Kevin Durant Leads Suns to Thrilling 2OT Win Over Jazz
NBA Roundup:
In a thrilling overtime matchup, Kevin Durant scored a game-high 39 points to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 140-137 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night. Devin Booker added 26 points, including the game-winning free throws in the final seconds of double overtime, and dished out eight assists as the Suns won for the second time in Utah in three nights.
Lauri Markkanen had a monster game for the Jazz, scoring 38 points with 17 rebounds. He forced overtime with a bucket late in regulation. For a moment, it appeared that Markkanen would get a chance to force triple overtime, but officials reversed a ruling that would have sent him to the free-throw line with nine-tenths of a second left after determining that Durant had hit the ball before making contact with Markkanen's wrist.
Other Notable Highlights:
Domantas Sabonis and De'Aaron Fox led the Sacramento Kings to their sixth straight win with a 129-113 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Sabonis put up a double-double with 32 points and 13 rebounds, while Fox chipped in with 30 points and seven assists.
Joel Embiid poured in 32 points and came one assist shy of a triple-double as the Philadelphia 76ers dispatched the Brooklyn Nets 121-99. Embiid added 12 rebounds to go along with his nine assists en route to his ninth double-double of the young season.
Pascal Siakam scored 23 points and the Toronto Raptors defeated the Detroit Pistons 142-113. The Raptors set a franchise record with 44 assists in the win.
Paolo Banchero led six Orlando Magic scorers in double figures with 24 points as the team capped a four-game road swing with its third straight win, defeating the Indiana Pacers 128-116.
Darius Garland scored 26 points as one of six Cleveland Cavaliers players in double figures, and the team beat visiting Denver 121-109.
Kristaps Porzingis had 26 points, eight rebounds and six blocked shots to help the Boston Celtics stretch their winning streak to six games by beating the depleted Memphis Grizzlies 102-100.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points on 10-of-13 shooting in just 23 minutes on the floor as the Oklahoma City Thunder dismantled host Portland 134-91 for their fifth consecutive victory.
LeBron James scored a season-high 37 points, Anthony Davis added 27 points and 10 rebounds before he fouled out, and host Los Angeles used its star power to exact some revenge on the Houston Rockets with a 105-104 victory.