warriors 107, Pistons 104
DETROIT — Buddy Hield scored 19 points to help the Golden State Warriors beat Detroit.
The Golden State Warriors got a much-needed win after losing two straight games at home, falling to Miami by 16 points and losing to Sacramento by 30 points.
The Warriors led by 18 points, but Malik Beasley missed a 3-pointer before the buzzer that could have sent the game into overtime.
Detroit’s Cade Cunningham had 32 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Beasley scored 21 points and missed 10 of 14 three-pointers.
The Pistons fell to .500 after winning eight of their previous nine games and riding a five-game winning streak.
Mavericks 117, Trail Blazers 111
DALLAS — Jaden Hardy scored a season-high 25 points off the bench, PJ Washington added 23 points and 14 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks used a late 16-0 run to beat Dallas 117-111 on Thursday night. Portland Trail Blazers.
Derrick Lively II had a season-high 21 points and 16 rebounds for the Mavericks, who were still without All-Star guards Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. Dallas has won two in a row after losing five straight in a season.
Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe of London, Ont., each scored 22 points to lead the Blazers to 2-3 in back-to-back games on the road.
Scott Henderson came off the bench to score 20 points and hit all 12 free throws.
Portland led 109-99 with 4:33 left in the game before missing six shots and committing two turnovers. With 2:26 left in the game, Washington made two free throws to tie the score at 109-109, then hit a three-pointer from the right corner with 1:58 left to lead 112-109.
Rockets 119, Grizzlies 115
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Alperen Sengun had 32 points and 14 rebounds and Houston defeated Memphis in a showdown of two of the Western Conference’s top teams.
Jaylen Green scored 27 points and former Raptors player Fred VanVleet scored 22 points. The Rockets won their third consecutive victory and consolidated their second place in the Western Conference, 1.5 games ahead of Memphis.
Ja Morant, who missed five games due to a shoulder injury, scored 27 points after returning, and Jaren Jackson Jr. contributed 21 points, 8 rebounds and 6 blocks for Memphis. Desmond Bane scored 16 points.
Houston dominated the paint early, scoring 20 points in the paint before midway through the first quarter. Memphis initially couldn’t stop anything at the rim. Houston led by 17 points and led 68-63 at halftime.
PHOENIX — Bradley Beal scored 25 points, Kevin Durant scored 23 and Phoenix beat Atlanta.
Beal — still adjusting to his new role as a backup — shot 11-for-16 from the field in one of his most efficient games of the season. Devin Booker made 0 of 8 three-pointers and scored 20 points and 12 assists.
Bill made a layup before the buzzer sounded in the third quarter, and the Suns entered the fourth quarter with a 98-92 lead.
Grayson Allen, who scored 23 points, hit his fifth three-pointer. The Suns led 120-105 with 3 minutes and 26 seconds left in the game. The Hawks scored the next 10 points, but Allen sealed the victory with a tough layup with 36 seconds left.
Trae Young scored a Hawks-high 21 points and 7 assists. Atlanta had seven players score in double figures.
The Suns shot 75% in the first quarter and led 38-31, but the Hawks relied on their hot shooting to take a 72-68 advantage at halftime.
SALT LAKE CITY — Tyler Herro scored 23 points and Jaime Jaquez scored 20, including five in the final 1:03, to lead Miami past the Utah Jazz.
In a game that featured 31 turnovers and both teams shooting under 40 percent from the field, the Heat took full advantage of scoring in transition (17-7) and rushing down the stretch.
Collin Sexton and Lauri Markkanen each scored 23 points for Utah, which has lost nine straight at home.
The Jazz are missing six injured players, including Jordan Clarkson (foot), John Collins (hip), Keyonte George (heel) and Brice Sensabaugh, who was recently at Utah State Scored 61 points in two games against Miami and Orlando, then got sick.
