TORONTO (AP) — Jayson Tatum made the tying and go-ahead free throws with 25.2 seconds remaining and the Boston Celtics overcame a 22-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 98-93 on Wednesday night, extending their winning streak to five.
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Celtics → make → five
Tatum scored 24 points, Derrick White had 19 and Payton Pritchard added 14.
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Pritchard → score → 14
Neemias Queta had 11 points and 13 rebounds as the Celtics improved to 4-0 against Atlantic Division opponents.
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Celtics → have → opponents
Boston’s Paul George sat out because of an illness a night after he scored 36 points in a winning return to Philadelphia.
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he → sit → Philadelphia
Tatum shot 6 for 21 and finished 2 for 11 from 3-point range.
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Tatum → shoot → range
Toronto’s Ja’Kobe Walter scored 17 points and rookie Allen Graves added a career-high 13, but the Raptors fell below .500 for the first time at 5-6.
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Raptors → score → 5
Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (left knee) missed his ninth straight game but is “progressing well” with individual conditioning, coach Darko Rajakovic said before the game.
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Rajakovic → miss → game
On Tuesday, the Raptors said they’d update Leonard’s status in a week.
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they → say → week
Scottie Barnes (left groin) missed his third straight game but Immanuel Quickley returned after missing the past two because of a sore right hamstring.
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Quickley → miss → hamstring
Collin Murray-Boyles started for the fourth time after sitting out Monday’s loss to Memphis because of illness.
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Boyles → start → illness
Walter scored all 12 of his points from long-range as the Raptors tied a franchise record for 3-pointers in a quarter by shooting 10 for 18 from distance in the first.
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Raptors → score → first
Pascal Siakam scored 28 points and Ivica Zubac finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds as Indiana beat Washington.
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Indiana → score → Washington
Siakam was 7 of 17 from the field and converted all 12 of his chances at the line.
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Siakam → convert → line
Andrew Nembhard added 17 points and 10 assists and Kelly Oubre Jr. scored all 14 of his points in the first half for Indiana.
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Jr. → add → Indiana
Kyshawn George scored 25 points and Anthony Davis had 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Wizards, who lost their fifth straight.
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who → score → straight
Trae Young scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half and Tre Johnson added 15 points off the bench for the Wizards.
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Johnson → score → Wizards
Indiana, which snapped a two-game skid, went on a 14-0 run to open the fourth quarter for a 91-77 lead.
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which → snap → lead
The Pacers had led 69-59 with 6:24 left in the quarter before the Wizards responded with an 18-8 outburst to close the quarter.
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Wizards → lead → quarter
The Wizards took their largest lead of the game at 41-33 midway through the second quarter before the Pacers closed the half with a 22-9 run for a 55-50 halftime lead.
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Pacers → take → lead
Indiana shot 46% while holding the Wizards to 39% in the opening half.
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Indiana → shoot → half
For the game, the Pacers shot 47%, while the Wizards finished at 41%.
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Wizards → shoot → %
CAVALIERS 115, KNICKS 107
NEW YORK (AP) — James Harden scored a season-high 32 points, more than double his average during a tough start to 2026-27, and Cleveland beat New York.
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Cleveland → score → York
Donovan Mitchell added 23 for the Cavaliers in their first trip to Madison Square Garden since the Eastern Conference finals, when the Knicks erased a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter of Game 1 to win in overtime, then took Game 2 en route to a four-game sweep.
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Knicks → add → sweep
This time the Cavaliers were better down the stretch, with Harden hitting a go-ahead 3-pointer to snap a 101-all tie with 4:21 remaining.
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Harden → hit → 4:21
The three-time NBA scoring champion came in averaging 15.3 points for the season and shooting just 36.4% from the floor.
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champion → come → floor
Jalen Brunson scored 27 for the Knicks, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.
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streak → score → Knicks
Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, tying Willis Reed’s franchise record with his 11th straight double-double to begin a season.
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Towns → have → season
Cleveland kept opening leads throughout the second half that New York would either nearly or entirely erase, only to quickly surge ahead again.
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York → keep → that
The Cavs went ahead 95-85 with 8:25 remaining, but the Knicks responded with a 14-4 run to tie it.
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Knicks → go → it
With the Cavs ahead by one, Evan Mobley scored before Jarrett Allen got the next four points, including a ferocious dunk to make it 110-103.
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it → score → dunk
SPURS 124, BULLS 119
CHICAGO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama scored 32 points, Dylan Harper had 18 points, 10 assists and four steals and San Antonio won its 10th straight game, overcoming a 22-point deficit to beat Chicago.
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Antonio → score → Chicago
The Bulls have lost eight in a row to fall to 1-9.
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Bulls → lose → 1
Wembanyana also had nine rebounds and five blocks two days after his 40-point outburst in a win over the Phoenix Suns as the Spurs closed out a 4-0 trip.
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Spurs → have → trip
DeAaron Fox added 17 points and nine assists.
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Fox → add → points
Jalen Smith tied his career high with 23 points for the Bulls, and Nic Claxton had 17 off the bench.
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Claxton → tie → bench
Bulls first-round pick Caleb Wilson scored 15 points in 15 minutes before leaving with a right hand injury in the third quarter.
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Wilson → score → quarter
Wilson’s college season was cut short last winter by a pair of hand injuries.
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season → cut → injuries
The Bulls led 64-42 midway through the second quarter, their biggest lead of the season, thanks to a 10-for-12 start from 3-point range.
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Bulls → lead → range
Chicago scored 41 points in the first quarter and shot 66% in the first half.
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Chicago → score → half
Jamal Murray scored 17 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, Nikola Jokic added 27 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and Denver held off Memphis.
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Denver → score → Memphis
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