Joel Embiid scored 42 points to lead six Philadelphia players in double figures as the visiting 76ers outlasted the Indiana Pacers 147-143 on Monday in Indianapolis.

Two days after snapping the Milwaukee Bucks’ 16-game winning streak with a 133-130 victory, the Sixers needed another strong offensive effort to win their fifth straight against the Pacers.

Tyrese Maxey made six 3-pointers and scored 24 points for Philadelphia, and James Harden contributed 14 points, 20 assists and nine rebounds. Jalen McDaniels had 20 points.

Tyrese Haliburton totaled 40 points and a season-high 16 assists for the Pacers, who had won three of their previous four games. Jordan Nwora scored 16 points, and Buddy Hield added 15.

Cavaliers 118, Celtics 114 (OT)

Lamar Stevens scored five consecutive points in overtime to help Cleveland rally at home to claim the regular-season series over Boston.

Donovan Mitchell led all scorers with 40 points, including some critical baskets during Cleveland’s fourth-quarter rally that erased a 14-point deficit. Evan Mobley finished with 25 points, 17 rebounds and three blocked shots as the Cavaliers overtook the short-handed and weary Celtics.

Boston came into Cleveland for the second half of a back-to-back, one night after going to double overtime in a loss to the New York Knicks. Jayson Tatum, the Celtics’ leading scorer, sat out Monday after scoring 40 points in 49 minutes of action Sunday. Boston got 32 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists from Jaylen Brown.

Trail Blazers 110, Pistons 104

Damian Lillard recorded 31 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists as visiting Portland handed Detroit its eighth consecutive loss.

Lillard had 21 points and six assists in the opening half as the Blazers established a 59-51 lead and never looked back. Jerami Grant supplied 26 points for Portland, which played without starters Jusuf Nurkic (calf) and Anfernee Simons (ankle).

Isaiah Livers led seven Pistons in double figures with 17 points. Cory Joseph had 14 points, Jaden Ivey contributed 13 points and 13 assists and Alec Burks also scored 13 points.

Heat 130, Hawks 128

Jimmy Butler amassed 26 points, nine rebounds and nine assists as host Miami edged Atlanta. The Heat led by six with 4.4 seconds left before the Hawks’ De’Andre Hunter and Murray sank 3-pointers on either side of Butler hitting two foul shots.

It was Miami’s second straight win — both against Atlanta. The Heat got 22 points from Victor Oladipo and 21 from Caleb Martin, who both came off the bench.

The Hawks, who have lost five straight road games, were led by Trae Young, who had 25 points and seven assists. Dejounte Murray added 23 points and eight assists.

Nuggets 118, Raptors 113

Jamal Murray scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half, Nikola Jokic had 17 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists and host Denver rallied past Toronto.

Toronto led by six points before getting outscored 15-4 in the final three minutes. Michael Porter Jr. scored 20 points, Aaron Gordon added 19 points and Reggie Jackson finished with 13 for Denver, which has won eight of its past nine games overall and eight straight at home.

Fred VanVleet had 21 points and 14 assists, Pascal Siakam scored 19 and Jakob Poeltl added 18 points and nine rebounds for the Raptors, who have alternated wins and losses for six games.

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The Philadelphia 76ers will look to complete a five-game road trip with a 4-1 record when they face the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis on Tuesday.

The Sixers won for the third time in four games, downing the host Indiana Pacers 147-143 on Monday, just two days after picking up an impressive 133-130 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks to snap their 16-game winning streak.

Joel Embiid scored 42 points and James Harden added 14 points, 20 assists and nine rebounds against Indiana. Harden became the first Sixer in franchise history to produce two games of at least 20 assists in the same season.

“The great thing about James is he doesn’t turn the ball over,” Sixers coach Doc Rivers said after Harden committed just one turnover. “Also, he makes smart passes. It makes us so hard to beat with his ability to pass.”

Embiid went 19-for-19 from the free-throw line, which set a franchise record for the most free throws made in a game without a miss.

Tyrese Maxey contributed 24 points and Jalen McDaniels had 20 in his first start with the Sixers, who played without P.J. Tucker and Tobias Harris.

Tucker and Harris were injured at Milwaukee, but both are expected to be available to play against the Timberwolves.

