Brandon Bass made a game-saving blocked shot in the closing seconds for the Boston Celtics to hold out the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-100 in the NBA on Saturday.
The Celtics led by 19 points entering the final quarter but two Dion Waiters free throws made it 102-100 with 43.3 seconds left. Bass then blocked Waiters' shot in the lane and Avery Bradley nailed one free throw with 1.4 seconds left.
Jeff Green and Jordan Crawford each scored 19 points, Bradley 18, and Bass added 15 for Boston, who ended a three-game losing streak.
Kyrie Irving led the Cavaliers with 32 points, the eighth time in his last 10 games he's scored 20 or more.
The Cavaliers were playing soon after suspending centre Andrew Bynum indefinitely for "conduct detrimental to the team" and banning him from all team-related activities. It's likely he has played his final game for Cleveland.
Dwight Howard had 24 points and 17 rebounds, and James Harden scored 11 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter in the Houston Rockets' 107-98 comeback victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.
In Toronto, Kyle Lowry had a season-best 32 points and 11 assists, Terrence Ross made a career-high seven three-pointers as the Toronto Raptors beat New York Knicks for the second straight night, this time 115-100.
In Indianapolis, Paul George scored 24 points and Lance Stephenson added 23 to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 105-91 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
George Hill finished with 21 points for the Pacers, who put five players in double figures and pulled away with a third-quarter burst.
Roy Hibbert scored 11 and David West 10 for Indiana, which leads the Eastern Conference at 23-6.
Elsewhere, Monta Ellis had 22 points and the Dallas Mavericks took control early in coasting to a 105-83 victory over the Chicago Bulls.
With LeBron James injured, Chris Bosh took over for the Miami Heat and had a season-high 37 points, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 0.5 seconds left, as the Heat beat the Portland Trail Blazers 108-107.
James injured his right groin and tweaked his left ankle Friday night in a 108-103 overtime loss at Sacramento and despite the four-time NBA MVP warming up before the game, he was stood down about an hour before tipoff.
In other games, the Washington Wizards routed the Detroit Pistons 106-82 and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the Milwaukee Bucks 117-95.
The Memphis Grizzlies thrashed the Denver Nuggets 120-99, the Atlanta Hawks edged the Charlotte Bobcats 118-116 in overtime and the Phoenix Suns beat the Philadelphia 76ers 115-101.
