Payton Pritchard came off the bench to score a game-high 27 points and deliver 10 assists, leading the Boston Celtics to a 123-99 win over the visiting Detroit Pistons on Thursday.
Pritchard shot 10 of 20 from the field, including 7 of 15 from 3-point range.
The Celtics received 23 points from Derrick White and 19 from Kristaps Porzingis while beating the Pistons for the 12th consecutive meeting.
Rookie Ronald Holland II scored a career-high 26 points for the Pistons, who shot 7 of 37 (18.9 percent) from 3-point territory. Detroit’s Cade Cunningham finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
Kings 111, Pelicans 109
Domantas Sabonis had 32 points and 20 rebounds, DeMar DeRozan scored 16 of his 29 points in the third quarter and visiting Sacramento beat New Orleans.
DeAaron Fox and Keegan Murray scored 18 each for the Kings, who outscored the Pelicans 38-28 in the third quarter.
CJ McCollum scored a game-high 36 points, Trey Murphy III had 21 and Dejounte Murray added 20 to lead New Orleans.
Heat 114, Raptors 104
Bam Adebayo scored 21 points and grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds, leading host Miami over Toronto.
Miami, which won its season-best fourth straight game, also got a game-high 23 points from Tyler Herro. The Heat also received important bench contributions from Nikola Jovic (14 points) and Dru Smith (11 points).
Raptors star RJ Barrett made just 5 of 18 shots, but he had a triple-double with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Gradey Dick led Toronto with 22 points, including 12 in the first quarter. Jakob Poeltl added 16 points.
–Field Level Media
