Russell Westbrook registered a triple-double for the third game in a row and for the 20th time this season to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 122-118 victory over the Sacramento Kings.
Westbrook claimed 36 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists as the Thunder did not look back from going ahead in the opening quarter.
The Kings, boosted by DeMarcus Cousins' haul of 31 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, fought back to within three points in the closing seconds, but it came too little too late.
In Atlanta, Kent Bazemore scored 24 points, Mike Dunleavy added 20 as the Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 111-98.
Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 33 points and was a tough matchup in the paint for Milwaukee, which dropped two-and-a-half games behind the fourth-place Hawks in the Eastern Conference.
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Atlanta has won eight of nine. The Bucks have dropped three of five.
Matthew Dellavedova continued his return from a hamstring injury with the Australian scoring three points and picking three rebounds and three assists in 23 minutes on court.
Wesley Matthews led the way with 19 points for the Dallas Mavericks, for whom six players reached double figures, in their 98-87 defeat of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Mavericks' Australian centre Andrew Bogut missed the game due to a hamstring injury.
James Harden recorded his 12th triple-double of the season as the Houston Rockets cantered to a 137-112 win over the slumping Brooklyn Nets.
Harden poured in 22 points and added 11 rebounds and 11 assists for good measure to hand the Nets a 10th consecutive defeat.
Toronto outscored the New York Knicks 27-8 in an embarrassingly one-sided third quarter as the Raptors cruised to a 116-101 victory.
DeMar DeRozan collected 23 points, five rebounds and five assists for the Raptors, who led by 38 points towards the end of the third quarter before easing up in the fourth as they handed the Knicks a 10th defeat from their last 12 matches.
The Chicago Bulls finished strongly to down the Memphis Grizzlies 108-104 and the Detroit Pistons ended a three-game losing run by winning 102-97 over the Los Angeles Lakers.
