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Luka Doncic had 21 points, 14 assists and nine rebounds, Austin Reaves added 30 points and the Los Angeles Lakers extended their home winning streak to eight games with a 125-109 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday.
Jordan Goodwin and Dorian Finney Smith each scored 15 points and Dalton Knecht had 13 for the Lakers (42-25), who were without LeBron James (groin) for the fifth consecutive game and Rui Hachimura (knee) for the 10th straight contest. Jaxson Hayes finished with nine points and 11 rebounds.
Tied for fourth place in the Western Conference, Los Angeles has earned back-to-back wins since returning from an 0-4 road trip.
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Aaron Gordon scored a season-high 38 points, Russell Westbrook recorded a triple-double and the Denver Nuggets, playing without Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, stunned the Golden State Warriors 114-105 in San Francisco on Monday.
With Jokic nursing a sore elbow and ankle and Murray dealing with a sprained right ankle, the Nuggets rode Gordon, Westbrook and a double-double from Michael Porter Jr. to their second straight win over the Warriors this season and ninth in a row dating back to 2022.
Jimmy Butler III had 23 points and Stephen Curry 20 for the Warriors, who saw a seven-game winning streak come to an end.
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Malik Monk scored 28 points, Zach LaVine added 23, and the Sacramento Kings snapped a four-game losing streak with a 132-122 win over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.
DeMar DeRozan had 22 points and nine assists for Sacramento (34-33), which led by as many as 21 in the fourth quarter and never trailed after moving ahead late in the first quarter.
Keegan Murray added 16 points and 10 rebounds to help the Kings win the season series against Memphis 2-1. Jake LaRavia added 12 points off the bench against his former team.
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Devin Booker scored 27 points to lead six Phoenix scorers in double-figures, and the Suns opened a five-game homestand with their most lopsided win of the season in a 129-89 blowout of the Toronto Raptors.
Phoenix (32-37) opened the second quarter on a 23-4 run lasting 5:44 and took control from there. A dominant 39-11 second period sent the Suns into intermission with a 23-point lead, and it only snowballed from there.
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Cade Cunningham scored 24 points and the visiting Detroit Pistons never trailed, routing the New Orleans Pelicans 127-81 on Monday night.
Detroit’s Simone Fontecchio scored a season-high 23 points while Dennis Schroder had 12. Malik Beasley added 11 points and Ronald Holland II contributed 10.
New Orleans lost second-leading scorer Trey Murphy III to a shoulder injury early in the first quarter and finished with their lowest point total of the season while tying the franchise record for largest margin of defeat.
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Jalen Green had 30 points and 13 assists on Monday, helping the Houston Rockets stage the largest comeback in franchise history to defeat the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 144-137 in overtime.
Jabari Smith Jr. also scored 30 points for Houston (44-25), which won its seventh straight game and did so despite trailing by 25 points early in the third quarter.
Dillon Brooks scored 25 points and Tari Eason added 21, while Alperen Sengun chipped in 13 points, 11 rebounds and five assists − Reuters.
