Cade Cunningham had 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 all three meetings by a total of 84 points, improving its regular season winning streak against New York to six games. The Knicks had won the previous 16 meetings between the teams.
Cunningham made 17 of 34 shots and scored his third 40-point game of the season. Paul Reed replaced 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.
Jalen Johnson recorded 32 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as Atlanta continued its dominance over host Philadelphia to end a three-game losing streak.
Atlanta won despite shooting 43.2% from the field and 10 of 32 (31.2%) from 3-point range. CJ McCollum scored 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 had 10 points and 14 rebounds for the hosts, who were without Joel Embiid (knee) and Paul George (suspension) and lost their third straight.
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 had 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 give Cleveland a 102-59 lead, its largest margin of the season.
Michael Porter Jr. scored 14 points and Ochai Agbaji 13 points coming off the bench for Brooklyn, which shot 34.5 percent from the field. Danny Wolf had 11 points, six rebounds and seven assists.
Kevin Durant scored 35 points on 14-of-20 shooting as Houston held 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 benefited from 16 Charlotte turnovers. Houston has won five straight road games.
The Hornets had won 10 of their previous 11 games, but they had too many tough times that prevented them from sweeping the season series. Grant Williams scored 20 points. LaMelo Ball, playing a day after being involved in a car accident, had 11 points in 31 minutes, making one of his six 3-point attempts.
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 lost two in a row. Devin Booker missed the second half with 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-digit 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 scored a career-high 16 points as the Pacers’ two-game winning streak ended.
Brandon Ingram scored 31 points to give Toronto 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 had 14 points and nine rebounds for Toronto, which benefited from 23 Chicago turnovers to earn its eighth victory 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 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 straight loss. The former Cincinnati Royals had two skids in 14 games – 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 with an ankle injury.
Anthony Black added 20 points, Desmond Bane scored 17 and Jett Howard scored 16 on 6-of-6 shooting for the Magic, who overcame a 12-point second-quarter deficit to win in the first game after the All-Star break for both teams.
Bennedict Mathurin scored a season-high 38 points in his home debut for Los Angeles and Kawhi Leonard added 23 in a win over Denver in Inglewood, California.
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 it 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 had 22 points, 17 rebounds and six assists, but saw his streak of four consecutive triple-doubles come to an end. Murray had 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists while Bruce Brown scored 19 points for Denver, which fell to 2-5 since February 1.
Jaylen Brown had 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 sixth of his career. Payton Pritchard came off the bench to score 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 straight game, but Kristaps Porzingis made his Golden State debut, scoring 12 points in 17 minutes.
–Field Media/Reuters
