Nets stun Rockets, end losing skid

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D’ANGELO Russell sank the game-winning 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds remaining as the Brooklyn Nets snapped an 11-game home losing streak with an unlikely 99-97 victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night (Wednesday in Manila) in New York.

The Nets trailed by four with 9.5 seconds left after Houston’s Dillon Brooks split a pair at the line. Following a clean inbounds pass by Tosan Evbuomwan, Keon Johnson sank a 3-pointer over Jae’Sean Tate with 8.1 seconds left.

After Evbuomwan stole Amen Thompson’s inbounds pass for Brooks, he got the ball near the foul line and tapped it to Russell. Russell spotted up and his open trey from the left side of the key cleanly went in. Brooklyn’s Jalen Green missed a desperation 32-foot 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

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Johnson scored 22 points for Brooklyn, and Evbuomwan and Nic Claxton added 14 apiece. Alperen Sengun returned from missing the previous three games with a calf injury and collected 24 and a season-high 20 rebounds, but the Rockets dropped their season-high fourth straight.

In other games, it was the Lakers 122, Clippers 97; Sixers 118, Mavs 116;

Blazers 112, Pacers 89; Bulls 133, Heat 124; Celtics 112, Cavs 105; and Knicks 121, Raptors 115.

Lakers 122, Clippers 97

LeBron James scored 26 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out nine assists as Los Angeles beat the host Clippers in Inglewood, California.

Playing with Luka Doncic (calf) on the bench after acquiring him in a blockbuster trade with the Dallas Mavericks over the weekend, the Lakers got 20 points apiece from Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves.

Norman Powell scored 20 points and Derrick Jones Jr. added 17 for the Clippers, who gave up at least 122 points for the eighth time this season.

Sixers 118, Mavs 116

Joel Embiid recorded a triple-double in his return to the court and Tyrese Maxey had a double-double as Philadelphia nipped visiting Dallas.

Embiid finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in 36 minutes. Maxey contributed 33 points and 13 assists, while Guerschon Yabusele pitched in with 19 points for Philadelphia, which avoided a third straight defeat.

Kyrie Irving scored 34 points for Dallas, which was annihilated by Cleveland 144-101 in its first game after trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers over the weekend. Anthony Davis, the centerpiece of the Doncic deal, continued to sit with an abdominal injury. Max Christie made his Dallas debut and went 4-of-4 from 3-point range en route to 15 points.

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