Jeremy Sochan racked up 29 points and 11 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs hit a franchise-record 22 3-pointers while walloping the visiting Orlando Magic 132-114 on Tuesday.

Zach Collins added 25 points for San Antonio, with Doug McDermott and Devonte’ Graham hitting for 15 each, Keita Bates-Diop scoring 14 and Devin Vassell 10. The Spurs played without injured starters Keldon Johnson and Tre Jones.

Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 27 points while Wendell Carter Jr. added 16 points and 10 rebounds. Cole Anthony scored 14 points, Markelle Fultz 13, Jalen Suggs and Moritz Wagner 12 apiece and Franz Wagner 11.

The Spurs led by six at halftime and expanded their advantage to 98-89 heading into the fourth period after shooting 54.5 percent from the floor and 58.6 percent on 3-pointers through the first three quarters.

Orlando got within six points with 6:28 to play before San Antonio scored the next seven points to clinch the win, its second in its past three games.

San Antonio used a 9-0 run to shrug off an early 8-2 deficit, taking an 11-8 lead after Sochan’s dunk at the 7:48 mark of the first period. The Spurs pushed their advantage to 10 points in the period before assuming a 38-29 lead after 12 minutes of play.

After trailing by 13 points in the second quarter, Orlando used Moritz Wagner’s 3-pointer and Suggs’ driving layup to cut the margin to 64-61 with 59 seconds left in the period. The Spurs added Collins’ 3-pointer to take a 67-61 advantage at the break.

Banchero led all scorers with 19 points in the half on 8-of-11 shooting. Anthony added 10 points for the Magic. Collins paced the Spurs with 18 points before halftime and Sochan racked up 13 for San Antonio.

Both teams were dynamite from the floor, with the Spurs shooting 54.5 percent and Orlando canning 52.1 percent of its shots over the first 24 minutes. The difference was on shots from beyond the arc, with San Antonio going 10 of 18 and the Magic making just 6 of 15.

–Field Level Media

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points to lead the host Oklahoma City Thunder to a 121-107 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday.

But it wasn’t just Gilgeous-Alexander who came up big for the Thunder, as Josh Giddey recorded his eighth career triple-double and his fourth of the season with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists.

Luguentz Dort finished with 24 points, hitting a season-high six 3-pointers for Oklahoma City, while rookie Jalen Williams added 23 points and 10 rebounds.

The group effort helped the Thunder pick up their third straight win and their sixth in the last seven games.

The loss was just the Nets’ second in their last seven games and snapped a two-game winning streak.

It was Dort that played the biggest role in the third quarter, when the Thunder seized control after trailing by 10 at halftime.

Less than 20 seconds into the quarter, Dort hit the first of what wound up being five third-quarter 3-pointers.

The Thunder still trailed by eight with seven minutes remaining in the third before closing the quarter with a 25-9 run to lead by eight heading into the fourth.

All of Brooklyn’s points during that stretch came at the free-throw line, as the Nets missed their last eight field-goal attempts in the period.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored 11 points in the third and Giddey had six assists and five rebounds as Oklahoma City outscored Brooklyn 38-20 in the quarter.

Mikal Bridges led Brooklyn with 34 points while Cameron Johnson added 23 for the game.

Oklahoma City outscored the Nets 66-38 in the paint. The Thunder also scored 23 points off 17 Brooklyn turnovers.

Bridges’ pull-up jumper with just under seven minutes left in the fourth cut the Nets’ deficit to five, 102-97.

But moments later, Giddey answered with a turnaround jumper to kickstart a 15-5 run that put the game away for good.

The Nets led by as many as 12 early, with Johnson scoring 10 of his points in Brooklyn’s 33-point first quarter.

–Field Level Media

Anthony Davis scored 35 points with 17 rebounds against his former team and Malik Beasley added 24 points as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers turned a 75-point first half into a 123-108 victory Tuesday over the New Orleans Pelicans.

D’Angelo Russell scored 17 points and Austin Reaves added 14 as the Lakers won for the eighth time in their last 11 games while moving into a playoff spot in the Western Conference during the run.

Los Angeles also improved to 5-3 since star LeBron James departed with a tendon injury in his right foot.

Brandon Ingram scored 22 points for the Pelicans against his former team. Davis and Ingram were key components in a trade between the teams before the 2020 season. Ingram returned after missing the past two games with an ankle injury.

Herbert Jones and Trey Murphy III added 20 points each for the Pelicans, who fell to 3-8 since a road loss to the Lakers on Feb. 15. CJ McCollum, who entered Tuesday averaging 21.2 points per game, was held to 13.

The Lakers and Pelicans entered with identical 33-35 records as both attempt to land a postseason spot in the West.

The Lakers bolted out to a 39-24 lead after one quarter and were up 75-40 at halftime following their highest scoring first half of the season. Los Angeles shot 56.5 percent in the first half and led by as many as 36 points, while New Orleans was at 28.6 percent.

The Lakers made 15 of their 27 attempts (55.6 percent) from 3-point range in the first two quarters. It was the most made 3-pointers in a half in franchise history, with Beasley making seven of them.

Seemingly done for the night, Davis returned to the floor for the Lakers with 9:41 remaining after the Pelicans cut the deficit to 100-81. New Orleans pulled within 107-94 with just over five minutes remaining before Los Angeles finished off the victory.

New Orleans guard Jose Alvarado missed his seventh consecutive game with a stress reaction in his right leg.

–Field Level Media