Kawhi Leonard scores 25 points to spoil DeMar DeRozan's return to Toronto as Raptors beat San Antonio Spurs | NBA News

Kawhi Leonard flew and took a plunge while he only had 15.1 seconds to spoil DeMar DeRozan's return to Toronto as the Raptors narrowly beat the San Antonio San Spurs.

San Antonio Spurs 117-120 Toronto Raptors

Kawhi Leonard had 25 points and scored after 15.1 seconds as the Toronto Raptors defeated his former team, the visiting San Antonio Spurs, 120-117 on Friday night.

Former Raptor DeMar DeRozan had 23 points and 8 assists in his first game in Toronto since trading with the Spurs in the offseason.

Pascal Siakam added 22 points, while Serge Ibaka got 13 points and 15 rebounds, a top in the season. Kyle Lowry and Danny Green each scored 17 points and Jeremy Lin added 11 on the bench.

Marco Belinelli added 21 points on five points for the Spurs, Davis Bertans has 16 points, Patty Mills 15, while Rudy Gay has 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Toronto coach Nick Nurse was sent off in the third quarter after committing two technical fouls.

DeRozan received a standing ovation after a video tribute was played on the scoreboard during a first timeout in the first half. He was traded with Jakob Poeltl and a first round pick of 2019 to Spurs against Leonard, Green and Silver.

The Spurs, who led after the third quarter, had a five-point lead early in the fourth. Toronto fought back to take a six point lead over three points from OG Anunoby six minutes from the end.

The Spurs returned to the lead with a throw on two launched by Bertans with 1:36 to go. After a hard blow from Siakim, the Raptors have a lead, then the Spurs took over Belinelli's third pointer 44 seconds from the end.

Ibaka managed one of two free throws before Leonard forced DeRozan to fly and scored the starting shot goal to give the advantage to Toronto. Leonard added two free throws in the final second.

Utah Jazz 147-148 Thunder from Oklahoma City (2OT)

Paul George scored 45 points, including a float with less than a second in overtime, to bring the Oklahoma City Thunder to a double overtime victory of 148-147 over visiting visitor, Utah Jazz .

After Russell Westbrook escaped in the first overtime, George had to put the game on his shoulders and he managed to stand out by picking up a bounce on Joe Ingles' missed shot 10 seconds from the end and keeping the balloon until he enters the front hallway. releasing the high floater that passed cleanly through the net.

The win was Thunder's 12th place in 14 games while Utah lost for the second consecutive game.

Westbrook's record-breaking series of 11 consecutive double triplas in the NBA officially ended in overtime when he was called for his sixth foul on a 1:09 charge to go. Westbrook finished with 43 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists.

Although Westbrook did not score another triple-double, he scored 15 of 29 goals and set the season record with six shots.

Donovan Mitchell led Utah with 38 points, 14 out of 35 in the pack.

Utah led by 10 in the fourth quarter before the Thunder boosted the pressure defensively and used it to return to the match. Oklahoma City beat Utah 11-0 in the fourth quarter.

George tied with a three-pointer with a time remaining at 1:24 and the teams traded their baskets for the rest of the regulation.

Ricky Rubio's three pointers again gave the Jazz the lead with 31.5 seconds left. Without delay, the Thunder pushed the ball on the court while Westbrook prepared Jerami Grant under the basket for the face-off after a foul from the player.

Grant made the free kick to tie the score again, then blocked a shot on the other end to give Oklahoma City a chance to win in accordance with regulation, but Westbrook's pull-up missed the goal and the match was extended.

The victory won the series of the season for the Thunder, which won its first three meetings with the Jazz this season.

New Orleans Pelicans 111-126 Indiana Pacers

Tyreke Evans gave Indiana the lead with a three-pointer at the end of the third quarter and the Pacers followed, scoring the first eight points of the last period to start retiring, leading to a 126 victory. -111 on the Pelicans from New Orleans to Indianapolis.

By winning their seventh win in their last eight games, the Pacers led a total of 14 seconds before Evans reached his decisive score while he was only three seconds tied with 3.0 seconds to go in the third period for an advance of 97-94.

Domantas Sabonis opened the fourth quarter with a dunk, Evans added a three-point game and Bojan Bogdanovic dug a trio in the 8-0 streak, opening a 105-94 advantage just 1:55 after the start of the period . The Pelicans had no more than seven players to come and lost for the sixth time in their last nine games.

Anthony Davis had 15 points and eight rebounds for the pelicans, but was limited to 20 minutes. He made 6 of his 11 shots.

