DETROIT (AP) — Austin Reaves scored 43 points as the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Detroit Pistons 121-116 at Little Caesars Arena without Luka Doncic on Sunday.
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Lakers → score → Sunday
Doncic (lower-back tightness), who is averaging 45 points, nine rebounds and eight assists over his last four games, was ruled out earlier on Sunday.
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who → average → Sunday
Walker Kessler added 12 points and 16 rebounds for the Lakers, who had lost four straight to Detroit.
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who → add → Detroit
Detroit, which trailed 40-14 early in the second quarter, could have tied the game at 90 with 9:14 left, but Cade Cunningham missed the second of two free throws.
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Cunningham → trail → throws
Los Angeles got the lead back to six points with 3:32 left, and a Walker Kessler three-point play made it 107-99 with 2:15 to go.
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play → get → 2:15
Reaves hit an off-balance 3-pointer with 46 seconds left, then clinched the game from the line.
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Reaves → hit → line
76ERS 127, BULLS 121
CHICAGO (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Tyrese Maxey added 27 and LeBron James had his highest-scoring effort so far in a Philadelphia uniform as the 76ers held off the struggling Chicago.
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76ers → score → Chicago
James had a season-high 22 for the 76ers, who got 18 points and 10 rebounds from Joel Embiid and 13 points from VJ Edgecombe.
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who → have → Edgecombe
At 9-2, the 76ers — the Eastern Conference leaders — are off to their best 11-game start since going 10-1 to open the 2000-01 season.
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76ers → go → season
Josh Giddey had 19 points, 15 assists and seven rebounds for Chicago.
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Giddey → have → Chicago
Matas Buzelis added 19 points for the Bulls, who got 18 from Caleb Wilson, 17 from Jalen Smith, 12 from Isaac Okoro and 10 from Noa Essengue.
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who → add → Essengue
The Bulls dropped their seventh straight and fell to 1-8, tying the third-worst nine-game start in team history.
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Bulls → drop → history
Chicago started 0-9 was in 1967-68 — the franchise’s second season — and 2004-05.
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Chicago → start → 1967
TIMBERWOLVES 115, JAZZ 100
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ayo Dosunmu scored 26 points and LaMelo Ball added 24 points and five assists to help Minnesota beat Utah.
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Minnesota → score → Utah
Jaden McDaniels finished with 16 points, Bones Hyland had 14 off the bench, and Rudy Gobert chipped in 10 points and 15 rebounds for the Wolves (8-3), who have won four in a row and are 5-2 without Anthony Edwards.
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who → finish → Edwards
The All-Star guard is expected to miss two months after undergoing knee surgery Oct. 29.
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guard → expect → surgery
Darryn Peterson led the Jazz with 26 points and six rebounds.
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Peterson → lead → points
Keyonte George scored 19 points in three quarters before missing the fourth quarter with a sprained right ankle.
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George → score → ankle
After splitting their first two games of the season, the Jazz have lost eight in a row and sit at the bottom of the Western Conference.
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Jazz → split → Conference
They played Sunday without forward Lauri Markkanen (right wrist), who hit eight 3-pointers in a loss at Dallas on Friday night.
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who → play → night
MAVERICKS 130, NETS 93
DALLAS (AP) — Cooper Flagg had 25 points and a career-high 12 assists for his third consecutive double-double and fourth of the season as Dallas beat Brooklyn.
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Dallas → have → Brooklyn
Kyrie Irving scored 21 points and Daniel Gafford added 18 as the Mavericks played the first of a home back-to-back.
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Mavericks → score → back
Michael Porter Jr. had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Nets, who were swept in a back-to-back to begin a four-game road trip.
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who → have → trip
Nolan Traore added 14 points.
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Traore → add → points
The Nets didn’t trail until the final two minutes of Saturday’s 124-121 loss at Atlanta but never led against the Mavericks.
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Nets → trail → Mavericks
Flagg, last season’s Rookie of the Year, had his 16th career 20-point half and first this season after opening hot by hitting 5 of 6 shots in the first period.
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Flagg → have → period
He had missed 6 of 8 shots and scored four points in the first half on Friday against Utah but finished with 21 points in Dallas’ 112-100 win.
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He → miss → win
The Mavericks shot a season best 57.1% and scored a season high in points on Sunday.
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Mavericks → shoot → Sunday
They led 66-46 at halftime, and the 37-point final margin was the largest of the game.
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margin → lead → game
CELTICS 117, BUCKS 97
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul George scored 27 points, Jayson Tatum added 21 and Boston rolled to a victory over the slumping Milwaukee.
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Boston → score → Milwaukee
This marked the second matchup between these teams in five nights.
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This → mark → nights
The Celtics had beaten the Bucks 109-102 on Wednesday in Boston while resting Tatum.
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Celtics → beat → Tatum
Boston (8-2) built a big enough lead Sunday to sit Tatum for the entire fourth quarter as the Celtics continued a four-game trip that started with a 119-80 win at Charlotte on Friday.
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that → build → Friday
The Celtics next head to Philadelphia and Toronto.
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Celtics → head → Philadelphia
Kyle Kuzma led Milwaukee with 27 points.
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Kuzma → lead → points
Myles Turner scored just three points for the Bucks, though he did have five rebounds and a career-high seven assists.
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he → score → rebounds
Turner, who has shot 1 of 15 over his last two games, was coming off a scoreless performance in a 121-107 NBA Cup loss to the Toronto Raptors on Frieday.
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who → shoot → Frieday
The Bucks (1-9) are off to their worst start since 1993-94, when they lost 10 of their first 11 games and went on to finish 20-62.
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they → lose → games
CLIPPERS 139, PELICANS 123
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Darius Garland had 24 points and 10 assists, Brook Lopez added 20 points and Los Angeles ended a seven-game losing streak with a victory over New Orleans.
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Angeles → have → Orleans
Gradey Dick and rookie Keaton Wagler each scored 15 points and Rui Hachimura added 14 as the Clippers won for the first time since getting past the Sacramento Kings in the season opener.
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Clippers → score → opener
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