Hawks have last laugh

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TRAE Young scored the game-winning basket with 1.6 seconds left as the visiting Atlanta Hawks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 132-130 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night (Tuesday in Manila).

Young led Atlanta with 34 points and nine assists. De’Andre Hunter had 20 points, and Dyson Daniels supplied 19 points, seven assists, six rebounds, four steals and three blocks.

Cade Cunningham’s 30 points and 14 assists led Detroit, which had won two in a row. Tobias Harris contributed 22 points.

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Cunningham’s layup with 26.5 seconds left tied the game, but Young then knocked down a long 2-pointer with the shot clock about to expire. The Pistons didn’t get a shot off on their final possession.

In other games, it was the Thunder 125, Bucks 96; Pacers 112, Jazz 111; Blazers 121, Suns 119 (OT); Knicks 124, Rockets 118; Grizzlies 128, Spurs 109; Warriors 104, Magic 99; Wizards 124, Hornets 114; Nuggets 125, Pelicans 113; and Kings 116, Wolves 114.

Thunder 125, Bucks 96

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points to lead Oklahoma City to a home rout of Milwaukee.

Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Bucks were without Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis. The Thunder were without Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace and Alex Caruso.

OusmaneDieng put up a season-high 21 points for the Thunder. Ryan Rollins had a career-high 16 points to lead Milwaukee. Bucks rookies AJ Johnson and Tyler Smith posted season-best tallies of 13 and 12 points, respectively.

Pacers 112, Jazz 111

Pascal Siakam scored 22 points to lead Indiana to its fourth straight victory, a come-from-behind triumph over Utah in Salt Lake City.

Siakam made a game-clinching dunk in the final seconds as the Pacers overcame a 12-point deficit in the final six minutes to win their sixth straight road game. Tyrese Haliburton added 18 points.

John Collins totaled 21 points and 12 rebounds and Jordan Clarkson also netted 21 points for the Jazz, who lost for the ninth time in 10 outings. Clarkson tapped away an Indiana inbounds pass beyond midcourt in the last seconds, but the Jazz couldn’t get a shot off.

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