Knicks outscore Hawks to win wild one in OT, 149-148

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The Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns (32) and the Hawks’ Onyeka Okongwu battle for a loose ball. JOHN MUNSON — THE ASSOCIATED PRES

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Jalen Brunson made the go-ahead jumper with 11.1 seconds left in overtime, Karl-Anthony Towns scored 44 points and the New York Knicks outlasted the Atlanta Hawks 149-148 on Wednesday night in a thrilling final game before the All-Star break for both teams at Madison Square Garden.

Towns reached 40 points in consecutive games for the first time in his career and became the fifth Knicks player to do so. Brunson — who was the last Knicks player to do it — added 36 points and eight assists.

Trae Young had 38 points and 19 assists for the Hawks.

CELTICS 116, SPURS 103 >> Jayson Tatum had 32 points and 14 rebounds and Boston beat visiting San Antonio for its third straight victory and seventh in eight games. Kristaps Porzingis added 29 points for Boston and Derrick White had 19 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in the final game for both teams before the All-Star break.

MAGIC 102, HORNETS 86 >> Paolo Banchero had 24 points and eight rebounds and Orlando shook off a cold-shooting first half to beat visiting Charlotte. Miles Bridges led the injury-plagued Hornets with 19 points and eight rebounds.

PACERS 134, WIZARDS 130, OT >> Obi Toppin had season highs of 31 points and 10 rebounds, and Indiana rallied from a 19-point deficit to win at NBA-worst Washington in overtime. Bennedict Mathurin scored 28 points and Tyrese Haliburton added 20 for the Pacers, who enter the All-Star break at 30-23 and in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

NETS 100, 76ERS 92 >> D’Angelo Russell had 22 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Brooklyn beat visiting Philadelphia in the teams’ last game before the All-Star break.

Nic Claxton had 13 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks, and Cam Johnson added 16 points and six rebounds. Quentin Grimes had 30 points and eight rebounds, and Kelly Oubre Jr. also scored 30 for Philadelphia, which lost its fifth straight and seventh in its last eight.

CAVALIERS 131, RAPTORS 108 >> Donovan Mitchell scored 21 points and East-leading Cleveland won at Toronto for its fourth straight victory and eighth in the last nine games.

BUCKS 103, TIMBERWOLVES 101 >> Kyle Kuzma had 19 points and 13 rebounds and Milwaukee won without All-Stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, at Minnesota.

THUNDER 115, HEAT 101 >> Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 32 points and nine assists, and Oklahoma City rallied from a 21-point deficit at home to defeat Miami.