Patty Mills scored 14 points as the San Antonio Spurs prevailed in a double-overtime NBA classic against Oklahoma City Thunder.
Rated by NBA experts as the best game of the 2018-19 season, the Spurs outlasted the Thunder 154-147.
Mills was part of a bench trio that included Davis Bertans and Marco Belinelli that shot a combined 12/13 from three-point range.
LaMarcus Aldridge was the biggest weapon for the Spurs as he hounded the Thunder defence.
Aldridge poured in a career-high 56 points and pulled down nine rebounds to keep a resolute Thunder at bay.
Dwyane Wade scored a team-high 19 points off the bench to lead Miami Heat to a 115-99 win over the Boston Celtics.
Boston point guard Kyrie Irving led all scorers with 22 points, but the Celtics had their four-game win streak broken as Miami logged a season-high 33 assists.
The Heat held Boston to 40.4 per cent shooting and out-rebounded the Celtics 51-37 with a 46-30 edge in paint points.
The Heat, who evened their record at 20-20, had six double-figure scorers, including Josh Richardson, who tallied 18.
Justise Winslow, Miami's recently converted point guard, added 13 points and 11 assists, a game high and career high.
Boston, playing on consecutive nights and on the road as opposed to the more-rested Heat, didn't show much energy after the first quarter.
Boston led by up to six points in a first period that featured five lead changes, but Miami rallied to go up 28-24 by the end of the quarter.
Miami led 61-43 at halftime with Derrick Jones draining a three-pointer on the buzzer from just inside the half-court line, one of 18 long-range shots that hit the target.
The Celtics trailed by 26 points in the third quarter before closing on a 26-11 run.
Jones tried another long shot at the end of the quarter -- this one from about 60 feet -- and nearly made it but missed off the backboard and the rim.
Miami carried an 83-72 lead into the fourth quarter, and Boston never seriously threatened.
Nikola Jokic had 18 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his 21st career triple-double to help the Denver Nuggets extend their home winning streak to 11 by cruising past the Los Angeles Clippers 121-100.
The Sacramento Kings beat the Detroit Pistons 112-102 with Blake Griffin rested.
