HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NBA GAMES PLAYED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT (THURSDAY AEDT)
WARRIORS 121 beat RAPTORS 111 - Kevin Durant scored 22 points and matched his season best with 17 rebounds as Golden State held off Toronto. Durant also had seven assists and five blocks.
DeMar DeRozan scored 29 points and became Toronto's career scoring leader (10,290), passing Chris Bosh's 10,275 points. But the Raptors had their franchise-record, seven-game road winning streak snapped.
BULLS 101 bt NETS 99 - Jimmy Butler matched his season high with 40 points and hit a jump shot at the buzzer roughly five minutes after being helped off the court with an apparent injury, to give the Chicago Bulls a 101-99 comeback victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
Butler scored nine points in the final two-and-a-half minutes to rally Chicago. He finished 11 for 11 from the free throw line and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Bulls overcame a seven-point deficit in the final three minutes for their second consecutive win.
Dwyane Wade had 16 points before leaving early in the fourth quarter with a migraine.
Brook Lopez had 33 points - including a career-high five three-pointers - as the Nets dropped their 12th straight road game.
SPURS 119 bt SUNS 98 - LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and San Antonio defeated Phoenix without leading scorer Kawhi Leonard.
After trailing by as many as 10 points, San Antonio forced seven turnovers while outscoring Phoenix 30-16 in the final quarter to capture their sixth straight win at home.
Tony Parker added 20 points and Pau Gasol had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Spurs, who played without Leonard for the first time this season. The 6-foot-7 forward, who had a stomach virus, was replaced in the lineup by Kyle Anderson.
PELICANS 102 bt CLIPPERS 98 - Anthony Davis highlighted a 20-point performance with a soaring, one-handed, alley-oop dunk during a pivotal fourth-quarter spurt, and the suddenly surging New Orleans Pelicans beat Los Angeles.
Buddy Hield scored 17 points for the Pelicans, who have won three straight. Reserve guard Tyreke Evans added a season-high 12 in his sixth game back from a right knee injury.
Chris Paul returned from a three-game absence and scored 21 points against his old team, but couldn't quite lift the Clippers out of their funk. Los Angeles have lost four straight.
Austin Rivers had 22 points for Los Angeles, and DeAndre Jordan pulled down 25 rebounds.
HAWKS 102 bt KNICKS 98, OT - Dennis Schroder scored 27 points, Dwight Howard added 16 points and 22 rebounds, and Atlanta took advantage of Carmelo Anthony's second-quarter ejection to beat New York in overtime.
Derrick Rose finished with 26 points for New York, but the star point guard fell as he was dribbling near the Knicks' basket and lost his footing with six seconds left in overtime and Atlanta leading by one.
Schroder followed with a pair of free throws to make it 100-97. Kristaps Porzingis, who scored 24 points, was fouled as he shot a three-pointer on the ensuing possession, but made just one of three free throws to end the suspense.
HORNETS 120 bt MAGIC 101 - Kemba Walker scored 21 points, Nicolas Batum had 20 and Charlotte used a huge third quarter to rout Orlando.
Jeremy Lamb added 14 points and Ramon Sessions scored 13 off the bench as the Hornets won for the fourth time in five games. Charlotte shot 54.8 per cent, including 10 of 24 on 3-pointers.
WIZARDS 111 bt PACERS 105 - John Wall had 36 points and 11 rebounds, and Washington held off Indiana despite playing the second half without Bradley Beal.
Otto Porter Jr. added 22 points for the Wizards, and Wall finished one assist shy of his first triple-double this season. Beal, who sprained his right ankle in the first quarter, had 12 points in 18 minutes.
The Wizards are 8-3 in their past 11 games and have won seven straight at home. They're within a game of .500 for the first time since losing their opener en route to a 2-8 start.
BUCKS 119 bt PISTONS 94 - Jabari Parker scored 31 points and Giannis Antetokuompo had 23 points and eight rebounds as Milwaukee beat Detroit.
Greg Monroe added 14 points, six assists and five rebounds against his former team to help the Bucks win for the second time in five games.
NUGGETS 105 bt TIMBERWOLVES 103 - Wilson Chandler scored 17 points and delivered a key block in the final seconds, helping Denver hang on to beat Minnesota.
The Nuggets overcame a triple-double by Karl-Anthony Towns, who had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the Timberwolves.
TRAIL BLAZERS 102 bt KINGS 89 - CJ McCollum scored 20 points and Portland snapped a six-game losing streak with a victory over Sacramento.
Meyers Leonard added 16 off the bench for the Trail Blazers, who played without leading scorer Damian Lillard for the second straight game because of a sprained left ankle.
DeMarcus Cousins scored 28 points but the Kings had their four-game winning streak snapped.
