Pascal Siakam scored 40 points and 13 rebounds before fouling out, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Boston Celtics 115-112 in overtime Monday night in Toronto.
Fred VanVleet and Jefferson City product OG Anunoby scored 14 points apiece, Thad Young and Gary Trent Jr. had 12 apiece, and Scottie Barnes scored 10 before fouling out, and Toronto snapped a four-game home losing streak to the Celtics.
Playing without forwards Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum (knee soreness) and centers Al Horford and Robert Williams III, Boston lost for the fifth time in 29 games.
Marcus Smart had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Grant Williams scored 17 and Derrick White added 15 for Boston. Seven Celtics players scored 10 points or more, including Daniel Theis, who had 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Boston fell one game behind Miami for first place in the East. The Celtics host the Heat on Wednesday night.
Heat 123, Kings 100: Jimmy Butler scored 27 points, Bam Adebayo added 22 points and 15 rebounds, and Miami stopped a four-game winning streak with a victory over Sacramento in Miami.
Tyler Herro had 20 for the Heat, who improved to 36-5 when scoring at least 110 points.
Davion Mitchell scored 21 for Sacramento, which got 17 from Harrison Barnes.
Miami snapped its longest losing streak of the season, and the 23-point margin was the Heat’s largest since a 24-point win at Atlanta on Jan. 12.
Grizzlies 123, Warriors 95: Desmond Bane scored 22 points, De’Anthony Melton and Dillon Brooks added 21 points apiece and the Memphis Grizzlies clinched second place in the Western Conference with a victory over the lowly Golden State Warriors in Memphis, Tenn.
Kyle Anderson added 13 points for Memphis, which holds a five-game lead over the Warriors, third in the conference. The Grizzlies won for the fifth straight time and for the ninth time in 10 games.
Jordan Poole led Golden State with 25 points, and Moses Moody finished with 18. Jonathan Kuminga scored 14 points and Golden State fell for the third straight time and lost for the sixth time in seven games.
Golden State played without leading scorer Stephen Curry, who has missed six games with a sprained left foot. Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Otto Porter Jr. also sat out under various injury management situations, and heading into the second game of a back-to-back.
Knicks 109, Bulls 104: RJ Barrett scored 28 points, Alec Burks had 27 and New York extended its winning streak to four games by beating Chicago in New York.
Obi Toppin had 17 points for the Knicks, who remained 4½ games behind Atlanta for 10th place in the Eastern Conference and the final playoff spot with only six games remaining.
DeMar DeRozan scored 37 for the Bulls, including 15 in the fourth quarter. But he missed a jumper and then was called for an offensive foul in the final 45 seconds, cutting Chicago’s comeback attempt short.
Spurs 123, Rockets 120: Dejounte Murray scored a career-high 33 points and the San Antonio Spurs cruised to a 123-120 win over the Houston Rockets to move closer to the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
It was the fourth straight win for the Spurs, who moved within a half-game of the Los Angeles Lakers for 10th place in the West.
Keldon Johnson scored 21 points and Jakob Poeltl added 17 points and 13 rebounds, and the Spurs dominated inside, outscoring Houston 72-30 in the paint. San Antonio had a season-high 82 points in the paint in a win over Houston on Jan. 25.
Rookie Jalen Green scored 30 points and Kevin Porter Jr. added 26 for the Rockets, who had their two-game winning streak snapped.
Cavaliers 107, Magic 101: Darius Garland had 25 points and 12 assists, leading Cleveland to a win over Orlando in Cleveland in a game in which the Cavaliers lost rookie Evan Mobley to a sprained left ankle.
Mobley, the No. 3 overall pick, fell on Franz Wagner’s foot while defending under the basket in the second quarter. He limped to the locker room after briefly lying on the court and did not return to the game.
Lauri Markkanen scored 20 points, Kevin Love had 19 points and seven rebounds, and Isaac Okoro added 11 points for the Cavaliers, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
The Cavaliers achieved their first winning season in four years. It was the first time they finished above .500 without LeBron James on their roster since 1997-1998.
Magic power forward Wendell Carter Jr. had 15 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, Ignas Brazdeikis scored 13 points and Wagner had 10 points and six assists.
Nuggets 113, Hornets 109: Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 19 rebounds and 11 assists for his 19th triple-double of the season, and Denver held on to beat Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Aaron Gordon added 21 points and Will Barton scored 18 for the Nuggets, who clinched a season series split.
Miles Bridges had 27 points and 11 rebounds and LaMelo Ball added 22 points, 11 assists and six rebounds for Charlotte, which fell to 1-13 on the second night of back-to-backs. The loss dropped the Hornets into ninth place in the Eastern Conference, a half-game behind the idle Brooklyn Nets.
Hawks 132, Pacers 123: Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 29 points to lead Atlanta past Indiana in Indianapolis.
Clint Capela and Kevin Huerter scored 22 points apiece, and Capela added 15 rebounds for the Hawks.who are 10th in the Eastern Conference. Trae Young had 14 points and 16 assistsBuddy Hield scored 26 points for the Pacers, who have lost four straight games and are out of playoff contention. Tyrese Haliburton added 25 points and 13 assists. Keifer Sykes added 16 points for Indiana, making 4 of 6 3-point shots..
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