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MALIK Beasley drained two 3-pointers in the final minute Monday night to put the game away for the visiting Detroit Pistons, who held off a fourth-quarter rally by the New York Knicks to earn a 124-119 win.
The Pistons led by as many as 11 in the first quarter and led 101-92 early in the fourth before the Knicks began inching back. New York got within two points five times before Mikal Bridges sank a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 118-117 with 1:26 left.
Cade Cunningham, who scored 29 of his game-high 36 points in the second half, missed a fallaway jumper on the Pistons’ next possession but the Knicks turned the ball over when Karl-Anthony Towns was whistled for a foul while setting a pick against Ausar Thompson.
Then, with the shot clock running down, Tim Hardaway Jr passed up a shot at the top of the key and dished to Beasley, who drained a corner 3-pointer with 39 seconds remaining. Jalen Brunson hit a driving layup to cut the Pistons’ lead to 121-119, but the Knicks didn’t foul on the next possession and Hardaway — again with the shot clock nearing zero — fed Beasley for another 3-pointer from the left wing with six seconds left. …
— The Toronto Raptors scored the game’s final six points to pull out a 104-101 win over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Monday, ending a five-game losing streak.
Golden State led by nine in the fourth quarter before Toronto rallied to tie the score. Kyle Anderson’s 3-pointer put Golden State up 101-98 with 2:34 to go, but Chris Boucher’s second-chance basket on the next possession sliced the Raptors’ deficit to one.
Ochai Agbaji scored the go-ahead hoop with 1:33 to go, and Agbaji dunked with 39.8 seconds left to put Toronto up by three.
Golden State’s Andrew Wiggins and Buddy Hield both missed 3-point attempts in the final seconds.
Scottie Barnes had 23 points and eight rebounds for Toronto, which had won just one of its previous 17 games. —Reuters.
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