Fred VanVleet scored 37 points and the surging Houston Rockets won their ninth straight, beating the Miami Heat 102-98 Friday night.

VanVleet shot 13 for 17 from the field and made a season-high 9 of 11 3-pointers as the Rockets extended the league’s longest active winning streak. Houston also snapped a nine-game skid against Miami, which lost its 10th straight. It is the Heat’s longest skid since they lost 11th straight in 2007-08.

Thunder 141, Hornets 106 >> Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points and Oklahoma City won its fifth in a row, crushing visiting Charlotte.

Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA’s top scorer at 33.0 points per game, returned to the lineup after sitting out Wednesday night’s lopsided win against Philadelphia. He made 13 of 18 shots to go with six rebounds and nine assists before sitting out the fourth quarter.

Chet Holmgren added 14 points, five rebounds and three blocks for host Oklahoma City, which clinched the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference for the second consecutive season when Milwaukee beat the Lakers on Thursday.

Magic 120, Wizards 105 >> Paolo Banchero scored 30 points and Orlando eased to a victory at Washington. Wendell Carter Jr. had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Franz Wagner added 21 points for the Magic, who have now alternated wins and losses over their last seven games.

Orlando began the night in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, 1 1/2 games behind Atlanta and two in front of Chicago in the battle for NBA play-in tournament seeding.

Timberwolves 134, Pelicans 93 >> Julius Randle had 20 points, six rebounds and five assists and Minnesota avoided losing to one of the Western Conference’s worst teams for the second time in three days with a victory at home.

Spurs 128, 76ers 120 >> Jeremy Sochan had 23 points, Keldon Johnson added 20 points and San Antonio rallied at home to close on an 11-3 run and beat injury-depleted Philadelphia. Stephon Castle added 17 points and a season-high 14 assists for San Antonio, which won consecutive games for the first time since Jan. 3.

Hawks’ Capela done for regular season >> Atlanta center Clint Capela is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season with an injury to his left hand.