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TORONTO (AP) — Jayson Tatum made the tying and go-ahead free throws with 25.2 seconds remaining and the Boston Celtics overcame a 22-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 98-93 on Wednesday night, extending their winning streak to five.
Tatum scored 24 points, Derrick White had 19 and Payton Pritchard added 14. Neemias Queta had 11 points and 13 rebounds as the Celtics improved to 4-0 against Atlantic Division opponents.
Boston’s Paul George sat out because of an illness a night after he scored 36 points in a winning return to Philadelphia.
Tatum shot 6 for 21 and finished 2 for 11 from 3-point range. He was 10 for 12 at the free throw line.
Toronto’s Ja’Kobe Walter scored 17 points and rookie Allen Graves added a career-high 13, but the Raptors fell below .500 for the first time at 5-6.
Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (left knee) missed his ninth straight game but is “progressing well” with individual conditioning, coach Darko Rajakovic said before the game. On Tuesday, the Raptors said they’d update Leonard’s status in a week.
Scottie Barnes (left groin) missed his third straight game but Immanuel Quickley returned after missing the past two because of a sore right hamstring. Collin Murray-Boyles started for the fourth time after sitting out Monday’s loss to Memphis because of illness.
Walter scored all 12 of his points from long-range as the Raptors tied a franchise record for 3-pointers in a quarter by shooting 10 for 18 from distance in the first.
PACERS 114, WIZARDS 101
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 28 points and Ivica Zubac finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds as Indiana beat Washington.
Siakam was 7 of 17 from the field and converted all 12 of his chances at the line. Andrew Nembhard added 17 points and 10 assists and Kelly Oubre Jr. scored all 14 of his points in the first half for Indiana.
Kyshawn George scored 25 points and Anthony Davis had 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Wizards, who lost their fifth straight. Trae Young scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half and Tre Johnson added 15 points off the bench for the Wizards.
Indiana, which snapped a two-game skid, went on a 14-0 run to open the fourth quarter for a 91-77 lead.
The Pacers had led 69-59 with 6:24 left in the quarter before the Wizards responded with an 18-8 outburst to close the quarter.
The Wizards took their largest lead of the game at 41-33 midway through the second quarter before the Pacers closed the half with a 22-9 run for a 55-50 halftime lead.
Indiana shot 46% while holding the Wizards to 39% in the opening half. For the game, the Pacers shot 47%, while the Wizards finished at 41%.
CAVALIERS 115, KNICKS 107
NEW YORK (AP) — James Harden scored a season-high 32 points, more than double his average during a tough start to 2026-27, and Cleveland beat New York.
Donovan Mitchell added 23 for the Cavaliers in their first trip to Madison Square Garden since the Eastern Conference finals, when the Knicks erased a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter of Game 1 to win in overtime, then took Game 2 en route to a four-game sweep.
This time the Cavaliers were better down the stretch, with Harden hitting a go-ahead 3-pointer to snap a 101-all tie with 4:21 remaining. The three-time NBA scoring champion came in averaging 15.3 points for the season and shooting just 36.4% from the floor.
Jalen Brunson scored 27 for the Knicks, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, tying Willis Reed’s franchise record with his 11th straight double-double to begin a season.
Cleveland kept opening leads throughout the second half that New York would either nearly or entirely erase, only to quickly surge ahead again. The Cavs went ahead 95-85 with 8:25 remaining, but the Knicks responded with a 14-4 run to tie it.
With the Cavs ahead by one, Evan Mobley scored before Jarrett Allen got the next four points, including a ferocious dunk to make it 110-103.
SPURS 124, BULLS 119
CHICAGO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama scored 32 points, Dylan Harper had 18 points, 10 assists and four steals and San Antonio won its 10th straight game, overcoming a 22-point deficit to beat Chicago.
The Bulls have lost eight in a row to fall to 1-9. They are 0-4 at home.
Wembanyana also had nine rebounds and five blocks two days after his 40-point outburst in a win over the Phoenix Suns as the Spurs closed out a 4-0 trip. DeAaron Fox added 17 points and nine assists.
