Knicks 108, Magic 85
Jalen Brunson had 26 points and nine assists, Josh Hart added 23 points and 13 rebounds and New York extended their winning streak to six games with a win over Orlando on Friday night.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Knicks, who pulled away in the second half. Mikal Bridges, coming off a season-best 41-point game in a win over San Antonio on Christmas Day, added 17 points.
Spurs 96, Nets 87
Victor Wembanyama had 19 points, seven rebounds and six blocks, Jeremy Sochan had 12 points and 14 rebounds and San Antonio beat Brooklyn.
Julian Champagnie scored 18 points, and Keldon Johnson had 15 points and six rebounds to help the Spurs end a two-game skid.
Celtics 142, Pacers 105
Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 44 points, including six 3-pointers, and Boston snapped a two-game skid with a rout over Indiana.
Jayson Tatum added 22 points and 13 rebounds for Boston, which connected on 23 3s and never trailed. Brown also had four steals to join Larry Bird (five times) and Antoine Walker as the only Celtics with at least 44 points and four steals in a game.
GRIZZLIES 132, PELICANS 124
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 33 points, Ja Morant scored 25 before leaving with what appeared to be a minor right shoulder injury, and Memphis beat slumping New Orleans.
Morant was knocked from the game when he was flattened by Pelicans center Daniel Theis’ hard but legal screen.
MAVERICKS 98, SUNS 89
Kyrie Irving scored 20 points, Daniel Gafford added 16 and Dallas won their first game since star Luka Doncic was injured, beating Phoenix.
Kevin Durant scored 35 points for the Suns, who have lost four of their past five games. Doncic is expected to miss about a month with a calf injury suffered in the team’s Christmas Day loss to Minnesota. The Mavs were left further short-handed on Friday in the third quarter after forwards Naji Marshall and P.J. Washington — along with Phoenix’s Jusuf Nurkic — were ejected after a brief fight. The Mavs persevered anyway thanks to a balanced effort on both ends of the floor. Dallas never trailed and led by as many as 18. Spencer Dinwiddie and Maxi Kleber each scored 15 points and Klay Thompson added 11.