NBA recap: Kristaps Porzingis returns as Celtics club Clippers

NBA recap: Kristaps Porzingis returns as Celtics club Clippers

NBA: Los Angeles Clippers at Boston CelticsNovember 25, 2024; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis (8) reacts after his basket with help from guard Payton Pritchard (11) against the LA Clippers in the second half at TD Garden. Mandatory attribution: David Butler II-Imagn Images

Jaylen Brown and Derrick White led the way with 51 points in the second quarter as the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to six games by defeating the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 126-94 on Monday.

Brown scored 13 points and White added 12, setting Boston an NBA record for three-pointers in a single quarter with 12 points in the second quarter. The Celtics made 22 of 51 3-point attempts in the game (43.1 percent).

Kristaps Porzingis made his season debut after missing the Celtics’ first 17 games while recovering from offseason foot surgery. He scored 16 points in 23 minutes.

Ivica Zubac scored 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Clippers and made 11 of his 14 field goal attempts. Los Angeles had a five-game winning streak come to an end.

Grizzlies 123, Trail Blazers 98

Ja Morant returned to the lineup after missing eight games with a right hip injury and delivered 22 points and 11 assists to lead host Memphis past Portland.

Jaren Jackson Jr. added 21 points while Santi Aldama had 13 points and a career-high 17 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who earned their third straight win and their seventh in 10 games.

Deni Avdija led the Trail Blazers with 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and Shaedon Sharpe scored 15 points. Portland was limited to 33.3 percent shooting and made just eight of its 46 3-point attempts (17.4 percent).

Pistons 102, Raptors 100

Jaden Ivey made a floater down the baseline as time expired to give host Detroit a win over Toronto.

Ivey finished the contest with 25 points and eight assists as the Pistons ended a three-game losing streak. Malik Beasley had 14 points while Jalen Duren had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Ausar Thompson made his season debut after being ruled out due to a blood clotting disorder. He had five points and four assists off the bench.

Scottie Barnes led Toronto with 31 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists. RJ Barrett had 17 points and Chris Boucher added 10.

Magic 95, Hornets 84

Franz Wagner scored 21 points and Jonathan Isaac hit three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter as visiting Orlando wiped out three miserable frames to win against Charlotte.

Buoyed by his shot from outside the box, Orlando turned a 62-58 hole into an 88-77 lead in the fourth and canceled out a standout performance by Hornets guard LaMelo Ball. The Magic hit 14 of 20 shots in the fourth period, including 6 of 12 from 3-point range.

Ball had 44 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while Brandon Miller had 20 points and 10 boards for the Hornets, who had won their last four home games.

Pacers 114, Pelicans 110

Tyrese Haliburton had 34 points and 13 assists and Indiana held off New Orleans in Indianapolis.

Myles Turner added 17 points, Pascal Siakam scored 14 and Bennedict Mathurin and Quenton Jackson each had 12 for the Pacers. Both Turner and Mathurin grabbed nine boards.

Elfrid Payton had 21 assists, the most in a game of any player this season, and added 14 points for the Pelicans. Rookie Yves Missi had 16 points and 13 rebounds, Trey Murphy III scored 24 points and CJ McCollum returned after a 13-game absence due to an adductor strain and added 23 for New Orleans, which lost its fifth straight game.

Mavericks 129, Hawks 119

Kyrie Irving scored 16 of his game-high 32 points in the fourth quarter to help Dallas to a victory over Atlanta.

Jaden Hardy added 23 points while Naji Marshall and Spencer Dinwiddie each scored 22 points, helping the Mavericks win their fifth game in six tries. PJ Washington contributed 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Daniel Gafford scored 10 points off the bench.

Jalen Johnson led Atlanta with 28 points and 11 rebounds, while Trae Young added 18 points and 16 assists. Bogdan Bogdanovic also had 18 points, while Dyson Daniels scored 17 and Clint Capela scored 12 points. The Hawks lost their third game in a row.

Knicks 145, Nuggets 118

OG Anunoby scored a career-high 40 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 30 points and 15 rebounds, and in visiting New York he scored a first-half win over Denver.

Jalen Brunson had 23 points and 17 assists, a career-high, and Mikal Bridges had 14 points and six assists for New York, which had a season-high in points and set a franchise record with 45 assists.

Russell Westbrook scored 24 of his team-high 27 points in the fourth quarter, Nikola Jokic had 22 points and Jamal Murray finished the game with 20 points for Denver.

Nets 128, Warriors 120

Dennis Schroder led with 31 points and Brooklyn rallied from an 18-point third-quarter deficit on the second night of back-to-back sets to impress Golden State in San Francisco.

Schröder sank four of Brooklyn’s 20 three-pointers. Cam Thomas hit three 3-pointers among his 23 points as the Nets defeated Golden State with an accuracy of 20 for 45 (44.4 percent) from distance after an upset against the Sacramento Kings in the California capital one evening .

Stephen Curry scored a team-high 28 points for the Warriors, who lost a second straight game for the first time this season.

Thunder 130, Kings 109

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 points and 11 assists to lead Oklahoma City to a solid win over host Sacramento.

Jalen Williams added 28 points as the Thunder won their second straight game after losing two games. Isaiah Hartenstein had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Ajay Mitchell added 15 points off the bench.

DeMar DeRozan had 30 points and six assists and Domantas Sabonis had 21 points, 10 rebounds and three steals, extending Sacramento’s worst losing streak of the season to four games.

–Field level media

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