THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM TUESDAY'S (WEDNESDAY AEDT) NBA GAMES:
SPURS 102 bt ROCKETS 100 - Patty Mills hit a three-pointer with 12.9 seconds left to lift San Antonio over Houston.
The victory is San Antonio's fifth straight and improves the Spurs to 15-1 on the road. It also snaps Houston's NBA-long 10-game winning streak.
KINGS 126 bt TRAILBLAZERS 121 - DeMarcus Cousins returned from a brief ejection and finished with a season-high 55 points, capping a wild day for the hot-tempered big man and sending the Sacramento Kings past the Portland Trail Blazers.
Hours after he was fined by the Kings for his profanity-laced tirade against a newspaper columnist last week, Cousins pulled down 13 rebounds and rallied Sacramento in the fourth quarter.
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The win snapped Sacramento's seven-game losing streak to the Blazers.
CAVALIERS 114 bt BUCKS 108, OT - LeBron James made a go-ahead three-pointer with 24 seconds left in overtime and Cleveland held on for a victory over Milwaukee to avenge a late November loss.
James had 34 points and Kyrie Irving 28 for Cleveland, who had lost at Milwaukee 118-101 on November 29. Jabari Parker had 30 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo added 25. The two teams meet again on Wednesday night (Thursday AEDT) in Cleveland.
WARRIORS 104 bt JAZZ 74 - Stephen Curry scored 25 points with four three-pointers, Kevin Durant had 22 points and Golden State whipped Utah after a slow start.
Klay Thompson added 17 points and Draymond Green had 15 points, 11 rebounds and five steals as Golden State handed the Jazz their worst defeat of the season.
The Jazz have also lost seven in a row and 10 of 12 at Oracle Arena. Australian forward Joe Ingles scored three of Utah's nine three-pointers as he contributed 11 points for the game. Dante Exum scored six points.
CLIPPERS 119 bt NUGGETS 102 - J.J. Redick scored 27 points, including 7-for-9 shooting on three-pointers, Chris Paul had 16 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds, and Los Angeles beat Denver.
DeAndre Jordan had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Luc Mbah a Moute added 14 points for the Clippers, who won for the fifth time in six games. Los Angeles was playing for the first time since losing leading scorer Blake Griffin up to six weeks after knee surgery.
HORNETS 117 bt LAKERS 113 - Kemba Walker had 28 points and 10 assists, Marco Belinelli scored 11 fourth-quarter points and Charlotte rallied from 19 down to beat Los Angeles.
Walker had 15 points in the third quarter and a key rebound with 27.9 seconds left in the fourth to set up a tiebreaking jumper by Nicolas Batum with 13 seconds remaining.
Batum had 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting and added 10 assists. Belinelli finished with 13 points.
CELTICS 112 bt GRIZZLIES 109, OT - Isaiah Thomas scored a career-high 44 points, including 36 after halftime to lead Boston past Memphis in overtime.
After the Grizzlies took a 106-105 lead on a rebound basket by Tony Allen with 1:10 left in the extra period, the Celtics scored the next five points.
Al Horford had 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Celtics, who overcame a 17-point deficit in the second half to win their third straight. Avery Bradley added 16 points.
MAGIC 136 bt HEAT 130, 2 OT - Nik Vucevic had 26 points and 12 rebounds, Evan Fournier scored 26 and hit the three-pointer that put Orlando up for good, and the Magic topped Miami in double overtime.
Elfrid Payton scored 22 points and Serge Ibaka added 20 for the Magic, who beat Miami for the third time in the last 19 meetings.
KNICKS 118 bt PACERS 111 - Carmelo Anthony matched a season high with 35 points and New York used a big second-half turnaround to beat Indiana.
The Knicks fell behind by 15 in the third quarter, then suddenly seized control to snap a three-game losing streak. Anthony scored 26 in the second half.
RAPTORS 116 bt NETS 104 - Kyle Lowry had 23 points, Norman Powell scored a season-high 21 and Toronto defeated Brooklyn.
Lowry, who shot eight of 12 from the field and three of five on three-pointers, added eight assists and four rebounds before sitting out the final six minutes as the Raptors (20-8) won their second straight.
Six different Raptors scored in double figures. Toronto never trailed and led by as many as 23.
PELICANS 108 - 76ERS 93 - Anthony Davis had 31 points and 16 rebounds to lead New Orleans over Philadelphia in a matchup of struggling teams.
Davis scored 11 in New Orleans' dominant second quarter and Terrence Jones finished with 17 points and 10 boards for the Pelicans (10-20), who avenged a December 8 home loss to the 76ers while winning for only the third time in 11 games.
