Royce O’Neale capped his first profession triple-double by changing the tiebreaking tip-in with 0.7 second remaining because the visiting Brooklyn Nets earned a 109-107 victory over the Portland Path Blazers on Thursday.
O’Neale totaled 11 factors, 11 assists and 11 rebounds — and no play was larger than how he completed Brooklyn’s final possession. After Jusuf Nurkic transformed a tying 3-point play with 6.5 seconds left, Kevin Durant missed a 21-footer from the left elbow and O’Neale jostled round Damian Lillard and Josh Hart to transform the dramatic layup.
Following O’Neale’s clutch hoop, he received his fingers on Justise Winslow’s inbounds cross and, following a replay overview, officers put 0.1 second on the clock. The sport ended when Durant knocked away the inbounds cross.
Durant scored 35 factors and have become the nineteenth participant to succeed in 26,000 profession factors early within the third. Yuta Watanabe added 20, together with a 3-pointer that put Brooklyn up 106-101 with 1:47 remaining.
Ben Simmons posted his first double-double as a Internet, gathering 15 factors, 13 rebounds and 7 assists earlier than fouling out. Joe Harris added 15 factors because the Nets shot 50.6 % and received for the fifth time in eight video games after permitting 153 factors Tuesday in Sacramento.
Lillard led the Path Blazers with 25 factors and 11 assists but additionally shot 8 of 24. Simons added 24 factors and rookie Shaedon Sharpe contributed a career-high 20.
Kings 130, Spurs 112
De’Aaron Fox scored a team-high 28 factors, Malik Monk chipped in with 26 — together with two key 3-pointers in a run that bridged the third and fourth quarters — and the Sacramento Kings made it 5 wins in a row with a 130-112 victory over the visiting San Antonio Spurs.
Domantas Sabonis and Harrison Barnes contributed 16 factors apiece because the Kings have scored a minimum of 120 factors in all 5 video games within the streak.
Devin Vassell went for a game-high 29 factors for the Spurs, who misplaced their third straight to open a five-game journey.
After rallying from as many as 16 factors right down to forge three ties late within the third quarter, the Spurs watched because the Kings regained command by scoring the interval’s remaining seven factors. Fox had two hoops to start the pull-away, and when Monk hit a 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds left within the quarter, abruptly Sacramento was again up by seven at 89-82.
The run didn’t cease there. Trey Lyles made it an eight-point sport with a free throw earlier than Monk related once more from deep, making a double-digit benefit within the first minute of the fourth interval.
San Antonio by no means received nearer than 10 after that.
Clippers 96, Pistons 91
Reggie Jackson scored 23 factors, Marcus Morris Sr. and Paul George added 16 every and the Los Angeles Clippers welcomed again Kawhi Leonard by rallying for a 96-91 victory over the visiting Detroit Pistons.
Norman Powell scored 14 factors and Ivica Zubac tied a profession excessive with 18 rebounds because the Clippers prolonged their successful streak over the Pistons to seven video games.
Leonard performed in simply this third sport this season, scoring six factors in 25 minutes whereas making his first begin. The five-time All-Star final performed Oct. 23. He had missed the final 12 video games with residual knee soreness from ACL surgical procedure in July 2021.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 26 factors and Jaden Ivey added 18 as Detroit dropped a season-high sixth consecutive sport; the Pistons are 1-8 since Oct. 31.
Saddiq Bey tallied 11 factors and eight rebounds in his return to Detroit’s beginning lineup. He was dropped to the second unit in a loss to the Toronto Raptors on Monday however was again with the starters once more after Isaiah Stewart got here away with a sprained massive toe.
With the Pistons main 73-70 and 9:45 remaining, the Clippers introduced again their total beginning 5 from the bench. A 13-4 run, capped by a 3-pointer from Morris, gave Los Angeles an 83-77 lead with 6:25 remaining.
Leonard’s driving layup prolonged the benefit to 87-79 with 4:04 to play, and Los Angeles closed it out from there.
On a poor taking pictures night time for each groups, the Pistons took a 23-15 lead after one quarter by holding the Clippers to twenty-eight.8 % (6 of 21) within the opening 12 minutes. The Pistons led by 12 within the first half and took a 50-42 lead into the break.
The Clippers pushed in entrance 68-67 after three quarters with a 26-17 benefit within the third interval. Each groups had been taking pictures below 40 % by way of three quarters. Los Angeles completed at 40.7 % for the sport; Detroit shot 37.5 %.
