Payton Pritchard scored a career-high 43 points and Derrick White tossed in a career-high 41 to lead the short-handed Boston Celtics to a 128-118 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
It was the first time in franchise history that two Boston players scored 40-plus points in the same game.
Pritchard was 14 of 20 from the field, including 10 of 16 from 3-point territory. He also had 10 rebounds and five rebounds. White was 14 of 26 from the field and made 9 of 17 3-point attempts for Boston, which was without Jrue Holiday (finger), Kristaps Porzingis (illness) and Jayson Tatum (shoulder).
Anfernee Simons led Portland with 30 points. Shaedon Sharpe added 25 points and six rebounds and Jabari Walker contributed 22 points and six rebounds. Walker made each of his six 3-point attempts.
Clippers 123, Pistons 115
James Harden scored a season-high 50 points and Ivica Zubac added 22 points and 11 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Detroit in Inglewood, Calif.
Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 23 points in his third start and 10th game for the Clippers, who were playing their first home game since Feb. 12. Los Angeles was without Kawhi Leonard (rest), Derrick Jones Jr. (groin) and Norman Powell (hamstring).
Cade Cunningham scored 37 points and dished 10 assists and Dennis Schroder added 21 points as the Pistons lost for just the second time in their past 12 games.
Cavaliers 112, Heat 107
Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Evan Mobley added 16 points and 13 rebounds, and Cleveland closed on a 12-2 run to beat visiting Miami for its 12th straight victory.
De’Andre Hunter also had 16 points for the NBA-best Cavaliers, who became the first team to clinch a playoff berth. Darius Garland had 15 points and 10 assists, Ty Jerome scored 12 points, and Max Strus had 11.
Bam Adebayo put up a season-high 34 points, 12 rebounds and five assists for Miami. Robinson scored 14 points, Haywood Highsmith added 13, Terry Rozier had 12 and Kevin Love chipped in 10 against his former team.
Nuggets 116, Kings 110
Russell Westbrook scored 25 points, Nikola Jokic added 22 points and 15 rebounds and host Denver rallied to beat Sacramento.
Denver outscored Sacramento 32-17 in the fourth quarter to pull away. Jamal Murray produced 24 points and eight assists, Michael Porter Jr. contributed 13 points and 12 rebounds, Christian Braun finished with 15 points and seven assists and Zeke Nnaji scored 10 points for Denver.
DeMar DeRozan scored 35 points, Zach LaVine had 20 points, Jonas Valanciunas finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds, Jake LaRavia added 15 points and Keon Ellis contributed 11 for the Kings, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Bucks 137, Mavericks 107
Damian Lillard scored 34 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo added 32 to lead host Milwaukee to a win over short-handed Dallas.
The Bucks, who have won four straight games and eight of nine, also got 10 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists from reserve Kevin Porter Jr. Antetokounmpo grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds.
Dallas lost its third straight game and fifth in its last six. With nine players ruled out of this game and just eight available, Klay Thompson led the way with 28 points, while Naji Marshall added 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Thunder 120, Grizzlies 103
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 41 points to lead visiting Oklahoma City over Memphis, which lost its season-high fourth straight game.
Gilgeous-Alexander, who had 51 points in the Thunder’s home victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday, posted his 10th 40-point game of the season. Jalen Williams added 20 points and nine assists for the Thunder, who won their fifth straight game.
Ja Morant, back in the lineup for Memphis after a two-game absence caused by a shoulder contusion, finished with 24 points and six assists. Desmond Bane contributed 15 points as the Grizzlies finished a 1-4 homestand.
Timberwolves 125, Hornets 110
Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels pumped in 29 points apiece, and Minnesota rolled to a victory at Charlotte.
Julius Randle contributed 25 points and joined McDaniels and teammate Naz Reid with 10 rebounds apiece. Donte DiVincenzo finished with 16 points, Reid notched 13 points and Randle added nine assists as the Timberwolves won their third game in a row.
LaMelo Ball poured in 28 points and Miles Bridges had 23, but the Hornets’ losing streak reached eight games.
Wizards 125, Jazz 122
Kyshawn George had 23 points and seven rebounds, helping Washington beat visiting Utah.
Alexandre Sarr added 21 points, while Justin Champagnie scored 17 as the Wizards won their second game in three tries.
Johnny Juzang scored a season-high 27 points while Kyle Filipowski collected 23 points and 13 rebounds as the Jazz dropped their third straight. Utah had a chance to tie the game on the final possession, but Brice Sensabaugh’s 3-point attempt missed with one second remaining.
–Field Level Media
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