DEAN Wade scored 23 points–20 in the fourth quarter– and Jarrett Allen finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds as the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers overcame a 22-point, fourth-quarter deficit and beat the visiting Boston Celtics 105-104 on Tuesday night (Wednesday in Manila).
The Celtics trailed by one point when Cleveland’s Darius Garland was called for a foul on Jayson Tatum with 0.7 seconds to play, but the Cavaliers challenged the call, and it was overturned. The loss ended Boston’s 11-game winning streak and its eight-game road winning streak.
Tatum had 26 points and 13 rebounds. The Celtics received 24 points and nine rebounds from Kristaps Porzingis and 21 points from Jaylen Brown.
The Cavaliers were without leading scorer Donovan Mitchell (knee), and Max Strus (knee) was a late scratch. Garland and Isaac Okoro each scored 16 points, and Garland also had 11 assists.
In other games, it was the Suns 117, Nuggets 107 (OT); Pelicans 139, Raptors 98; Rockets 114, Spurs 101; Hawks 116, Knicks 100; Pacers 137, Mavs 120; Heat 118, Pistons 110; Magic 101, Hornets 89; and Nets 112, Sixers 107.
Suns 117, Nuggets 107 (OT)
Kevin Durant scored eight of his 35 points in overtime, Grayson Allen made eight 3-pointers on his way to 28 points and visiting Phoenix recovered from blowing a big lead to beat Denver.
Bradley Beal had 16 points, Drew Eubanks scored 10 and Jusuf Nurkic grabbed 12 rebounds for the Suns, who led by 22 points in the third quarter.
Jamal Murray had 28 points and nine assists and Nikola Jokic finished with 25 points and 16 rebounds but had seven turnovers for the Nuggets, whose six-game winning streak ended. Jokic had a chance to win it in regulation but his floater at the buzzer bounced off the rim.
Pelicans 139, Raptors 98
Tying a career high with 10 3-pointers, Trey Murphy III scored 34 points off the bench as visiting New Orleans crushed Toronto.
Herbert Jones added 17 points for the Pelicans, who have won two straight and are 3-3 in their past six games. Zion Williamson had 16 points, nine assists and eight rebounds. — Field Level Media