Gilgeous-Alexander leads hot Thunder past Celtics

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Jaylen Brown, left, of the Celtics and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder fight for the ball Sunday. JOSHUA GATELEY — GETTY IMAGES/TNS

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 33 points and 11 rebounds and the host Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away from the Boston Celtics 105-92 on Sunday for their franchise-record 15th straight win.

The Thunder (30-5) have not lost a game that counted in the standings since Dec. 1. Their loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Cup final does not count on the team’s record.

Jayson Tatum had 26 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics. Jaylen Brown scored 21 points, but went scoreless on 0-for-7 shooting in the second half.

CAVALIERS 115, HORNETS 105 >> Darius Garland scored 25 points, Jarrett Allen had 19 points and 11 rebounds and NBA-leading Cleveland beat visiting Charlotte to extend its winning streak to 10.

Donovan Mitchell had 17 of his 19 points in the second half for the Cavaliers, who are 31-4.

LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller paced the Hornets with 24 points apiece. The Hornets dropped their 10th in a row and are 1-18 since Nov. 23.

PELICANS 110, WIZARDS 98 >> CJ McCollum scored 25 points and Dejounte Murray had a triple-double to help visiting New Orleans to a second straight victory over Washington.

Murray had 14 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for his 20th career triple-double.

Kyle Kuzma led the Wizards with 28 points.

JAZZ 105, MAGIC 92 >> Brice Sensabaugh scored 27 points, Collin Sexton added 20 and Walker Kessler grabbed 17 rebounds for visiting Utah in a win over Orlando.

Johnny Juzang, Kyle Filipowski and Svi Mykhhailiuk scored 12 points each for the Jazz, who have won two in a row.

Jett Howard led the Magic with a career-high 21 points.

ROCKETS 119, LAKERS 115 >> Jalen Green scored 33 points and Fred VanVleet grabbed a key steal late to allow host Houston to hold on for a win over Los Angeles.

Amen Thompson added 23 points and a career-high 16 rebounds to help the Rockets eke out the victory after leading by as many as 22.

A basket by LeBron James got the Lakers within 117-115 with eight seconds to go. Alperen Sengun missed 1 of 2 free throws to give Los Angeles a chance to tie it. But VanVleet stole the inbounds pass intended for James. VanVleet made 1 of 2 free throws to secure the victory.

Anthony Davis had 30 points and 13 rebounds for the Lakers. James had 21 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists.