Although they lined up with many absences, the Celtics they had no problem putting on a show of force in Washington 130-104. Sam Houser had a career-high 30 points on 10/13 3-point shooting, while Jayson Tatum added 30 for the NBA’s best team (53-14), which played without Brown, Porzingis and White due to injuries. Jordan Poole had 31 points for the Wizards, who at 11-57 have a league-worst record.
The Spurs they ended a three-game losing streak by beating the Nets 122-115 in overtime. Victor Webanyama continued his terrific performance with 33 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 7 blocks for Gregg Popovich’s 15-game winning streak.
Victims of surprise fell the Clippers who lost in LA to the Hawks 110-93 with Dejude Murray’s 21 points. Kowai Leonard with 28 and Paul George with 26 points could not prevent their team’s fourth loss in the last five games, but they remain in fourth place in the West (42-25).
The Orlando cemented itself in fifth place (40-28) in the East as it beat the Raptors 111-96 with Paolo Banquero and Franz Wagner doing half the work with 29 and 22 points respectively.
NBA results in detail
Bucks-Chance 140-129
Pistons-Heat 101-104
Mavericks-Nuggets 107-105
Magic-Raptors 111-96
Wizards-Celtics 104-130
Spurs-Nets 122-115
Clippers-Hawks 93-110
Source: Sport Fm
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