BOSTON — Jayson Tatum scored 27 factors, Jaylen Brown had 22 and the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-107 on Thursday night time to enhance to 12-0 at residence.
Facing the Cavaliers for the second consecutive sport at TD Garden after a victory on Tuesday, Boston gained for the sixth time in seven video games total.
Kristaps Porzingis added 18 factors, Jrue Holiday had 15 and Derrick White 14 for the Celtics, who’ve one of the best report within the Eastern Conference. Tatum added 11 rebounds, and all 5 starters scored in double figures.
Donovan Mitchell paced Cleveland with 31 factors, Caris LeVert completed with 26 and Darius Garland had 19. The Cavaliers have misplaced three straight.
BULLS 124, HEAT 116
MIAMI — Coby White scored 26 factors, Ayo Dosunmu scored 24 off the bench and Chicago ran out to an enormous lead earlier than hanging on to beat Miami.
Nikola Vucevic completed with 24 factors, 12 rebounds and 7 assists for the Bulls, whereas DeMar DeRozan scored 23 for Chicago.
The Bulls began the sport on a 33-8 run and by no means trailed.
Chicago’s 25-point lead within the opening quarter was the second-largest such edge within the NBA this season – Boston led Washington by 26 – and the Bulls’ largest edge within the opening interval of a sport since they led Golden State 35-8 on a jumper by Michael Jordan on Jan. 31, 1997.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 22 for Miami. Jimmy Butler scored 20, Kyle Lowry and Caleb Martin every had 17, and Kevin Love had 16 for the Heat.
TIMBERWOLVES 119, MAVERICKS 101
DALLAS — Naz Reid scored 19 of his season-high 27 factors within the first half, Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 factors and a season-high 17 rebounds, and Minnesota shook off an early 15-point deficit to beat Dallas.
The Wolves averted their first shedding streak of the season and matched Boston for the NBA’s finest report.
Luka Doncic had 39 factors and 13 rebounds for the Mavericks, whose four-game profitable streak ended.
Anthony Edwards, the Wolves’ main scorer, returned to the lineup after lacking three of the earlier 5 video games with a proper hip pointer. Averaging 24.4 factors coming in, he scored 9.
NUGGETS 124, NETS 101
DENVER — Nikola Jokic turned the primary NBA participant with at the least 10 triple-doubles in seven straight seasons as Denver beat Brooklyn for his or her third consecutive win.
Jokic had 26 factors, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in his one hundred and fifteenth profession triple-double throughout the common season. Denver additionally was bolstered by the return of Jamal Murray, who missed Tuesday’s sport at Chicago with ankle soreness. He scored 16 factors, and Peyton Watson added 18 for the defending champion Nuggets.
Spencer Dinwiddie led the Nets with 17 factors and Cam Thomas had 13.
Up by 13 at halftime, the Nuggets broke unfastened for 38 factors within the third quarter with Jokic placing the ending touches on the surge by driving for a layup within the waning seconds of the interval.