No matter the role, McDaniels insists that he’ll be ready.

“Just play my game every day and not try to do too much,” McDaniels said during a postgame interview on NBC Sports Philadelphia. “Just run the floor with a high motor and when I get my opportunity, make the best of it.”

The Timberwolves will look for their fourth victory in a row when they battle the Sixers.

Minnesota compiled impressive road wins over the Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings. The Timberwolves outlasted the Kings, 138-134, on Saturday.

Anthony Edwards led the way with 27 points and eight assists and Mike Conley added 24 points. Jaden McDaniels scored 19 points, Kyle Anderson contributed 18 points, nine assists and seven rebounds and Rudy Gobert had 13 points and 14 rebounds.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker (16 points) and Naz Reid (10) also reached double figures in the balanced effort.

“To be the new guy, it’s not about stepping on toes, it’s about doing what you need to do,” said Alexander-Walker, who was acquired by Minnesota along with Conley from the Utah Jazz. “We want to win, we want to get better. We’re trying to make a push. Being in an environment like that is going to give anyone confidence.”

It was Edwards who helped seal the win against Sacramento with two clutch baskets in the final few minutes.

“I thought we played great all night long,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. “Especially when they tightened it up at the end. … We play a lot in flow. A lot of it was Anthony (Edwards) stepping up at the right time.”

The inconsistent Timberwolves seem to have jelled over the past three games. Keep in mind that they’re winning without key standout Karl-Anthony Towns, who remains out with an injured calf.

“I think we have really good chemistry right now,” Finch said. “I think we have great leadership, we have guys who really complement each other on the floor.”

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The Washington Wizards were buried under a blizzard of 3-pointers over the weekend, but will look to change course and heat up when they visit the floundering Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.

Washington lost in overtime to Toronto on Saturday as Raptors guard Fred VanVleet hit two clutch 3-pointers in the extra session.

Milwaukee then defeated the Wizards 117-111 on Sunday while making 22 shots from beyond the arc.

“We talked about it before the game: They’re going to be a high-volume 3-point shooting team. They shoot it with some degree of efficiency,” Washington coach Wes Unseld Jr. said. “We knew going in we were going to have to live with some (threes). By loading to Giannis (Antetokounmpo) and showing him a crowd, he’s going to kick it out. Some of them I can live with, then we got caught over-helping three or four times.”

Washington, which is battling for a postseason berth, dropped to 30-34 with the back-to-back losses. Following a six-game winning streak in January, the Wizards have been unable to put together more than two consecutive victories.

“We’ve got to start winning. We can’t keep saying, you know, moral victories,” Washington star Bradley Beal said. “Those don’t exist once February hits.”

Beal led Washington with 33 points against the Bucks, while Kristaps Porzingis supplied 24 points and 13 rebounds.

Porzingis is trying to keep a positive outlook during a rugged month in which the Wizards play 16 games.

“I’m happy with how hard we played and the product we’re giving our fans,” Porzingis said. “Even though we had these two tough losses, I think it’s something positive we can take from these games.”

Kyle Kuzma sat out against the Bucks due to a sore right knee after playing 42 minutes against the Raptors. He and Monte Morris (sore lower back) are listed as questionable for Tuesday’s meeting with Detroit.

“We’ve just got to give it a day or two to calm down,” Unseld said of Kuzma’s injury.

The Pistons will be playing the second game of a back-to-back as well as the second game of a five-game homestand.

Portland handed Detroit its eighth straight loss, 110-104, on Monday. The Pistons never held the lead after the Trail Blazers scored the first 10 points.

Detroit had 16 turnovers and trailed by as much as 19 points.

The Pistons played short-handed, with leading scorer Bojan Bogdanovic and three other regulars sidelined by a variety of injuries. The slow start could be attributed to a makeshift rotation.

“We were out of sorts offensively because that is such a new lineup,” Pistons coach Dwane Casey said. “That hurt us in the first quarter and then we compounded them when we started substituting.”

Forward Isaiah Livers had his biggest offensive night of the season, leading seven Pistons in double figures with 17 points. Livers usually takes most of his shots beyond the 3-point line, but scored four of his seven baskets Monday from inside the arc.

