CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jayson Tatum had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Sam Hauser scored 25 points on seven 3s and the Boston Celtics avenged their season-opening loss to the Charlotte Hornets with a 118-104 victory Monday night .
Kristaps Porzingis added 20 points and Derrick White 19 points and nine rebounds for the Celtics, who have won 11 of their last 13 games.
Hauser finished 7 of 11 from beyond the arc and the Celtics made 19 3s against the Hornets to avenge a 121-118 overtime loss on Nov. 20 when Miles Bridges hit a game-winning 3 with 6.6 seconds left. play.
Bridges led the Hornets with 26 points and 11 rebounds, while Grant Williams added 23 points and Brandon Miller 19 points.
Grizzlies 110, Pistons 108
DETROIT — Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 40 points and Memphis held on for a victory over Detroit.
Cade Cunningham, who finished with 36 points, missed a game-tying 12-footer as time expired.
Jackson made 13 of 23 from the floor and 12 of 14 from the free throw line. Former Piston Luke Kennard added 19 points for Memphis, which had lost three straight and seven of eight.
Detroit has lost nine out of 10.
Magic 104, Trail Blazers 103
ORLANDO, Fla. — Franz Wagner scored 20 points and Orlando escaped with a victory over struggling Portland.
Deandre Ayton missed an open baseline jumper at the final horn for the Blazers, who have lost 10 in a row.
Wendell Carter Jr. had 17 points and 13 rebounds and Jalen Suggs and Paolo Banchero each scored 15 points for the Magic.
Ayton had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Dalano Banton came off the bench with 26 points for Portland. Scoot Henderson, who served Ayton with the final shot, had 13 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.
INDIANAPOLIS — Tyrese Haliburton scored 27 points and had 13 assists to lead Indiana to the rout of Brooklyn.
Despite being ejected for a flagrant foul midway through the third quarter, Pacers forward Jalen Smith had 17 points and 10 rebounds.
The Nets’ Dennis Schroder was called for a technical foul for waving the follow-up and hitting Smith’s face. Then, Smith was booked for a flagrant foul and sent off when he retaliated by pushing Schroder. The two had to be separated.
Pascal Siakam added 15 points and Obi Toppin had 14 for Indiana.
Cam Thomas scored 22 points, Trendon Watford 21 and Mikal Bridges 19 for the Nets.
CHICAGO — Vit Krejci set career highs with 18 points and six 3-pointers, Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 20 and Atlanta beat Chicago in a matchup of potential play-in tournament opponents.
Krejci made all six field goal attempts and surpassed his previous highs of 16 points and four 3s, helping Atlanta win for the fifth time in six games.
Dejounte Murray scored 17 points and Clint Capela added 15 points and 11 rebounds as the 10th-place Hawks moved to within a half-game of the ninth-place Bulls in the Eastern Conference. Chicago owns the head-to-head tiebreaker after winning two of three against Atlanta and would host a play-in match if the teams finish tied.
DeMar DeRozan led the Bulls with 31 points. Coby White scored 22 points. Ayo Dosunmu added 15 points and Andre Drummond had 13 points and 18 rebounds.
NEW ORLEANS – Devin Booker scored 52 points, the fifth highest-scoring game of his career, to propel Phoenix to a victory over New Orleans.
Kevin Durant scored 20 points and Jusuf Nurkic added 19 for the Suns, who led by 25 points in the third quarter. New Orleans cut the deficit with a 20-8 run to lead 103-90 early in the fourth quarter.
The Suns built a wall around Zion Williamson on defense, and the Pelicans’ leading scorer didn’t take his first shot until late in the first quarter. Williamson finished with 30 points and five assists. Trey Murphy III added 21 points for New Orleans.
