
Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 17 and the visiting Boston Celtics rolled past the Miami Heat 103-85 on Monday night.
Al Horford scored 16 points, Sam Hauser had 15 and Derrick White added 13 for the Celtics. Boston took 53 3-pointers in the game and only 32 2-pointers.
Bam Adebayo scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Miami, which was without Tyler Herro and Jaime Jaquez Jr. — both sidelined by illness.
Andrew Wiggins, recently traded to the Heat from the Warriors, had 11 points in his Heat debut on 3 of 12 shooting — 2 of 8 from deep. Miami shot 33.7% and has been held under 90 points in each of its past five matchups with Boston.
CAVALIERS 128, TIMBERWOLVES 107 >> Evan Mobley scored 28 points, fellow All-Star Donovan Mitchell added 23 and host Cleveland broke out to a big early lead and had little trouble against Minnesota.
The East-leading Cavs scored the game’s first 16 points. They welcomed new addition De’Andre Hunter and improved to 25-4 at home. The versatile Hunter, who gives Cleveland a much-needed wing defender for the playoffs, was acquired last week from Atlanta. He started finished with 12 points in 23 minutes.
All-Star Anthony Edwards scored 44 to pace the Timberwolves, who missed their first 16 shots and scored just 12 in the first quarter.
HAWKS 112, MAGIC 106 >> Trae Young scored 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter and visiting Atlanta beat Orlando.
Young was 6 for 17 from the field and committed nine turnovers. But he also had eight assists and five rebounds on the same day he was added to the All-Star roster as an injury replacement for Milwaukee forward Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Franz Wagner led the Magic with 35 points and Paolo Banchero added 31 points.
NETS 97, HORNETS 89 >> Nic Claxton scored 16 points and host Brooklyn pulled away after LaMelo Ball was lost to another ankle injury and beat Charlotte.
Cam Johnson and Day’Ron Sharpe each added 14 points for the Nets, who won for the fifth time in six games.
Moussa Diabate had a career-high 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Hornets before he was forced out of the game with a right eye abrasion.
Ball played the first 10 minutes and the Hornets announced at halftime he wouldn’t play the rest of the night because of right ankle soreness. He only recently returned from a five-game absence with a sprained left ankle.
SPURS 131, WIZARDS 121 >> Victor Wembanyama had 31 points and 15 rebounds to help visiting San Antonio hold off Washington.
De’Aaron Fox contributed 30 points for the Spurs, and Chris Paul had 10 assists.
Tristan Vukcevic led the Wizards with 18 points.
Thunder 120, Pelicans 89 >> Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points in three quarters as Oklahoma City routed New Orleans.
Oklahoma City hit a franchise-record 27 3-pointers, despite no individual making more than four. Eleven players drained at least one for a team that made 49% of its 55 3-point tries.
Aaron Wiggins scored 24 points and Jalen Williams added 16 for the Thunder, who won their sixth straight game.
Chet Holmgren had 12 points, six rebounds and five blocks in his second game back since missing three months with a fractured pelvic bone. The 7-foot-1 forward played 25 minutes — up from 22 last Friday against Toronto.
Oklahoma City improved to an NBA-best 43-9, while the Pelicans dropped to a Western Conference-worst 12-41.


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