Lauri Markkanen scored 47 points and Keyonte George added 33 — including a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left — to help the Utah Jazz rally for a 150-147 double-overtime victory over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night in Salt Lake City.
Markkanen had his second consecutive 40-point game for the Jazz, Isaiah Collier added 16 points and nine assists off the bench and Jusuf Nurkic collected a game-high 14 rebounds.
Josh Giddey powered the Bulls with 26 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic added 21 points and 13 rebounds. Matas Buzelis and Ayo Dosunmu chipped in 18 points apiece.
Coby White made his season debut for Chicago and provided a spark off the bench. White, who missed 11 games while rehabbing a calf strain, tallied a team-high 27 points with eight assists and went 14-for-14 from the free-throw line.
Spurs 123, Kings 110
De’Aaron Fox poured in 28 points and dished out 11 assists against his former team to help host San Antonio beat struggling Sacramento despite star center Victor Wembanyama missing a game for the first time this season.
Wembanyama sat out with left calf tightness after starting the first 12 games for the Spurs. He missed 36 games last season when he was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder. San Antonio did not miss a beat without its top player, leading by eight points at halftime before stoking the margin to 19 points late in the third quarter.
Harrison Barnes added 20 points for the Spurs, while Devin Vassell finished with 16. DeMar DeRozan led the Kings with 27 points on 12-of-15 shooting from the floor. Sacramento has dropped six straight outings.
Mavericks 138, Trail Blazers 133 (OT)
Daniel Gafford’s contributions on both ends of the floor proved critical down the stretch, as Dallas snapped a three-game skid and avoided a winless homestand with its overtime defeat of Portland.
Gafford, limited thus far in 2025-26 by an ankle injury, delivered a season-high 20 points, including four in the final seconds of the extra period. Cooper Flagg and P.J. Washington led the Mavericks with 21 points apiece. Brandon Williams and Max Christie added 15 and 14 points, respectively.
Shaedon Sharpe’s inability to score in the final minute and a half came at an inopportune time on an otherwise outstanding night for the Blazers guard. He scored a season-high 36 points, just one shy of matching his career best, and dished six assists. Sharpe was left shouldering the load after Deni Avdija, Portland’s season-long leading scorer, fouled out. Avdija finished with 29 points, seven assists and six rebounds.
Rockets 117, Magic 113 (OT)
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 35 points, Alperen Sengun added a 30-point double-double, and host Houston claimed an overtime victory over Orlando.
Reed Sheppard (16 points off the bench) and Amen Thompson (12 points, 10 rebounds) converted four free throws to seal the victory. Sengun posted 30 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists. Sengun, Thompson, Steven Adams (13 rebounds), and Jabari Smith Jr. (10 points, 10 rebounds) all recorded double-digit rebounds for the Rockets, who produced a 60-38 advantage on the glass.
Franz Wagner led the Magic with 29 points while Desmond Bane added 26. Orlando played without starters Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs, both of whom were out with groin injuries.
Celtics 121, Clippers 118
Jaylen Brown scored 33 points and Payton Pritchard finished with 30 as Boston led by as many as 24 points before hanging on to hand visiting Los Angeles its seventh loss in eight games.
Pritchard made 8 of 13 shots from 3-point territory. Derrick White added 22 points, seven rebounds and nine assists for the Celtics, who have won three of their last four.
After trailing all game, the Clippers cut their deficit to 119-118 after James Harden made a 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds to play. After two Pritchard free throws pushed the lead to three, Harden missed a game-tying 3-point attempt at the buzzer.
Nets 129, Wizards 106
Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high 34 points and Tyrese Martin added a campaign-best 20 off the bench, lifting visiting Brooklyn to victory over reeling Washington.
Porter’s scoring outburst was backed up by a strong shooting night, as he canned 11 of 18 jumpers and 9 of 10 on free throws. He also chipped in nine rebounds and seven assists, while Nic Claxton joined in with 17 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and four blocks to help the Nets snap a four-game skid.
Kyshawn George led the way for the Wizards with 29 points and five 3-pointers. CJ McCollum also had 17 points, but Washington couldn’t avoid its 11th straight loss.
Warriors 124, Pelicans 106
Moses Moody buried a franchise record-tying seven 3-pointers in the first quarter en route to a career-high 32 points, and Golden State thumped host New Orleans in James Borrego’s debut as interim coach.
Moody shot 7-for-8 from deep in the opening period and finished 8-for-12 on threes and 10-for-16 overall. Teammate Stephen Curry, who did not record a basket until the third quarter, was harassed into just nine points on 2-of-11 shooting. Yet the Warriors still won their third straight as they continue a six-game trip.
Playing for the first time since Willie Green was fired as coach Saturday, the Pelicans were paced by Trey Murphy III’s 20 points and Jose Alvarado’s 18.
Hawks 124, Suns 122
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 16 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, Jalen Johnson had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Atlanta overcame a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit to win in Phoenix.
Onyeka Okongwu had 27 points and Dyson Daniels added 11 points and 12 assists for the Hawks, who ran their winning streak to five and completed a sweep of a four-game western road trip. Dillon Brooks had 34 points and Devin Booker added 27 for the Suns, who had a five-game winning streak broken.
Down 21 with 8:33 to play, the Hawks went on a 20-0 run to close within 107-106 with 4:34 left. The Suns went back ahead by six but again could not hold on as Alexander-Walker’s layup gave Atlanta the lead with 54 seconds left and the Hawks made free throws down the stretch to hold on.
–Field Level Media
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