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Cunningham leads Pistons to win

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, right, drives to the basket against Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball, left, on Sunday in Detroit. DUANE BURLESON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Detroit >> Cade Cunningham had 22 points and 15 assists as the Detroit Pistons defeated the Chicago Bulls 127-119.

The Pistons overcame a triple-double from Nikola Vucevic, who finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

Cunningham, named to his first All-Star team earlier this week, didn’t have his best shooting night, going 10 for 23 from the floor and 2 for 6 on 3-pointers, but created easy baskets for his teammates all game.

Jalen Duren added 21 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit, while sixth-man Malik Beasley scored 19. The Pistons finished with seven players in double figures.

Cavaliers 144, Mavericks 101 >> Evan Mobley scored 22 points and Cleveland set a franchise record with 91 in the first half as Cavaliers romped to a win over Dallas just hours after the Mavericks traded superstar Luka Doncic to the Lakers for Anthony Davis.

Darius Garland added 17 points and 10 assists as the Cavs improved the league’s best record to 40-9.

Sam Merrill made nine 3-pointers and Cleveland set a franchise record with 26 3s.

Raptors 115, Clippers 108 >> RJ Barrett scored 20 points, Jakob Poeltl had 10 points and 10 rebounds and Toronto beat Los Angeles for their eighth win in the past 10 games.

Gradey Dick scored 18 points and Scottie Barnes had 15 as the Raptors snapped a five-game losing streak against the Clippers.

Ochai Agbaji had 12 points, Immanuel Quickley scored 11 and Ja’Kobe Walter scored 10 as seven Toronto players reached double digits.

James Harden had 25 points and Ivica Zubac scored 18 for the Clippers, who lost for the first time in three games.

Celtics 118, 76ers 110 >> Jayson Tatum scored 13 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter and Boston rallied from a 26-point deficit to beat Philadelphia.

Tatum added 11 assists and seven rebounds. Jaylen Brown scored 21 points and had 10 rebounds and six assists. Kristaps Porzingis scored 18 points and Derrick White added 17.

Tyrese Maxey scored 23 points in the first half to help put the 76ers up by 23 at the break. Maxey finished with 34 points, his fifth straight 30-point game and 14th consecutive game of 28 or more.

Grizzlies 132, Bucks 119 >> Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 37 points and Memphis continued their recent mastery of Milwaukee with a victory over the Bucks.

Memphis has won its last seven meetings with the Bucks, who last beat the Grizzlies 126-114 in Milwaukee on Jan. 19, 2022. The Grizzlies won this one without star guard Ja Morant, who missed a second straight game due to a sore right shoulder.

Jackson briefly went to the locker room late in the first quarter after taking an inadvertent elbow to the face from Ryan Rollins on the Bucks guard’s drive attempt. Jackson returned at the start of the second period.