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NBA: Maxey leads 76ers past Lakers, surging Rockets hold off Hawks

NBA: Maxey leads 76ers past Lakers, surging Rockets hold off Hawks

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Jalen Green #0 of the Houston Rockets high fives fans following a game against the Atlanta Hawks at Toyota Center on April 10, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Carmen Mandato, Getty Images/AFP Jalen Green #0 of the Houston Rockets high fives fans following a game against the Atlanta Hawks at Toyota Center on April 10, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Carmen Mandato, Getty Images/AFP/File

LOS ANGELES -- Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points to lead the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers to a 118-104 NBA victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday as the surging Houston Rockets pulled off a tense 100-96 win over Atlanta.

With Joel Embiid missing his 12th straight game and Paul George sidelined with a finger injury, Maxey stepped up and the Sixers won their third straight.

The defeat halted the Lakers' four-game winning streak, which featured a victory over reigning champions Boston. Worse, star Anthony Davis exited in the first quarter with an abdominal strain.

The Lakers were up 20-17 when Davis -- fresh off a 42-point, 23-rebound performance in Charlotte on Monday -- departed and they struggled defensively in his absence.

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The 76ers out-scored them 48-32 in the second quarter and led 73-57 at halftime.

LeBron James scored 31 points with eight rebounds and nine assists but said 22 turnovers were too many.

"When your best player goes out it's always challenging," James said, but added: "We've just got to be better.

"We had too many turnovers tonight that resulted in too many buckets for them. You can't make mistake after mistake after mistake."

James, the league's all-time leading scorer, had one steal to move into sixth place on the all-time steals list with 2,311.

In Atlanta, Jalen Green scored 25 points for the Rockets, who fended off a late Hawks surge to post a fourth straight win.

Coming off three big victories -- two straight over Eastern Conference leaders Cleveland and a 114-112 victory on Monday over Boston -- the Rockets delivered another gritty performance.

Green's steal and layup pushed Houston's lead to 96-80 with 5:16 to play. But Atlanta sliced the deficit to 98-96 with less than a minute remaining.

DeAndre Hunter had a chance to put the Hawks in front but missed a three-pointer and Alperen Sengun sealed the victory with a dunk.

Sengun finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds and Jae'Sean Tate added 16 points off the bench for Houston.

Trae Young scored 21 for Atlanta, who dropped their sixth straight.

- Depleted Warriors silence Jazz -

The Golden State Warriors shook off the absence of superstar Stephen Curry to beat the Utah Jazz 114-103 in San Francisco.

Curry, who sat out with a flare up of knee trouble, was just one notable Warriors absentee, with Draymond Green sidelined again with a calf strain and Jonathan Kuminga nursing a sprained ankle.

Dennis Schroder drilled five three-pointers on the way to 23 points to lead the Warriors.

Brandin Podziemski added 20 off the bench and Andrew Wiggins chipped in 19 as Golden State saw their 15-point lead cut to one midway through the fourth quarter before pulling away again for the win.

Collin Sexton scored 30 points to lead six Jazz players to score in double figures, but Utah dropped their seventh straight.

In Portland, Deni Avdija matched his season high with 30 points and Anfernee Simons added 25 for the Trail Blazers in a 125-112 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 39 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Damian Lillard -- who played 11 seasons in Portland -- added 20 for the Bucks.

But after surrendering an early 12-point lead Milwaukee never led in the second half.

© Agence France-Presse

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High-flying Rockets edge NBA champion Celtics, Davis powers Lakers

High-flying Rockets edge NBA champion Celtics, Davis powers Lakers

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Amen Thompson #1 of the Houston Rockets celebrates after scoring the game winning basket against the Boston Celtics during the second half at TD Garden on January 27, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer, Getty Images/AFPAmen Thompson #1 of the Houston Rockets celebrates after scoring the game winning basket against the Boston Celtics during the second half at TD Garden on January 27, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer, Getty Images/AFP

LOS ANGELES -- Amen Thompson drove for the game-winner with 1.3 seconds left to lift the Houston Rockets to a gritty 114-112 victory over the NBA champion Boston Celtics on Monday.

After two victories over Eastern Conference leaders Cleveland last week, the Rockets held on to topple another Eastern power, surrendering an early 11-point advantage but clawing back after the Celtics took a 12-point lead early in the fourth quarter.

Dillon Brooks scored 36 points and Thompson added a career-high 33 points with 10 rebounds, four assists, one steal and a key late block for the Rockets.

A three-pointer from Brooks ignited a 13-0 Rockets run capped by two baskets from Thompson that put Houston up 102-101.

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Jaylen Brown scored 28 points to lead the Celtics. Jayson Tatum scored all 19 of his in the second half but his late surge couldn't get Boston over the hump.

After four more lead changes, the Celtics had tied it 112-112 on Tatum's layup with 5.3 seconds left. But Thompson, the fourth overall pick in the 2023 draft, got loose on an inbounds play and drove for the game-winner.

"That felt great," Thompson said. "That's my first game-winner. I feel like Kobe (Bryant)!"

 
 

Elsewhere the Cavaliers snapped their first three-game losing streak of the season with a 110-91 home victory over Detroit while the Los Angeles Lakers -- fueled by a monster game from Anthony Davis -- notched a fourth straight victory 112-107 over the Charlotte Hornets.

Davis scored 42 points and pulled down 23 rebounds and the Lakers led by as many as 23 points on the way to victory.

Davis set the tone early, scoring 21 points with 11 rebounds in the first quarter alone, when he connected on nine of his 12 attempts from the field.

"Teammates did their job setting me up," Davis said. "It's the entire team, not just me I think. It's the way we've been playing, moving the basketball, playing for each other, not caring who scores as long as we score -- things have just been able to open up for me."

LeBron James added 22 points, seven rebounds and eight assists and Austin Reaves chipped in 17 points for the Lakers.

Miles Bridges scored 26 points to pace the Hornets, but Charlotte saw star guard LaMelo Ball exit in the first half with an ankle injury.

- Knicks top Grizzlies -

In Miami, the Heat shook off the latest drama surrounding star Jimmy Butler to beat the Orlando Magic 125-119 in double overtime.

Tyler Herro scored 30 points and handed out 12 assists, Bam Adebayo added 26 points and six Heat players scored in double figures.

Hours earlier Butler -- reportedly miffed to be told he would be coming off the bench -- walked out of the morning shoot-around and was suspended by the team for the third time this month.

The New York Knicks brought the Memphis Grizzlies' six-game winning streak to an emphatic end with a 143-106 triumph at Madison Square Garden.

Mikal Bridges scored 28 points to lead seven Knicks players in double figures and New York held Memphis star Ja Morant to 10 points on the way to their fourth straight win.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Knicks, who put up 143 points for the second straight game.

The Chicago Bulls withstood a 33-point triple-double from Denver's NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic to beat the Nuggets 129-121.

Zach LaVine scored 21 points and Nikola Vucevic added 20 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the Bulls, who connected on 24 of 53 three-point attempts.

Denver led by one going into the fourth quarter, but Chicago opened the period on a 13-0 scoring run to seize control for good.

© Agence France-Presse

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