Jalen Smith tied his career high with 23 points for the Bulls, and Nic Claxton had 17 off the bench.
Bulls first-round pick Caleb Wilson scored 15 points in 15 minutes before leaving with a right hand injury in the third quarter. Wilson’s college season was cut short last winter by a pair of hand injuries.
The Bulls led 64-42 midway through the second quarter, their biggest lead of the season, thanks to a 10-for-12 start from 3-point range. Chicago scored 41 points in the first quarter and shot 66% in the first half.
NUGGETS 123, GRIZZLIES 118
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 17 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, Nikola Jokic added 27 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and Denver held off Memphis.
Cameron Johnson finished with 23 points for the Nuggets, including a 3-pointer off a pass from Jokic with 1:01 left that put Denver ahead 120-113. Murray also had eight assists.
Memphis rookie Cameron Boozer missed a 3-pointer that would have tied it with 6.9 seconds remaining.
Ty Jerome scored 22 points — 11 in the fourth quarter — and Jaylen Wells also had 22 for the Grizzlies, who have lost four of five after winning their first six games. Memphis fell to 2-4 at home.
Denver has won five of seven.
The Nuggets never trailed and led by 18 points early in the second quarter, but the Grizzlies kept it close throughout the fourth. A basket by Jerome with 2:42 left got Memphis within 115-113, but Johnson scored the next five points.
LAKERS 123, BUCKS 112
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 32 points, Sandro Mamukelashvili added 23 and Austin Reaves 18 as Los Angeles extended its winning streak to seven games with a win over Milwaukee.
Mamukelashvili, a second-round draft pick of the Bucks in 2021, matched a season-high for points set on Monday at Atlanta, and Reaves returned to action after missing Monday’s game due to illness.
Walker Kessler had 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Collin Sexton chipped in with 10 points for Los Angeles, which improved to a league-best 11-2.
Milwaukee’s season-scoring leader, Tyler Herro, who missed his first game of the season on Tuesday night because of a bruised right knee, returned with 25 points and seven assists. Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored a season-high 23 points for the Bucks, who lost their eighth straight and fell to 1-11.
NETS 145, PELICANS 111
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Egor Demin returned from a six-game injury absence to score 22 points, Michael Porter Jr. also scored 22, and Brooklyn beat New Orleans for its fourth consecutive loss.
Julius Randle had 17 while Noah Clowney and Moritz Wagner added 16 each for the Nets, who had eight players score in double-digits.
Zion Williamson had 29 for the Pelicans, who have given up 138 points or more in three straight games, and have lost their last two by more than 30. The Pelicans lost by a franchise-record 51 points, 138-87, to Golden State on Sunday night.
Saddiq Bey had 15 for New Orleans.
The Nets shot 57% from the field in the game and finished 20 for 41 from 3-point range with nine different players hitting at least one, led by Porter and Demin with four each.
MAGIC 123, JAZZ 108
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Franz Wagner matched a career high with 38 points and had eight rebounds to lead Orlando to a victory over Utah, the 10th straight loss for the Jazz.
Desmond Bane had 25 points while Anthony Black chipped in 22 points and eight assists to help the Magic earn their second straight win and close out a four-game road trip with a 2-2 record. Orlando outscored the Jazz 14-3 in fast-break points and 40-28 in the paint.
Darryn Peterson led Utah with 22 points and Brice Sensabaugh added 19. Ace Bailey had 18 points and a season-high four blocks for the Jazz who have not held an opponent under 110 points this season.
After the Jazz took a 96-95 lead on Sensabaugh’s 3-pointer, Orlando countered with an 18-3 run to go in front for good. Wagner scored two baskets, hit two free throws, and assisted on a 3-pointer by Bane to put the Magic up 113-99 with 3:39 remaining.
Utah rarely attacked the basket early in the first half. Of the team’s 28 field-goal attempts, 24 came from the perimeter. The Jazz took a 40-34 lead on back-to-back 3s from Sensabaugh and Keyonte George.