nba roundup | Thursday’s games

Nets 120, Pistons 119, OT

NEW YORK

Spencer Dinwiddie made a 3-pointer with 7.1 seconds left in overtime and finished with 25 points to help the Brooklyn Nets beat the Detroit Pistons. Joe Harris added 23 points, Caris LeVert and Jarrett Allen had 19 each, and Jared Dudley finished with 11. Blake Griffin led Detroit with 25 points, Andre Drummond had 24 points and 23 rebounds, and Reggie Jackson scored 21 points. After Dinwiddie’s late 3-poiter, Griffin missed a fadeaway. The Nets trailed by as much as 10 in the third quarter, and entered the fourth down 83-77. Brooklyn outscored the Pistons 33-27 in the fourth quarter, with Dinwiddie hitting a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left to force overtime.

Pacers 107, Knicks 101

NEW YORK

Domantas Sabonis matched his career high with 30 points, Victor Oladipo scored 11 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks. Hardaway led the Knicks with 37 points, and Noah Vonleh had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Alonzo Trier’s basket cut New York’s deficit to 103-101 with 44 seconds left, but Thaddeus Young found Oladipo open in front of the Knicks bench for a 3-pointer. Young had 13 point, 10 rebounds and five steals.

Nuggets 108, Bulls 107, OT

CHICAGO

Nikola Jokic had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and Paul Millsap’s putback with 0.1 seconds left in overtime gave the Denver Nuggets a victory over the Chicago Bulls. Trailing by a point, Denver inbounded the ball with 3.5 seconds remaining. Jokic missed, but Millsap grabbed the rebound and converted a layup off the glass for the winning basket. Zach LaVine scored 28 points and Wendell Carter Jr. added a career-high 25 for Chicago. After Denver took a 106-104 lead in overtime on Jokic’s 3-pointer — he had eight of Denver’s 10 points in OT — Justin Holiday answered with a 3 to put the Bulls on top 107-106 with 1:26 to play.

Timberwolves 128, Jazz 125

MINNEAPOLIS

Derrick Rose scored a career-high 50 points, turning back the clock to his prime years and lifting the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Utah Jazz. Rose was in tears after the game as he walked off the court serenaded by chants of “MVP! MVP!” from the home crowd. His basket down low with 30 seconds remaining put Minnesota up for good, and he made two free throws with 13.8 seconds left to preserve a three-point lead. Rudy Gobert missed a game-tying attempt in the final minute for Utah. Karl-Anthony Towns added nine of his 28 points in the period. Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points and Gobert added 22 for Utah. Jae Crowder provided 18 points. Andrew Wiggins scored 19 points on 8-of-17 shooting.

Associated Press