Joe Harris included 25 points of his own for the Nets at Walt Disney World Resort, where team-mate Jarrett Allen (16 points, 16 rebounds) completed with a double-double.
Damian Lillard, meanwhile, dropped 51 indicate motivate the Portland Trail Blazers to a 124-121 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Lillard made 16 of 28 shots and 15 from 16 complimentary tosses to raise the Trail Blazers past the 76ers and within a half-game of the Memphis Grizzlies for eighth place in the Western Conference.
It was Lillards 5th video game of 50-plus points this season– connecting Houston Rockets star James Harden– with all of those efficiencies coming versus groups that made the playoffs last year
Per STATS, the last player to have five 50-point video games against postseason groups from the previous project was Michael Jordan (6) in 1986-87
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Career-high night for Rivers.
The Rockets guard signed up a career-high 41 points off the bench. Harden contributed 32 points, 8 rebounds and seven helps for the Rockets.
Gordon Haywards 31-point screen helped the Boston Celtics top the Orlando Magic 122-119 in overtime. Jayson Tatum scored 29, consisting of the tying basket with 4.2 seconds staying in policy.
Safeguarding champs the Toronto Raptors protected the Eastern Conference 2nd seed and their fifth consecutive season with at least 50 wins after lasting longer than the Grizzlies. Pascal Siakam had 26 points.
The San Antonio Spurs and their hopes of ending up being the first string in NBA history to reach the playoffs for 23 straight seasons live after emerging 122-113 winners against the New Orleans Pelicans. San Antonio are 10th in the west, half a game adrift of Portland for the ninth spot, which would secure a play-in series
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Pelicans removed from postseason race, Wizards winless in bubble.
Zion Williamson will have to wait another year for playoff basketball after the Pelicans lost to the Spurs. In spite of 31 points and a season-high eight three-pointers from JJ Redick, the Pelicans– combined with Portlands win– were removed from postseason contention.
The Washington Wizards issues continued after falling to a 121-103 defeat versus the Oklahoma City Thunder. Washington are the only winless group remaining in Orlando, having actually gone 0-6 since the restart
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Dame with the four-point play!
After resisting the Clippers, Lillard came up huge for the Trail Blazers in their meeting with the 76ers. A spectacular four-point play with less than 3 minutes staying catapulted the Blazers into the lead.
Sundays outcomes.
Houston Rockets 129-112 Sacramento KingsPortland Trail Blazers 124-121 Philadelphia 76ersBoston Celtics 122-119 Orlando Magic (OT) San Antonio Spurs 122-113 New Orleans PelicansToronto Raptors 108-99 Memphis GrizzliesOklahoma City Thunder 121-103 Washington WizardsBrooklyn Nets 129-120 Los Angeles Clippers
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Raptors deal with Bucks.
It will be a legendary encounter as the Eastern Conferences two best groups satisfy on Monday. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the top-ranked Milwaukee Bucks take on the in-form Raptors.
The Brooklyn Nets upstaged the Los Angeles Clippers 129-120, despite Kawhi Leonards big efficiency in the NBA on Sunday.
Leonard published a game-high 39 points for the Clippers but it was insufficient versus the Nets in Orlando, Florida.
Caris LeVert set up 27 points and 13 helps as the Nets clinched the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference.
