Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tied his career high with 45 points to lead the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder to a 120-114 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night.
Gilgeous-Alexander hit 15 of 22 shots and all 11 free throws in Oklahoma City’s ninth consecutive victory.
Jalen Williams scored 20 points and Isaiah Hartenstein had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Thunder.
Andrew Nembhard scored 23 points and Pascal Siakam added 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Pacers, who had their five-game winning streak snapped. Bennedict Mathurin finished with 18 points and Myles Turner had 11 rebounds.
After Tyrese Haliburton scored to give the Pacers a 107-103 lead, the Thunder answered with an 8-0 run to go ahead 111-107 with 1:39 remaining.
HEAT 89, MAGIC 88: Tyler Herro hit a 19-foot jumper with 0.5 seconds left Thursday night to give visiting Miami a win over Orlando.
Jalen Suggs, who scored 29 points for the Magic, missed a long jumper at the buzzer.
Herro finished with 20 points to help the Heat come back from an early 17-point deficit and avenge a loss to the Magic last Friday in which they squandered a 22-point fourth-quarter lead.
Alec Burks scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for Miami, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 15 points.
Tristan da Silva had 18 points and six rebounds for the Magic.
WIZARDS 113, HORNETS 110: Jordan Poole’s 3-pointer with 8.1 seconds remaining lifted host Washington to a victory over Charlotte.
In a matchup of two of the league’s worst teams, the Wizards (5-23) beat Charlotte (7-23) for the second straight week.
The Hornets lost for the 14th time in 15 games.
Poole finished with 25 points for the Wizards.
LaMelo Ball scored 31 for Charlotte.
HAWKS 141, BULLS 133: Jalen Johnson had a career-high 30 points and host Atlanta rallied from a late 21-point deficit by scoring 50 points in the fourth quarter in a win over Chicago.
The Hawks trailed 124-107 with 6:23 remaining in the game and used a 23-2 run to take their first lead since the first quarter.
Johnson added 15 rebounds and Trae Young scored 27 points, surpassing the 11,000 career point mark, and added 13 assists.
Zach Levine scored a season-high 37 points for the Bulls in the loss.
ROCKETS 128, PELICANS 111: Jalen Green scored 30 points in less than 30 minutes on the court and visiting Houston cruised to a victory over hapless, injury-plagued New Orleans.
Fred VanVleet hit seven 3-pointers and finished with 25 points for the Rockets, who have won four straight while climbing to second place in the highly competitive Western Conference.
Trey Murphy had 21 points for the Pelicans, who have lost eight in a row and 17 of 18.
NETS 111, BUCKS 105: Cam Johnson scored 29 points, Noah Clowney added 20 and visiting Brooklyn rallied late for a victory over Milwaukee.
Nic Claxton had 13 points for the Nets, who had lost eight of 10 before making 16 of 38 3-pointers against a Bucks squad that was playing a third straight game without Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard.
The Bucks got 21 points from Khris Middleton and 20 from Brook Lopez.
GRIZZLIES 155, RAPTORS 126: Jaren Jackson Jr. had 21 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks, Zach Edey also scored 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds and host Memphis set a franchise scoring record in blowing out skidding Toronto.
Desmond Bane added 19 points, Jaylen Wells scored 17 and Ja Morant had 15 points and nine assists as the Grizzlies won for the third time in four games.
The Raptors lost their ninth straight and fell to 1-14 on the road. RJ Barrett led them with 27 points.
TRAIL BLAZERS 122, JAZZ 120: Deni Avdija and Shaedon Sharpe each scored 27 points, and Scoot Henderson made a tiebreaking jumper with 0.1 seconds remaining as host Portland beat Utah.
Lauri Markkanen scored 25 points on 8-for-14 shooting to lead the Jazz.