“When you get ‘the shooter’ claim, they think all you’re going to do is just sit there and shoot,” he said. “I have a lot more in my game that I’m going to continue to show in these last 15 or 20 games.”

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Jamal Murray scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half, Nikola Jokic had 17 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists and the host Denver Nuggets rallied past the Toronto Raptors 118-113 on Monday night.

Toronto led by six points before getting outscored 15-4 in the final three minutes.

Michael Porter Jr. scored 20 points, Aaron Gordon added 19 points and Reggie Jackson finished with 13 for Denver, which has won eight of its past nine games overall and eight straight at home.

Fred VanVleet had 21 points and 14 assists, Pascal Siakam scored 19 and Jakob Poeltl added 18 points and nine rebounds for the Raptors, who have alternated wins and losses for six games.

Toronto’s Gary Trent Jr. had 13 points, O.G. Anunoby scored 12 and Scottie Barnes finished with 12 points and nine boards.

The Raptors led 92-85 after Trent’s 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter, but a 3-pointer by Jackson and a three-point play from Bruce Brown got the Nuggets within one.

Toronto answered with seven straight points to lead 99-91. Porter split a pair of free throws with 4:41 left to get Denver within 105-101.

Siakam sank a jumper to make it 111-105, but Murray hit a 3-pointer and a driving layup to cut the deficit to one with 1:32 left. Jokic made four free throws around two by VanVleet to put Denver ahead 114-113 with 54.4 seconds left.

After the Nuggets successfully challenged a foul call on Jokic, Poeltl fouled Gordon and Barnes was hit with a technical with 28.1 seconds to go. Murray made the technical free throw, Gordon sank both foul shots and Denver closed it out.

Toronto went ahead by four on an Anunoby 3-pointer early in the third quarter before the Nuggets began to rally behind Murray. He hit a turnaround jumper, made a reverse layup and drained a 3-pointer to tie the game at 67.

The Raptors used a 19-11 run at the end of the third to take an 88-83 lead into the fourth.

Toronto led by as many as 10 late in the second quarter, but Denver rallied to get within 61-58 at intermission.

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Jimmy Butler flirted with a triple-double, scoring a team-best 26 points to go along with nine rebounds and a game-high nine assists as the host Miami Heat defeated the Atlanta Hawks 130-128 on Monday night.

It was Miami’s second straight win — both against Atlanta — as the Heat got 22 points from Victor Oladipo and 21 from Caleb Martin, who both came off the bench.

The Hawks were led by Trae Young, who had 25 points and seven assists. Dejounte Murray added 23 points and eight assists.

Atlanta, which has lost five straight road games, also got 17 points apiece from John Collins and reserve Saddiq Bey. Clint Capela had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Hawks, who blew a 15-point, first-half lead.

The Heat led by six with 4.4 seconds left before Atlanta’s De’Andre Hunter and Murray each sank 3-pointers on either side of Butler hitting two foul shots.

The Hawks have scored 100 or more points in 40 straight games, the second-longest active streak in the NBA.

However, the Heat, who won the season series 3-1 against Atlanta, also got 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists from Bam Adebayo in the latest head-to-head win.

Miami played without Kevin Love, who has a rib injury. The Heat continue to be without starting point guard Kyle Lowry, who hasn’t played since Feb. 2 due to a knee ailment.

Both teams shot the ball well in the first quarter, but the Hawks led 43-30 at the end of the frame thanks to a 22-8 edge in points in the paint. Atlanta shot 76 percent overall in the quarter, including a 4-for-8 mark on 3-point tries. Miami shot 55.6 percent from the field while canning 5 of 7 shots from distance.

The Heat cut the deficit to 68-63 entering halftime. Martin had 16 points on 5-for-7 shooting in the second quarter alone.

In the third quarter, Miami tied the game twice, but the Heat never took the lead, and the Hawks took a 96-92 advantage into the fourth.

With 9:38 left in the fourth, Adebayo made two free throws to give Miami a 102-100 lead. It was the Heat’s first lead since 11-10.

Miami held on from there and finished the game shooting 53.2 percent from the floor and 55.2 percent from beyond the arc, while Atlanta shot 55.4 percent from the floor, including 31 percent from deep.

–Field Level Media