Cade Cunningham totaled 42 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds as the Detroit Pistons pulled away in the second half and completed a season sweep of the host New York Knicks with a 126-111 victory on Thursday.
Detroit won the three meetings by a combined 84 points, improving its regular-season winning streak vs. New York to six games. The Knicks had won the previous 16 matchups between the teams.
Cunningham made 17 of 34 shots and posted his third 40-point game of the season. Paul Reed filled in for Jalen Duren (NBA suspension) and contributed 18 points, seven rebounds and three blocks as the Pistons won for the ninth time in 11 games.
Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 33 points and eight assists. Karl Anthony-Towns added 21 points and 11 rebounds as New York lost for the third time in five games.
Hawks 117, 76ers 107
Jalen Johnson recorded 32 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as Atlanta continued its dominance of host Philadelphia to end a three-game losing streak.
Atlanta won despite 43.2% shooting from the field and a 10-of-32 showing (31.2%) from 3-point range. CJ McCollum chipped in with 23 points off the bench for the Hawks, who improved to 3-0 against the 76ers this season.
Tyrese Maxey scored 28 points on 8-of-23 shooting for the Sixers, while VJ Edgecombe contributed 20 points and nine rebounds. Andre Drummond notched 10 points and 14 rebounds for the hosts, who were without Joel Embiid (knee) and Paul George (suspension) and lost their third straight.
Cavaliers 112, Nets 84
Donovan Mitchell scored 17 points and James Harden had 16 points and nine assists as host Cleveland dominated Brooklyn, extending its winning streak to six and at one point holding its largest lead of the season.
Jarrett Allen posted 15 points and 10 rebounds for Cleveland, which led from wire to wire for the second straight game and has won 11 of its last 12. Dennis Schroder made two free throws late in the third quarter to put Cleveland up 102-59, its biggest margin of the season.
Michael Porter Jr. scored 14 points and Ochai Agbaji had 13 points off the bench for Brooklyn, which shot 34.5% from the field. Danny Wolf collected 11 points, six rebounds and seven assists.
Rockets 105, Hornets 101
Kevin Durant poured in 35 points on 14-for-20 shooting as Houston fended off host Charlotte for a victory in the first game after the All-Star break.
Jabari Smith Jr. added 15 points and Alperen Sengun and Reed Sheppard both scored 13 points for the Rockets, who benefitted from 16 Charlotte turnovers. Houston has won five consecutive road games.
The Hornets had won 10 of their previous 11 games, but they had too many rough patches that prevented them from sweeping the season series. Grant Williams cranked in 20 points. LaMelo Ball, playing a day after he was involved in an automobile accident, had 11 points in 31 minutes, making one of his six 3-point attempts.
Spurs 121, Suns 94
Stephon Castle scored 20 points as San Antonio dominated short-handed Phoenix in Austin, Texas, to win its seventh straight game.
Victor Wembanyama added 17 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks and four assists for the Spurs, who led by 12 at halftime before opening the gap to 29 in the third quarter.
Jalen Green’s 26 points led the Suns, who have dropped two straight. Devin Booker missed the second half due to right hip soreness, and Phoenix was without Grayson Allen (ankle) and Dillon Brooks (league suspension).
Wizards 112, Pacers 105
Bub Carrington, Jaden Hardy, Anthony Gill and Kadary Richmond each scored 13 points as Washington beat visiting Indiana.
The Wizards finished with seven double-figure scorers while snapping a three-game losing streak. Washington forced 23 turnovers to help win the first of back-to-back matchups against the Pacers.
Jarace Walker led Indiana with 19 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists. Rookie Taelon Peter had a career-high 16 points as the Pacers’ two-game winning streak ended.
Raptors 110, Bulls 101
Brandon Ingram scored 31 points to fuel visiting Toronto to a victory over Chicago.
Ingram added eight rebounds and six assists to help the Raptors defeat the Bulls for the second time this month. Scottie Barnes logged 14 points and nine rebounds for Toronto, which benefited from 23 turnovers by Chicago to pick up its eighth win in 12 games.
Anfernee Simons scored 20 points and Isaac Okoro added 16 for the Bulls, who saw their losing streak extend to seven. Tre Jones recorded 12 points and six assists and Josh Giddey had five and five in their returns from their left hamstring injuries.
Magic 131, Kings 94
Paolo Banchero scored 30 points and Orlando set a franchise record with 27 3-pointers while routing host Sacramento.
Sacramento set a franchise record with its 15th consecutive loss. The former Cincinnati Royals twice had 14-game skids — in the 1959-60 and 1971-72 seasons. The Kings’ Maxime Raynaud had 17 points and 14 rebounds and Keegan Murray recorded 15 points after missing the previous 20 games because of an ankle injury.
Anthony Black added 20 points, Desmond Bane scored 17 and Jett Howard had 16 on 6-of-6 shooting for the Magic, who overcame a 12-point second-quarter deficit to win in the first game following the All-Star break for both teams.
Clippers 115, Nuggets 114
Bennedict Mathurin scored a season-high 38 points in his home debut for Los Angeles and Kawhi Leonard added 23 in a victory over Denver at Inglewood, Calif.
Derrick Jones Jr. produced 22 points and John Collins had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers, who led 115-112 with 9.1 seconds remaining. However, the Nuggets had a chance to tie the game when Jamal Murray was fouled by Jones on a 3-point attempt with 0.9 seconds left. Murray made the first two free throws but missed the third, and time expired.
Denver star Nikola Jokic compiled 22 points, 17 rebounds and six assists but saw his four-game triple-double streak come to an end. Murray amassed 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists while Bruce Brown notched 19 points for Denver, which fell to 2-5 since Feb. 1.
Celtics 121, Warriors 110
Jaylen Brown collected 23 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists to lead Boston to a triumph over Golden State in San Francisco.
It was Brown’s third triple-double of the season and the sixth of his career. Payton Pritchard came off the bench to post 26 points, six rebounds and seven assists as the Celtics won for the seventh time in eight games.
De’Anthony Melton led the Warriors with 18 points. Stephen Curry (knee) missed his sixth consecutive game, but Kristaps Porzingis made his Golden State debut, registering 12 points in 17 minutes.
–Field Level Media
Comments