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Celtics 113, Pistons 109

BOSTON

Isaiah Thomas scored 24 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter and Boston held off Detroit to extend their winning streak to four games. Jae Crowder added 21 points and Al Horford scored 13 for Boston, which had to rally after Detroit surged midway through the fourth quarter and the teams traded the lead. Andre Drummond had 28 points and pulled down 22 rebounds for the Pistons, who outscored Boston 60-38 in the paint and outrebounded the Celtics 51-44. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 18 points for Detroit, which lost its third straight. Thomas extended his run of games with at least 20 points to 32 in a row.

Timberwolves 111, Magic 105, OT

MINNEAPOLIS

Andrew Wiggins scored 27 points and Ricky Rubio made a career-high six 3-pointers to lead Minnesota to a victory in overtime over Orlando. Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Rubio added 22 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Wiggins forced overtime with a jumper with 10 seconds to play to help the Wolves win for the eighth time in 11 games. Elfrid Payton scored 21 points and Serge Ibaka had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who came back from nine points down with five minutes to play to take the lead late in regulation. Evan Fournier scored nine points in 23 minutes in his first game since Jan. 13.

Heat 104, Nets 96

MIAMI

Goran Dragic scored 20 points, Dion Waiters added 19 and Miami pushed the NBA’s longest current winning streak to eight games with a victory over Brooklyn. James Johnson had 17, Rodney McGruder scored 13 and Hassan Whiteside added 12 for Miami. Waiters and Dragic combined to hand out 17 assists for the Heat, who took the lead for good with a 17-0 run late in the first half. Miami outscored Brooklyn 33-12 from 3-point range. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 16 points for Brooklyn (9-39), which has lost six straight and 17 of its last 18. The Nets blew an 18-point lead at home against Miami last week, and had an 11-point lead late in the first half of this one.

76ers 122, Kings 119

PHILADELPHIA

Robert Covington had 23 points and 10 rebounds to rally Philadelphia to their latest surprising win, defeating Sacramento. The Sixers overcame 46 points from DeMarcus Cousins and won again without injured center Joel Embiid. Embiid sat out with a left knee contusion. He also will not travel with the Sixers for road games later this week against Dallas and San Antonio. The Sixers officially listed Embiid as doubtful for those two games. This game was postponed Nov. 30 by the NBA because of condensation on the court at the Wells Fargo Center.

Associated Press