SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rudy Gobert and Jordan Clarkson each scored 18 points and the NBA-leading Utah Jazz routed the Los Angeles Lakers 114-89 on Wednesday night.
Gobert also had nine rebounds to help Utah improve to 26-6 with its 22nd victory in its last 24 games.
Bojan Bogdanovic added 15 points, Mike Conley had 14 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Donovan Mitchell finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists.
LeBron James scored 19 points and Montrzel Harrell added 16 to lead the Lakers (22-11), who lost their fourth straight and fifth in six games.
The Jazz slammed the door early in the third quarter when Gobert threw down back-to-back alley-oop dunks to extend Utah’s lead to 71-47.
PELICANS 128, PISTONS 118
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson scored 32 points in his first game since being named a first-time All-Star, and New Orleans beat Detroit.
Highlighting his performance with quick dribbling spin moves to elude multiple converging defenders in the paint and set up short floaters and layups, or with thunderous one-handed dunks on cuts down the lane or along the baseline, Williamson made 13 of his 18 shots in reaching the 30-point threshold for the eighth time this season.
Brandon Ingram added 27 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for New Orleans, which trailed most of the first three quarters before edging in front in the fourth quarter, thwarting the Pistons’ bid to win two road games in consecutive nights.
Steven Adams scored 14 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in his first action since missing two games with a sore right ankle. His putback gave the Pelicans a 121-111 lead with 2:15 left.
Josh Jackson scored 25 points for Detroit.
HORNETS 124, SUNS 121
PHOENIX (AP) — Malik Monk scored 29 points, LaMelo Ball added 20 points and eight assists and Charlotte cooled off Phoenix.
Phoenix lost for just the second time in 11 games. Suns star Devin Booker missed an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer with replays showing Gordon Hayward made contact with Booker’s arm. There was no foul call and the play wasn’t reviewed.
Hayward also had 20 points, including two free throws with 5.8 seconds left.
Booker had 33 points on 13-of-24 shooting. He was named to his second straight All-Star team as an injury replacement for Lakers forward Anthony Davis a few hours before the game.
HAWKS 127, CELTICS 112
ATLANTA (AP) — Danilo Gallinari set an Atlanta franchise record with 10 3-pointers in a 38-point spree that carried the Hawks past Boston.
Gallinari finished 10 of 12 from 3-point range and 13 of 16 overall. He broke the mark of nine 3-pointers by Steve Smith in a 1997 game against Seattle. The Hawks also eclipsed the overall team record by going 23 of 42 beyond beyond the arc.
Trae Young played like an All-Star, adding 33 points.
Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 17 points.
WARRIORS 111, PACERS 107
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 24 points, Draymond Green fell just short of a triple-double and weary Golden State beat Indiana.
Green had 12 points, 11 rebounds, nine assists and three steals. The Warriors took control with a late 6-0 run to seal their second straight victory on a four-game trip.
Malcolm Brogdon led the Pacers with 24 points, and Domantas Sabonis had 22 points and 16 rebounds.
BULLS 133, TIMBERWOLVES 126, OT
CHICAGO (AP) — Zach LaVine celebrated his first All-Star selection with 35 points against his original NBA team, helping Chicago beat Minnesota in overtime.
LaVine, named an All-Star reserve Tuesday night, made 14 of 21 shots in his 16th game this season with at least 30 points. Chicago shot 59% from the field.
Minnesota lost for the 10th time in 11 games despite a gutsy second-half rally while playing for the second straight night. New coach Chris Finch is winless in two games since taking over after Ryan Saunders was fired Sunday night. Malik Beasley scored 25 points for the Timberwolves.
SPURS 102, THUNDER 99
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 42 points, and Lu Dort hit a 3-pointer as time expired to lift Oklahoma City past San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.
San Antonio turned the ball over with 3.9 seconds remaining, giving Oklahoma City the ball with the score tied. Dort’s corner 3-pointer dropped as the buzzer sounded, and his teammates mobbed him.
Dort and Al Horford each scored 16 points for the Thunder.
Dejounte Murray had 27 points for the Spurs.
HEAT 116, RAPTORS 108
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler Butler scored 27 points, 14 of them in the final quarter, and Miami beat Toronto for its fourth consecutive victory.
Butler also had 10 assists and eight rebounds. It was the eighth win in the last 11 games for the Heat, who started the season 7-14.
Kyle Lowry, returning from a thumb injury, scored 24 points for Toronto. Fred VanVleet also had 24.
