Devin Booker starred with 37 points as the Phoenix Suns snapped an 18-game losing streak against the Golden State Warriors with a surprise 115-111 victory on Sunday night.
Phoenix Suns 115-111 Golden State Warriors
Booker, who also had 11 assists and 8 rebounds, scored 13 consecutive Suns points during a stretch of the fourth quarter as Phoenix retrieved what had at one stage been a 16-point deficit.
The Suns hadn't beaten the Warriors since November 2014, and hadn't won in Oakland since February 2011. The losing skid had been the NBA's longest current streak.
The loss was the Warriors' second in six days, sandwiching a 122-105 home win over Denver on Friday.
Klay Thompson had 28 points and Kevin Durant 25 for the Warriors, who now embark on a four-game trip that tips off with a visit to Houston on Wednesday.
Durant left midway through the fourth quarter with an ankle contusion after landing awkwardly on Deandre Ayton following a shot attempt, but Warriors head coach Steve Kerr played down concerns over the injury after the game.
The Suns trailed 98-97 before Booker's made a go-ahead shot with just over five minutes to play. Booker then buried a 3-pointer, a jumper and a dunk in succession, single-handedly increasing the Phoenix lead to 106-98.
Kelly Oubre Jr. had 22 points, Ayton 18 to go with nine rebounds, and Mikal Bridges and Tyler Johnson 10 points apiece for the Suns, who had lost the first three meetings with the Warriors this season by a total of 53 points.
Milwaukee Bucks 114-121 San Antonio Spurs
LaMarcus Aldridge poured in 29 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, and DeMar DeRozan added 28 points as the San Antonio Spurs roared back from a ragged first half to beat the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 121-114.
The Spurs trailed the entire first half but took the lead in the third quarter and led by four points heading to the fourth.
San Antonio opened the fourth quarter with a 10-1 run to go up 97-84, and then weathered a late run that brought Milwaukee to within nine points before baskets by DeRozan and Patty Mills salted away the game.
The win was the fifth straight for the Spurs overall and their eighth in a row at home.
Milwaukee, which was playing the second game of a home-road back-to-back, had a two-game winning streak snapped. Despite the loss, the Bucks retain the NBA's best record at 50-17.
Marco Belinelli and Mills hit for 16 points each for the Spurs, while Bryn Forbes added 12.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 27 points and 12 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe scored 21 points, Khris Middleton tallied 15, Pat Connaughton hit for 14 points, Brook Lopez added 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Nikola Mirotic contributed 10 points.
Houston Rockets 94-92 Dallas Mavericks
The Houston Rockets overcame an off night from James Harden to extend their winning streak to a season-best eight games with a 94-93 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
Harden picked up a fifth foul in the opening seconds of the third quarter, missed 18 of his 25 shots and took just three free throws, but Houston proved when healthy they are more than a one-man team.
Eric Gordon picked up the slack with a game-high 26 points for the visiting Rockets, center Clint Capela added 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Chris Paul had nine points and nine assists despite suffering a 2-for-11 shooting night.
But it was Paul who came through in the final seconds with a game-saving blocked shot as Mavericks rookie guard Jalen Brunson tried a jumper at the buzzer to preserve the low-scoring win.
Dallas, losers of five in a row, tied the game at 89-89 on a Tim Hardaway Jr. 3-pointer with 4:04 remaining in the fourth quarter, but he and Luka Doncic missed 3-pointers that would have given Dallas the lead. Rockets forward P.J. Tucker then hit a corner 3 to make it 94-91 with 1:29 to go.
Doncic, who was hobbling late in the game, led the Mavs with 19 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists. He didn't have a good shooting game, going 5-16 overall and 1-6 from beyond the arc.
Rookie Brunson scored 18 points with seven reounds. Reserve forward Maximilian Kleber was the only other Mavs player to score in double figures with 10 points while adding 11 rebounds.
Indiana Pacers 89-106 Philadelphia 76ers
Joel Embiid returned from an eight-game absence to score 33 points and grab 12 rebounds as the host Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Indiana Pacers 106-89.
Embiid had been out with a sore left knee but came back to post his league-best 49th double-double of the season as the Sixers snapped a two-game losing streak.
Tobias Harris added 16 points and Ben Simmons had 15. With the win, the Sixers moved into third place in the Eastern Conference, holding a tiebreaker over the Pacers.
Bojan Bogdanovic led the Pacers with 18 points while Darren Collison added 14. Domantas Sabonis returned after missing the last five games with a sprained left ankle to add nine points, six rebounds and six assists.
Having held a 14-point lead during the first half, the Pacers went cold late in the third and missed 12 consecutive shots at one point. As a result, the Sixers were able to nip at Indiana's lead and get within 70-69 with 3:16 remaining.
After several empty possessions by both teams, the Sixers pulled ahead 72-70 at the end of the quarter and then scored the first eight points of the fourth for an 80-70 advantage, before comfortably closing out the victory.
Toronto Raptors 125-104 Miami Heat
Kyle Lowry scored 24 points, making six three-pointers, dished out 10 assists and grabbed seven rebounds as the visiting Toronto Raptors defeated the Miami Heat 125-104.
Kawhi Leonard did not play Sunday because of "load management" for the Raptors, who ended the Heat's four-game winning streak.
The Raptors made went 21-40 from three-point range to tie their franchise record, while it was the most the Heat had had allowed in franchise history.
