SATURDAY’S OTHER NBA GAMES

Pistons 99, Trail Blazers 90

DETROIT

Reggie Jackson scored 28 points, Andre Drummond had 22 points and 19 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons ended the Portland Trail Blazers’ six-game winning streak with a victory. Damian Lillard scored 23 points and Enes Kanter added 20 points and 15 rebounds for Portland, which fell a half-game behind the Houston Rockets for the third seed in the Western Conference.

Rockets 119, Kings 108

HOUSTON

James Harden had 50 points 11 rebounds and 10 assists, scoring 10 straight Houston points down the stretch to help the Rockets beat the Sacramento Kings. Harden had his 42nd career triple-double and third 50-point game in the last six. He made seven 3-pointers to become the ninth player in NBA history to reach 2,000 career 3s. Houston had a three-point lead when Harden re-entered with less than seven minutes left. Willie Cauley-Stein made an alley-oop dunk to cut it to one before Harden scored all of Houston’s points in a 10-2 run that made it 111-102 with three minutes to go. Harden grabbed the rebound after a miss by Marvin Bagley and found Clint Capela for a dunk that pushed the lead to 113-104. Capela added 24 points and 15 rebounds, and Chis Paul had 22 points. Houston has won four of five.

Nets 110, Celtics 96

NEW YORK

D’Angelo Russell scored 20 of his 29 points in another blistering third quarter against Boston, leading the Brooklyn Nets to a victory over the short-handed Celtics. Back from a seven-game trip that lasted more than two weeks, the Nets had a happy homecoming thanks largely to Russell, who added 10 assists and finished with 25 points after halftime. Caris LeVert added 15 points for the Nets, who had dropped the final two games of the trip and still face a tough stretch now that they’re back home. Gordon Hayward scored 19 points for the Celtics.

Magic 121, Pacers 116

INDIANAPOLIS

Aaron Gordon had 23 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists Saturday night, and the Orlando Magic racked up a season-high 37 assists in a win over the Indiana Pacers. Orlando remained a half-game behind Miami for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot after the Heat beat the New York Knicks. Darren Collison posted 24 points and nine assists for the Pacers, who shot 53 percent from the field but committed 15 turnovers in losing to the Magic for the third time this season. Gordon connected on a 3-pointer with 1:53 left that provided a 115-106 edge. He had help from Nikola Vucevic, who scored 19 points.

Heat 100, Knicks 92

NEW YORK

Dion Waiters scored 28 points, Dwyane Wade added 16 in his last game at Madison Square Garden, and the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks. Wade had back-to-back baskets in Miami’s 8-0 run to start the fourth quarter after the game was tied through three. He shot 6 for 16 and added seven rebounds in 27 minutes off the bench. Hassan Whiteside finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Heat, while Kelly Olynyk chipped in 12 points and 11 rebounds. Goran Dragic had 10 points and 10 assists. The Heat have won six of their last eight games and hold a half-game lead over Orlando for the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference. Emmanuel Mudiay scored 24 points for the Knicks, who have lost six straight and 14 of 15.

Raptors 124, Bulls 101

CHICAGO

Serge Ibaka had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Fred VanVleet also scored 23 and the Toronto Raptors routed the Chicago Bulls. Marc Gasol had 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists as Toronto won its third straight. Walt Lemon Jr. led the short-handed Bulls with 19 points.

76ers 118, Timberwolves 109

MINNEAPOLIS

Tobias Harris scored 25 points for Philadelphia in Jimmy Butler’s jeer-filled return to Minnesota, helping the 76ers hang on to beat the Timberwolves. Ben Simmons pitched in 20 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for the Sixers (49-27). Rookie Jonah Bolden filled in for Joel Embiid and posted a career-best 19 points for the Sixers. Andrew Wiggins scored 24 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points for the Wolves.

Associated Press