Paolo Banchero scored 36 points with 10 rebounds and Desmond Bane added 22 points as the Orlando Magic finished off a successful road trip against Western Conference foes with a 110-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.
Wendell Carter Jr. scored 20 points and Tristan da Silva added 13 as the Magic went 3-1 on their trip with a victory at Sacramento and two more against a pair of Los Angeles teams in the Clippers and Lakers. They lost at Phoenix in the second game of the trip.
Luka Doncic scored 22 points with 15 assists and nine rebounds while LeBron James and Deandre Ayton each added 21 points for the Lakers, who went 4-4 on an extended homestand that wrapped around both sides of the All-Star break. James had a chance to win it at the buzzer but his fallaway 3-pointer was off target.
Orlando shot 45.7% in the game but finished off the victory by shooting 59.1% in the fourth quarter while scoring 31 points. It was the Magic’s fourth consecutive victory against the Lakers going back to November of 2023.
Cavaliers 109, Knicks 94
Donovan Mitchell scored 23 points and James Harden added 20 as Cleveland ran away from visiting New York to win for the eighth time in its last nine games.
Jalen Brunson scored 20 points and Mikal Bridges had 18, but the starting guards shot a combined 12 of 36 from the field for the Knicks. New York, which only led for 19 seconds and trailed by 20 in the fourth quarter, is 12-4 since Jan. 19.
76ers 135, Pacers 114
Tyrese Maxey collected 32 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and Joel Embiid added 27 points to fuel Philadelphia to a victory over Indiana in Indianapolis.
Maxey made 10 of 22 shots from the floor and all 10 attempts from the free-throw line for the 76ers, who erupted for 45 points in the second quarter and shot a sizzling 57.6% for the game. Embiid sank 11 of 17 shots from the floor in his return from a five-game absence due to knee and shin issues. Rookie VJ Edgecombe recorded 23 points and seven rebounds and Quentin Grimes added 15 points off the bench.
Micah Potter scored a season-high 23 points and Andrew Nembhard matched that total to lead the Pacers.
Hawks 119, Wizards 98
Jonathan Kuminga scored a season-high 27 points in his Atlanta debut and the Hawks led wire-to-wire, beating visiting Washington for their second straight win.
Kuminga, acquired from Golden State at the trade deadline, was 9 of 12 from the floor and scored 18 points in the third quarter. The good vibrations were tempered by the loss of All-Star Jalen Johnson, who left the game at 6:22 in the first quarter with a left hip flexor injury. The Hawks also got 16 points from Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 12 points from Corey Kispert and 10 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists from Onyeka Okongwu.
The Wizards were led by reserves Will Riley, who scored 18, and Justin Campagnie and Jamir Watkins, who both scored 14. Trae Young, who played the first seven-plus seasons of his career with Atlanta, was on the bench but did not play, still nursing the right knee MCL strain that has kept him out since Dec. 27. The Hawks honored Young by showing a highlight video.
Mavericks 123, Nets 114
Marvin Bagley III scored 22 points off the bench as Dallas went ahead for good in the first quarter and earned held off host Brooklyn to get head coach Jason Kidd his 200th victory as the Mavericks’ head coach.
Bagley made 10 of 13 shots and finished one shy of his season high as the Mavericks won their second straight following a 10-game skid. Bagley’s big night was part of a 61-point showing from Dallas reserves. The Mavericks shot 58.5% and scored 66 points in the paint.
The blizzard in the New York area caused the Mavericks to arrive from Indianapolis earlier Tuesday and the Nets to fly in from Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon. Michael Porter Jr. led the Nets with 26 points.
Thunder 116, Raptors 107
Isaiah Joe scored 19 of his 22 points in the third quarter and visiting Oklahoma City held on to defeat Toronto.
Cason Wallace added a game-high 27 points with eight rebounds and seven assists for the Thunder, who have won three games in a row and five of six. Alex Caruso added 16 points, Luguentz Dort contributed 15 points and Isaiah Hartenstein scored 11 with nine rebounds.
RJ Barrett scored 21 points for the Raptors, who had won their two previous games. Scottie Barnes and Brandon Ingram each scored 15 points. Ja’Kobe Walter and Immanuel Quickley scored 17 points apiece and Jamal Shead added 13 points.
Hornets 131, Bulls 99
Brandon Miller scored 23 points and Kon Knueppel added 21 to pace seven players in double figures as visiting Charlotte routed skidding Chicago.
Matas Buzelis had a career-best 32 points for Chicago, which has lost 10 straight games for the first time since the 2018-19 season. Charlotte, which has won 12 of 15, set a franchise record with its eighth consecutive road victory. The team swished 25 3-pointers, falling one short of matching another franchise mark.
Charlotte shot 60.7% in the third while limiting the Bulls to 27.8%. Chicago, which committed nine of its 21 turnovers in the third, trailed by as many as 38 in the second half. Patrick Williams and Guerschon Yabusele scored 11 points each for Chicago, while Collin Sexton chipped in 10.
Bucks 128, Heat 117
Kevin Porter Jr. scored 32 points and added seven rebounds and seven assists to lead Milwaukee to a victory over visiting Miami.
Ryan Rollins added 21 for Milwaukee, which won its seventh game in its last nine tries without Giannis Antetokounmpo (calf). Bobby Portis matched Rollins’ 21 off the bench, while Kyle Kuzma added 19.
Norman Powell scored a team-high 26 points for Miami, which saw its three-game winning streak end. Bam Adebayo added 18 points and nine rebounds.
Pelicans 113, Warriors 109
Zion Williamson scored 26 points and host New Orleans led by as many as 14 in the first quarter then held off short-handed Golden State.
Saddiq Bey scored 18 points for the Pelicans, who have won back-to-back games and four of their last six. Former Warrior Jordan Poole scored 12 points to lead a New Orleans bench that outscored its Golden State counterpart 45-26.
De’Anthony Melton posted a game-high 28 points for the Warriors, who were without Stephen Curry (knee), Jimmy Butler (knee), Al Horford (toe) and Kristaps Porzingis (illness), and have lost three of their last four.
Celtics 97, Suns 81
Derrick White scored 22 points, Neemias Queta had 14 points and 13 rebounds, and visiting Boston rolled over short-handed Phoenix to extend its winning streak to four.
Sam Hauser scored 16 points and Bailey Scheierman had 11 points and 11 rebounds in his third career double-double for the Celtics, who have won nine of 10 and are a season-high 19 games over .500.
The Celtics trailed 41-30 at 6:41 of the second quarter before going on an extended 50-11 run to take control with an 80-52 lead on Nikola Vukevic’s basket with 1:39 left in the third. Collin Gillespie scored 15 points, Grayson Allen scored 14 and Jalen Green added 13 for the Suns, who played without leading scorers Devin Booker and Dillon Brooks for the second straight game.
Timberwolves 124, Trail Blazers 121
Anthony Edwards scored 34 points and Jaden McDaniels added 29 points, matched his career best of five blocked shots and had three steals to lead Minnesota past host Portland.
Donte DiVincenzo added 19 points as the Timberwolves won for the fourth time in the past five games and improved to 3-0 against the Blazers this season. Edwards, McDaniels and DiVincenzo each knocked down five 3-pointers as Minnesota made 17 of 35 (48.6%) from long range.
With Portland All-Star Deni Avdija (back) out for the 11th time in the past 19 games, Jrue Holiday scored 22 points, Jerami Grant added 21 points and reserve Scoot Henderson had 19 for the Blazers, who lost for the third time in five games.
