Jalen Brunson scored 31 points and had eight assists to lead the visiting New York Knicks to a 111-89 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday.
The victory ended Boston’s five-game winning streak and moved the Knicks into a second-place tie with the Celtics in the Eastern Conference standings; both teams are five games behind Detroit. Josh Hart added 19 points for New York, which received 12 points from Jose Alvarado in his debut with the Knicks. New York acquired Alvarado in a trade with New Orleans on Thursday.
Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds as New York won for the ninth time in 10 games.
The Celtics shot 7 of 41 from 3-point territory (17.1%), including 0 for 10 in the third quarter, and the 89 points were the fewest Boston has scored in a game this season. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 26 points and Derrick White finished with 19. Boston received 10 points, 13 rebounds and five assists from Baylor Scheierman.
Clippers 115, Timberwolves 96
Kawhi Leonard scored 41 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help Los Angeles pull away for a win over host Minnesota.
John Collins and Yanic Konan Niederhauser added 15 points apiece for Los Angeles, which won its second game in a row. Kobe Sanders contributed 10 points.
Anthony Edwards scored 23 points to lead Minnesota, which has lost three of its past four games. Julius Randle finished with 17 points and eight rebounds, and Rudy Gobert tallied 10 points and seven rebounds.
Heat 132, Wizards 101
Bam Adebayo and Kasparas Jakucionis scored 22 points apiece to help visiting Miami breeze past Washington.
Norman Powell added 21 points and Kel’el Ware had 19 points and 14 rebounds for the Heat, who had dropped three of their previous four. Simone Fontecchio scored 12 and Andrew Wiggins had 11 points and 10 boards.
Tristan Vukcevic paced Washington with 14 points, while Justin Champagnie, Kyshawn George and Bub Carrington scored 13 apiece. Alex Sarr collected 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Wizards, who are just 1 1/2 games ahead of the Indiana Pacers for last place in the Eastern Conference.
Raptors 122, Pacers 104
Scottie Barnes scored 13 of his game-high 25 points in the decisive third quarter and also led all players with 14 rebounds and four blocked shots as host Toronto beat Indiana.
The Raptors had a 44-26 advantage in the third quarter in going on to sweep the four-game season series from the Pacers. RJ Barrett contributed 20 points and Sandro Mamukelashvili added 17 points for Toronto. Brandon Ingram and Immanuel Quickley each scored 13 points. Trayce Jackson-Davis had 10 points and 10 rebounds in his Raptors debut.
Pascal Siakam scored 18 points for Indiana, which has lost four straight. Jay Huff added 15 points, Jarace Walker provided 13, Ben Sheppard scored 12 and T.J. McConnell and Andrew Nembhard each notched 10.
–Field Level Media
