New York’s Jalen Brunson scored 18 of his 20 factors within the second half and the Knicks erased an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Houston Rockets 108-106 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
Meanwhile the NBA’s Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons romped to a fifth straight win and the San Antonio Spurs stored the strain on West leaders Oklahoma City Thunder with an eighth straight triumph.
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The Knicks’ victory was a rebound from a humbling loss to Detroit with a gutsy victory that put them again right into a tie for third place within the East.
“Just found a way,” Brunson stated. “Kept chipping away. Got some stops, made some shots and there it is.”
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 25 factors and OG Anunoby added 20 for New York, who led by as many as 13 factors within the first half however trailed 75-93 with 10:53 left to play.
Brunson’s layup — after teammate Jose Alvarado’s second steal in 20 seconds — knotted it at 103-103 with 1:26 remaining and Brunson put the Knicks up for good, 105-103, with 29 seconds left.
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Kevin Durant scored a game-high 30 factors for the Rockets, however 20 Houston turnovers main to 30 Knicks factors proved an excessive amount of to overcome.
The Pistons shook off a sluggish begin to roll to a 126-110 victory over the slumping Bulls in Chicago.
Detroit out-scored the Bulls 44-26 within the third quarter to seize management, main by as many as 28 as they pushed their document to 42-13.
Jalen Duren led the best way, getting back from a two-game suspension for his position in a February 9 brawl at Charlotte to rating 26 factors and seize 13 rebounds.
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Star guard Cade Cunningham added 18 factors and 13 assists and Tobias Harris chipped in one other 18 factors for the Pistons, who’re six video games away from the Boston Celtics atop the East with the Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers each an extra recreation again.
Aussie guard Josh Giddey scored 27 factors to lead the Bulls, however Chicago have dropped eight in a row.
San Antonio additionally took benefit of a struggling opponent, beating the reeling Sacramento Kings 139-122.
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Sacramento suffered a franchise document sixteenth straight defeat.
Spurs’ French celebrity Victor Wembanyama scored 28 factors and pulled down 15 rebounds. He added a steal and 4 blocked photographs — three of them throughout the first two minutes.
Starters De’Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle and reserve Keldon Johnson scored 18 factors apiece for the Spurs, who fended off a third-quarter Sacramento cost that noticed the Kings minimize the deficit to one earlier than San Antonio pulled away once more.
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– Green delivers –
In Phoenix, Jalen Green drilled a buzzer-beating three-pointer from the nook to raise the Suns to a 113-110 double-overtime victory over the Orlando Magic.
Javon Carter had tied it for the Magic with 1.1 seconds left within the second additional interval earlier than Green swished the game-winner.
It was simply Green’s sixth basket on 26 makes an attempt on a troublesome taking pictures night time.
He completed with 16 factors for the Suns, who have been led by Grayson Allen’s 27 factors off the bench in his return from a four-game damage absence.
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Orlando’s Desmond Bane led all scorers with 34 factors however fouled out early within the first extra time.
Phoenix’s celebrations have been tempered by a hand damage to Dillon Brooks, who departed within the first quarter and did not return. They have been already with out Devin Booker, who has a proper hip pressure.
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