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A performance in celebrating the Chinese New Year during a game between the Sacramento Kings and the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 27, 2020. /VCG Photo
Chicago Bulls 110 - San Antonio Spurs 109
Zach LaVine hit a pair of go-ahead free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining to cap a 23-point effort, and Denzel Valentine added 16 points to lift host Chicago over San Antonio.
San Antonio's DeMar DeRozan missed the second of two free throws with 0.2 seconds remaining and missed a put-back try at the buzzer as the Spurs lost their third straight game.
Chicago relied on seven double-figure scorers to earn successive wins for the first time since Dec. 18-21. LaVine scored 14 points in the final 12 minutes to help the Bulls erase an 11-point deficit. DeRozan scored 36 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while Patty Mills added 25 points for the Spurs, who were without LaMarcus Aldridge (thumb).
Chicago Bulls guard Coby White #0 guards San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray #5 during the first half at the United Center in Chicago, January 27, 2020. /VCG Photo
Cleveland Cavaliers 115 - Detroit Pistons 100
Collin Sexton scored 23 points, Kevin Love supplied 20 points (all in the first half), and Cleveland snapped a seven-game losing streak by thumping host Detroit.
Tristan Thompson had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Alfonzo McKinnie contributed 15 points off the bench for Cleveland. The Cavaliers outscored Detroit 65-49 in the second and third quarters.
Reggie Jackson topped the Pistons, who have lost three straight, with 16 points. Andre Drummond had 15 points and eight rebounds for Detroit.
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk #19 of the Detroit Pistons shoots the ball against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, January 27, 2020.
Miami Heat 113 - Orlando Magic 92
Center Bam Adebayo recorded the third triple-double of his career — 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists — as host Miami defeated Orlando.
The Heat also got 21 points from Duncan Robinson — he made 6 of 9 3-point attempts — and 19 points and seven assists from Jimmy Butler, who had left Miami's previous game with a sprained ankle. With the win, the Heat tied the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers for best home record in the NBA (21-2).
Orlando, which had won nine of its previous 13 games against in-state rival Miami, was led by Nikola Vucevic's double-double: 13 points and 12 rebounds. Aaron Gordon added 13 points, but just two after halftime.
Goran Dragic #7 of the Miami Heat drives to the basket against the Orlando Magic at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, January 27, 2020. /VCG Photo
Sacramento Kings 133 - Minnesota Timberwolves 129 (OT)
Nemanja Bjelica broke the fifth tie of overtime with two free throws with 48.3 seconds left, and Sacramento, after an improbable rally that forced the extra session, held off Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Buddy Hield scored a career-high 42 points off the bench for the Kings, including 12 during a 21-4 regulation-ending flurry that erased a 17-point deficit in the final 2:49.
Andrew Wiggins scored 36 points, including seven 3-pointers, for the Timberwolves, who set season highs for threes (23) and 3-point percentage (50 percent).
Danilo Gallinari #8 of the Oklahoma City Thunder shoots the ball against the Dallas Mavericks at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 27, 2020. /VCG Photo
Dallas Mavericks 107 - Oklahoma City Thunder 97
Luka Doncic scored 29 points to lead Dallas to a road win over Oklahoma City, snapping the Thunder’s five-game winning streak. Doncic was just 2 of 8 from the field in the opening quarter but 8 of 16 the rest of the way.
Tim Hardaway Jr. added 15 points for the Mavericks while Kristaps Porzingis and Delon Wright scored 14 each. Wright added a season-high 12 rebounds.
For Oklahoma City, Dennis Schroder was forced into the starting lineup for the first time this season as Chris Paul missed the game one day after the death of his close friend, Kobe Bryant. Paul and Bryant played on two Olympic teams together. Schroder and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander were a combined 11 of 36 from the floor. Schroder led the Thunder with 21 points.
(Reuters)
