Thunder stretch NBA win streak to 13 as Celtics edge T-Wolves

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<div> </div>Oklahoma City stretched the NBA&#x27;s best win streak to 13 games with a home victory Thursday, while the reigning champion Boston Celtics held on for a last-shot win at Minnesota.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had game highs of 29 points and eight assists to spark the Thunder over the Los Angeles Clippers, 116-98, at Oklahoma City, improving the Western Conference leaders to 28-5.The Thunder&#x27;s win streak is the longest since the team relocated from Seattle after the 2007-08 season.&quot;It&#x27;s just being present, going day by day, working on ourselves and I think we&#x27;re doing a good job on that,&quot; said Isaiah Hartenstein, who added 11 points, nine rebounds and six assists for the Thunder.Oklahoma City trailed, 52-48, at half-time but outscored the Clippers, 42-20, in the third quarter and Los Angeles never closed the gap.&quot;We wanted to come out and just pick up the pressure,&quot; Hartenstein said. &quot;We weren&#x27;t playing the way we wanted, with the force we wanted. We wanted to pressure them and I think we did a good job of that.&quot;At Minneapolis, the Celtics were without Jaylen Brown due to a right shoulder strain and Kristaps Porzingis with an ankle sprain but won for the third time in four games to start a difficult road trip, dispatching the Timberwolves, 118-115.Jayson Tatum sparked Boston with 33 points on 13-of-27 shooting, 6-of-17 from 3-point range, and added eight rebounds and nine assists.&quot;No JB. No KP. We&#x27;ve had a rough stretch this last eight or nine games,&quot; Tatum said. &quot;So this January we&#x27;re going to try to turn it around and get back to our identity.&quot;What better way than to come in on the road in a tough environment against a really good team down two of your best players and the way that we responded, figured out a way to win, we will take that any day.&quot;The Celtics (25-9) made only four turnovers while forcing 16 by the Timberwolves (17-16), who made it close by outscoring Boston 20-4 at the free throw line.The T-Wolves led 35-28 after 12 minutes, matching their top-scoring first quarter of the season, but the Celtics pulled ahead 62-51 at half-time.Minnesota capped a 20-7 run with a 3-pointer by Donte DiVincenzo to pull level at 94-94 with 9:16 remaining.DiVincenzo sank three free throws with 28 seconds to play to pull the Timberwolves within 118-115 and Minnesota got the ball after a Tatum miss with 3.1 seconds remaining.&quot;Rule number one. If you leave it short, it never has a chance to go in,&quot; Tatum said,Anthony Edwards missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Boston the victory.&quot;Just had to stick with it,&quot; Tatum said of Boston&#x27;s defensive work. &quot;They were hitting some tough shots. You&#x27;ve got to live with something, can&#x27;t take everything away. Stick to the game plan, compete.&quot;Derrick White added 26 points for Boston. Julius Randle led Minnesota with 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.The Celtics began a four-game road swing against top clubs with future stops at Houston, Oklahoma City and Denver.&quot;I love the way we competed. Our physicality was on point. That&#x27;s what it&#x27;s going to take,&quot; Tatum said.&quot;We play four really good, difficult teams on the road. We&#x27;re going to need everybody in these games.&quot;<div>Nets edge Bucks </div>Indiana&#x27;s Tyrese Haliburton scored 33 points and added 15 rebounds to lead the Pacers over host Miami, 128-115. Myles Turner added 21 points and Pascal Siakam contributed 18 points and 11 rebounds for Indiana.Brooklyn&#x27;s Cameron Johnson scored 26 points and Cam Thomas added 24 off the bench as the Nets won 113-110 at Milwaukee.Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for the Bucks while Damian Lillard added 23 points but the Milwaukee stars missed shots late to doom a late rally.Lillard&#x27;s jumper pulled the Bucks within 111-110 with 37 seconds remaining, but after a Brooklyn turnover, Antetokounmpo missed a driving layup attempt and Ziaire Williams sank two free throws to give the Nets a 113-110 edge with six seconds to play.Lillard missed a potential tying 3-pointer at the buzzer.<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Oklahoma City stretched the NBA's best win streak to 13 games with a home victory Thursday while the reigning champion Boston Celtics held on for a last-shot win at Minnesota.

Oklahoma City stretched the NBA's best win streak to 13 games with a home victory Thursday while the reigning champion Boston Celtics held on for a last-shot win at Minnesota.

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Thunder stretch NBA win streak to 13 as Celtics edge T-Wolves

Thunder stretch NBA win streak to 13 as Celtics edge T-Wolves

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Published Jan 03, 2025 12:43 PM PHT

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