Thunder take down Nets for OT victory
New York
Chris Paul scored 20 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 111-103 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night.
The game was tied at 103 before Paul made consecutive jumpers and the Nets never scored again. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander closed out the scoring with four free throws, after making a jumper to open OT.
Gilgeous-Alexander added 22 points for the Thunder.
Taurean Prince scored 21 points and Caris LeVert had 20 in his second game back from right thumb surgery, but the Nets dropped their seventh straight.
Pistons 115, Cavaliers 113: Derrick Rose hit a 15-footer with 27 seconds left and Detroit rallied for a win over Cleveland. Rose, who scored 24 points, scored on a runner in the lane to give Detroit a 114-113 lead and cap a comeback that began with the Pistons trailing 110-91 early in the fourth quarter. Cleveland set up for a go-ahead shot, but Collin Sexton was called for stepping out of bounds with seven seconds left. The ruling was overturned, but Sexton's shot in the lane didn't hit the rim and Detroit was awarded possession on a shot-clock violation. Andre Drummond made one of two free throws with 1.6 seconds to play for a two-point lead. Drummond tipped away Kevin Love's long pass for Tristan Thompson and the clock ran out.
Trail Blazers 101, Raptors 99: Carmelo Anthony made the winning basket with four seconds remaining and Portland rallied to beat Toronto. Anthony scored 28 points for the Trail Blazers, who snapped a four-game losing streak in Toronto and won for the second time in 10 meetings with the Raptors. Kyle Lowry got one final chance for the Raptors, but his off-balance 3 bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
Grizzlies 119, Timberwolves 112: Dillon Brooks scored 28 points, Ja Morant...