Pascal Siakam added 20 points for the Raptors, who have won all three meetings with the Heat this season.
Danny Green and Norman Powell added 15 points each for Toronto, while OG Anunoby and Jeremy Lin each contributed 11 points. Serge Ibaka had 10 points and eight rebounds and Patrick McCaw also had 10.
Bam Adebayo scored 19 points with six rebounds and five assists for the Heat, Dwyane Wade and Dion Waiters each added 15 points, Rodney McGruder had 13 points, Goran Dragic had 11 and Justise Winslow scored 10.
The Raptors, who led by as many as 17 points, took a 12-point advantage into the fourth quarter. Lowry's trey put the Raptors ahead by 16 with 7:30 to play. Anunoby's dunk with 5:38 remaining put the Raptors ahead by 20.
Chicago Bulls 108-131 Detroit Pistons
Blake Griffin racked up 28 points, six rebounds and five assists as the streaking Detroit Pistons defeated the Chicago Bulls for the second time in three days, winning 131-108.
The host Pistons won their fifth straight and 12th in their last 14 games while completing a sweep of their four-game season series with Chicago.
Detroit rallied from a 21-point deficit to win at Chicago's United Center on Friday, 112-104.
The Pistons never trailed by more than five points on Sunday. Reggie Jackson and Langston Galloway had 21 points apiece and Andre Drummond supplied 16 points and 15 rebounds for his 18th double-double. Wayne Ellington chipped in 13 points for the Pistons.
Wayne Selden scored 18 points off the bench to lead the Bulls. Otto Porter Jr and Lauri Markkanen added 17 points apiece, while Shaquille Harrison tossed in 11.
Both teams were missing starters. Chicago's top scorer, Zach LaVine, was sidelined by a right patellar tendon strain while Detroit rookie Bruce Brown was nursing a right ankle sprain.
Orlando Magic 97-105 Memphis Grizzlies
Mike Conley had 26 points, eight assists and five rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies produced a late comeback to steal a 105-97 win from the Orlando Magic.
Avery Bradley added 21 points for the Grizzlies, who have won four of their last five games, but remain 10 games out of the playoffs in the Western Conference.
Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and Terrence Ross added 15 points off the bench. The Magic have lost three of their last four games, though they sit just one game out of the eighth and final seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Memphis trailed 95-88 with 3:06 remaining but closed out the game on a 17-2 run. Delon Wright converted a three-point play to bring the Grizzlies within one, and Conley followed that up with a pair of free throws and a jumper to put the Grizzlies ahead 100-97 with 14.9 seconds left.
Magic guard Evan Fournier, who was held scoreless, was ejected early in the third quarter after being assessed two technical fouls for arguing with an official. Head coach Steve Clifford joined him in the closing seconds, drawing two technicals during a stoppage with 4.2 seconds remaining
Magic forward Aaron Gordon was X-rayed at halftime after aggravating his back in the second quarter. The results were negative, and he returned to the game in the third quarter.
New Orleans Pelicans 116-128 Atlanta Hawks
John Collins had his second straight double-double and Kevin Huerter scored 27 points as the Atlanta Hawks broke their three-game losing streak with a 128-116 victory over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans.
Collins followed Saturday's performance of 33 points and 20 rebounds against Brooklyn by getting 23 points and 10 rebounds for his 27th double-double. He also had four blocks, two of them in the final quarter when the Pelicans were trying to mount a comeback.
Huerter was 11-for-18 from the floor and made four 3-pointers to finish two points shy of matching his career high. He had three assists, one of them a no-look pass to Collins for a slam dunk that put the Hawks ahead by nine with 3:39 left.
Atlanta also got 19 points and nine rebounds from Alex Len and 13 points each from Taurean Prince and Kent Bazemore. Rookie point guard Trae Young also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 assists.
New Orleans center Anthony Davis returned after a missing a game with back spasms and finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. Davis played only 21 minutes, did not play in the fourth quarter when the Hawks began to expand their lead.
The Pelicans were led by Frank Jackson and Julius Randle, who each scored 23 points. Elfrid Payton added 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Jahlil Okofor, who left Friday's game with a sprained ankle, played only eight minutes and scored four points.
The Pelicans were without Jrue Holiday (lower abdominal strain) and E'Twaun Moore (left quad), and have lost three straight games.
New York Knicks 92-103 Minnesota Timberwolves
Taj Gibson scored a season-high 25 points and filled in nicely for injured center Karl-Anthony Towns as the Minnesota Timberwolves ran their home winning streak to six games with a 103-92 victory over the New York Knicks.
Towns (right knee inflammation) missed the third game of his career after injuring his knee with eight seconds left in Saturday's overtime win over Washington, but participated in pregame warmups on Sunday night before being held out of the game as a precaution.
Gibson finished three points shy of his career high, shot 11 of 15 and did a bulk of his damage in the paint, where the Wolves finished with a 54-40 advantage.
Jeff Teague collected 20 points and 10 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the season as the Wolves shot 44.7 percent while playing without Andrew Wiggins (right quad) for the second straight game.
Rookie Keita Bates-Diop filled in for Wiggins and contributed a career-high 18 points. He scored nine points in the third quarter, when Minnesota expanded a 55-45 halftime lead to 80-65.
Damyean Dotson scored 26 points for the Knicks, whose losing streak reached six games. The Knicks shot 43 percent, committed 17 turnovers and were held under 100 points for the 20th time.