Cleveland’s Collin Sexton scored 28 points, Darius Garland had 25 and the Cavaliers beat the Eastern Conference-leading 76ers 112-109 in overtime in Philadelphia on Saturday.
The Cavaliers beat a Sixers team that built the best record in the Eastern Conference (22-12) on the strength of a 14-2 mark at home.
“Any time you get a tough win like this, it validates what you’re capable of,” Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff said.
Isaac Okoro scored the first three points of OT and had 15 when he fouled out. Joel Embiid had 42 points and 13 rebounds for Philadelphia. Ben Simmons scored 21 points.
“That’s a win we’ve got to get,” Simmons said.
Mavericks 115, Nets 98: Luka Doncic scored 27 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 18 in his return from injury and visiting Dallas snapped Brooklyn’s eight-game winning streak.
James Harden had 29 points for the Nets, but only four after halftime while playing as Brooklyn’s solo superstar. Kevin Durant missed his seventh straight game with a left hamstring strain and Kyrie Irving rested his surgically repaired right shoulder.
Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton scored 28 points in an overtime win over the 76ers in Philadelphia.
Matt Slocum / Associated PressNuggets 126, Thunder 96: Jamal Murray scored 26 points and Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists for his eighth triple-double of the season to help visiting Denver.
Darius Bazley had 22 points for Oklahoma City. Ty Jerome and Isaiah Roby added 15 each.
Jazz 124, Magic 109: Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and visiting Utah bounced back from a loss a night earlier in Miami, improving to 6-1 following a defeat.
The NBA-leading Jazz have lost consecutive games just once all season and not since Jan. 6 when they were 4-4.
Spurs 117, Pelicans 114: DeMar DeRozan had 32 points and 11 assists and San Antonio held on to win at home. LaMarcus Aldridge added 21 points off the bench in his second game back after missing six games because of a sore right hip.
Wizards 128, Timberwolves 112: Bradley Beal scored 34 points, Russell Westbrook added 19 as part of his NBA-leading 10th triple-double, and host Washington notched a 44-point third quarter.
Knicks 110, Pacers 107: Julius Randle scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lift New York on its home court. RJ Barrett added 24 for the Knicks.