Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 and Chet Holmgren had 23 points and 15 rebounds on Wednesday night to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-112 road victory over the Boston Celtics in a much-anticipated potential NBA Finals preview.

The Western Conference-leading Thunder withstood a barrage of Boston 3-pointers — a franchise-record 63 attempts in all — to sweep the defending NBA champions in the two-game season series and win for the 17th time in their last 18 games.

Jayson Tatum scored 33 for Boston, which had won five straight. Al Horford added 18 points and 10 rebounds.

It was 98-98 in the fourth quarter before the Thunder ran off eight straight points to pull away.

CLIPPERS 119, HEAT 104 >> Bogdan Bogdanovic scored a season-high 30 points and Ivica Zubac added 26 points and 14 rebounds, helping the Los Angeles win at Miami.

James Harden had 24 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for the Clippers, who won for the fourth time in five games.

Tyler Herro scored 31 points and Andrew Wiggins added 22 for the Heat.

Rockets 111, Suns 104 >> Jalen Green had 29 points to lead Houston to a home victory over Phoenix.

Alperen Sengun scored 20 points to help the Rockets extend their winning streak to four.

Bradley Beal had 25 points and Booker and Kevin Durant added 19 each as the Suns lost for the third time in four games.

Raptors 118, 76ers 105 >> AJ Lawson scored 28 points, Jared Rhoden set career highs with 25 points and 12 rebounds, Orlando Robinson had a career-high 25 points and matched his career high with 12 rebounds and Toronto beat Philadelphia, which lost its eighth straight on the road.

The 76ers were without eight players including Joel Embiid (left knee), leading scorer Tyrese Maxey (back/finger), Paul George (left groin) and former Raptors star Kyle Lowry (right hip).

Toronto’s nine absentees included Scottie Barnes (right hand), leading scorer RJ Barrett (personal) and Immanuel Quickley (rest).

Quentin Grimes scored 29 points for the 76ers, who lost for the fifth time in seven games following a nine-game losing streak.