Anthony Davis had 32 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots as the New Orleans Pelicans stretched their winning streak to four games with a 99-74 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.
Ryan Anderson scored 19 points and Eric Gordon added 13 for New Orleans, while Tyreke Evans tied a season high — set one night earlier — with 12 assists.
K.J. McDaniels scored 16 points for the 76ers, who lost their sixth straight. Henry Sims and Luc Mbah a Moute had 14 points.
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Philadelphia played without Michael Carter-Williams, who was sidelined by an upper respiratory infection.
Davis shot 12 of 19, including five layups and five crowd-pleasing dunks, and made all eight of his free throws as New Orleans (24-21) went three games above 0.500 for the first time since coach Monty Williams’ first season in 2010-2011.
CELTICS 99, JAZZ 90
Tayshaun Prince scored 19 points as Boston held on for a road win.
Tyler Zeller had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Celtics, who grabbed control with a big second quarter. Jared Sullinger had 12 points and nine rebounds, while Avery Bradley also scored 12.
Prince, who was acquired from Memphis in a three-team trade on Jan. 12, was 7 for 10 from the field and 3 for 4 at the free-throw line.
Gordon Hayward had 26 points for Utah, while Enes Kanter finished with 20.
Boston outscored Utah 38-14 in the second quarter, shooting 60 percent from the field in the period.
THUNDER 92, TIMBERWOLVES 84
Russell Westbrook scored 18 points as Oklahoma City got a win playing without the injured Kevin Durant.
Durant sat out after spraining the big toe on his left foot on Sunday against Cleveland. Westbrook shot just 7 for 22 from the field, but was 4 for 6 and scored 11 points in the fourth quarter to help the Thunder remain in control. Serge Ibaka added 13 points and a season-high 19 rebounds.
Andrew Wiggins scored 23 points, Thaddeus Young had 22 and Gorgui Dieng had a season-high 18 rebounds for the league-worst Timberwolves, who shot a season-low 34.1 percent from the field.
Anthony Morrow and Reggie Jackson each had 14 points to help Oklahoma City’s reserves outscore Minnesota’s 45-21.
CLIPPERS 102, NUGGETS 98
Jamal Crawford scored 19 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter as the Los Angeles Clippers held off the Denver Nuggets for their fifth straight victory.
Crawford scored their final five points and had a key save that led to a basket in the closing seconds, when the Clippers completed their biggest comeback of the season after being down by 16 earlier in the game.
Matt Barnes added 18 points for Los Angeles, while Blake Griffin had 14 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists. Chris Paul scored 15 points.
Ty Lawson led the Nuggets with 19 points and 11 assists.
GRIZZLIES 103, MAGIC 94
Zach Randolph had 24 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in Memphis’ third straight win, while Marc Gasol added 16 points and 10 boards.
Beno Udrih added 15 points, while Jeff Green finished with 12 points for the Grizzlies.
Orlando got 18 points and 12 rebounds from Nikola Vucevic. Victor Oladipo also had 18 points, while Elfrid Payton had 12 points and six assists, but shot 5 of 14 from the field. Dewayne Dedmon had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Memphis led by as many as 20 and held a double-digit advantage through much of the game.
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