Chet Holmgren scored all but one of his 24 points in the second half as the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from a 29-point deficit after Ja Morant left the game with a hip injury and beat the Grizzlies 114-108 on Thursday night in Memphis, Tenn., for a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.

Morant was hurt with just more than three minutes left in the first half and Memphis leading 67-40. They got the next basket after he exited and still led by 26 points at halftime.

The 29-point comeback was the second-largest in an NBA postseason game since play-by-play data began being recorded in the 1996-97 season.

The only one bigger: A comeback from 31 points down by the Clippers against Golden State on April 15, 2019.

The top-seeded Thunder, who won Game 1 131-80 in the fifth-biggest margin of victory in NBA postseason history, didn’t even have a lead in this one until the fourth quarter. Now, they can close out the series Saturday.

Knicks 118, Pistons 116: Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31 points, Jalen Brunson had 30 and the New York Knicks held on in Detroit to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series.

OG Anunoby added 22 points for New York. Game 4 is on Sunday in Detroit.

The Pistons have lost eight straight home playoff games since 2008, pulling within one of an NBA record set by Philadelphia from 1968 to 1971.

When Detroit won at New York in Game 2, the franchise ended a league-record, 15-playoff game losing streak to take home-court advantage, but the Knicks snatched it back.

Brunson, who won the NBA’s Clutch Player of the Year award Wednesday, made consecutive layups late in the game to give the Knicks a seven-point advantage.

Tim Hardaway Jr. connected on a 3-pointer with 5.8 seconds left to pull the Pistons within three.

Brunson made one of two free throws with 3.5 seconds left for a four-point lead after Detroit’s coaches, players and fans were screaming for an over-and-back violation to be called. The All-Star guard made another free throw with 0.5 seconds left and missed the second intentionally.

Detroit didn’t get a final shot off because Jalen Duren’s pass from in front of his team’s bench went out of bounds on the other side of the court.

Towns was aggressive offensively from the start, scoring 11 points in the first quarter. The 7-foot center made 4 of 8 3-pointers after combining to shoot 1 of 5 beyond the arc over the first two games.

Detroit’s Cade Cunningham scored 24 points and had 11 assists, but missed 15 of 25 shots and had six turnovers.

Hardaway had 24 points, making a career playoff-high seven 3-pointers. Dennis Schroder scored 18 points and Duren had 16 for the Pistons.

Celtics’ Tatum doubtful: Jayson Tatum remains listed as doubtful for the Boston Celtics, meaning the reigning NBA champs do not expect him to play today when they visit the Orlando Magic in Game 3 of an Eastern Conference first-round series.

Tatum is dealing with a bone bruise in his right wrist, an injury suffered on a hard fall after getting fouled in Game 1 of the series. Tatum did not play in Game 2, when the Celtics prevailed for a 2-0 series lead.

Cavaliers’ Mobley named defensive player of year: Evan Mobley said his goal coming into the season with the Cleveland Cavaliers was to win the NBA defensive player of the year award.

He got it done.

The Cavs consider Mobley to be their best defensive player, and the league thought even more highly of him. Mobley held off fellow finalists Dyson Daniels of Atlanta and Draymond Green of Golden State for the award.

Mobley won it for the first time, after finishing third in the voting in 2023.

The award was voted on earlier this month by a global panel of 100 writers and broadcasters who cover the league.