Wes Matthews had six shots on three shots on goal, representing a majority of his 24 points, the highest number of his team, for the Pacers. Sabonis recorded 13 rebounds, a top in the team, as part of a double-double with 18 points for Indiana, while Bogdanovic (20 points), Evans (17), Thaddeus Young (16) and Darren Collison (10) also scored double-digit.

Cheick Diallo had 16 points and a career high of 18 rebounds for the Pelicans. Julius Randle and Elfrid Payton each had 15 points, Jrue Holiday 14 and E & # 39; Twaun Moore 12 for New Orleans, with 20 points in the second quarter.

Denver Nuggets 114-104 Dallas Mavericks

On the road, the first night back from a long break within a team of stars, the Denver Nuggets had to get rid of rust lightly before breaking through the Dallas Mavericks with a barrage in the third quarter before winning a 114-104 victory.

Denver missed out on the first half of the game against a poor Dallas side that played without rookie star Luka Doncic for the third time this season. The 19-year-old athlete was a surprise scratch before the match due to a right knee pain.

Denver only shot 36.5% in the first period, but slowly regained the advantage to take a 52-51 lead into the locker room. Once the third quarter started, the Nuggets were at the races. A quarter-start against 8-0 became 20-8 then 36-17 while they finally scored 39 points over the quarter on 14 shots out of 27 for an insurmountable lead of 91-74.

The Nuggets finally received a balanced score attack. Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists, while Paul Millsap had 17 points and 13 rebounds.

Isaiah Thomas, who had just played her second consecutive hip injury, had 16 points on the Denver bench and had four three-point shots.

Rookie goaltender Jalen Brunson, starting from Doncic, finished with 22 points, his best career result, but he also made six of the 15 turnovers in Dallas.

Los Angeles Clippers 112-106 Memphis Grizzlies

Reserve Watchler Harrell scored 19 of his 30 points in the first period and Danilo Gallinari added 23, while the visiting Los Angeles Clippers quickly took the lead and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 112- 10.

Lou Williams scored 18 points on the bench of the Clippers, who have won for the fourth time in their last six games, with five of those fights on the road.

Mike Conley scored 25 points with 10 assists, while Joakim Noah added a season-high 22 points to the Grizzlies, who lost for the fourth time in their last five games.

The Clippers gained a 22-point lead in the second quarter and held off a Memphis race at the end of the quarter to take a 65-53 record at half-time. But the Grizzlies dominated the Clippers 33-18 in the third quarter to take a lead of 86-83.

In a tight fourth quarter, Harrell managed a three-point game with a time remaining of 1: 11 to give the Clippers an eight-point advantage to effectively seal the win.

Detroit Pistons 125-122 Atlanta Hawks

Thon Maker scored a decisive 17.1 seconds and the Detroit Pistons were right to beat the Atlanta Hawks 125-122.

Maker took a pass from Reggie Jackson and calmly made the trey, his third of the night, giving him nine points for the game.

The Hawks had two shots to tie the game. Trae Young missed a three-point attempt in 10.5 seconds. John Collins, of Atlanta, grabbed the rebound and found Vince Carter, who missed the game five seconds from time. Andre Drummond cleared the rebound for the Pistons when the horn sounded.

Jackson had 32 points, five rebounds and eight assists while the Pistons won their fifth victory in six games. Drummond had 26 points and 21 rebounds, and Blake Griffin scored 15 before being ejected in the third quarter.

Atlanta, who has lost five of his last six games, got 30 points and 10 assists from Young. Collins added 19 points and six rebounds, Carter came off the bench to score 16 points, and Dewayne Dedmon contributed 14 points and 12 rebounds.

Minnesota Timberwolves 115-104 New York Knicks

The Derrick Rose Reserve scored 20 points, while the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame the absence of All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns to win a 115-104 win over the New York Knicks, including home resulted in 18 defeats.

Towns was placed in the NBA protocol on concussions before the match and missed the first match of his four-year career. He was involved in a road accident in the Minneapolis area on Thursday while he was heading to the airport.

Taj Gibson started for Towns and added 19 points and 10 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins contributed 17 points while the Wolves won three straight wins for the first time under Saunders.

The Knicks tied the Philadelphia 76ers 2013-2014 for the second-longest home slip in the NBA's history. New York has also lost for the 19th time in its last 20 games. Rookies Damyean Dotson and Allonzo Trier scored 20 points for the Knicks.

Wiggins hit two points and a rider in the final at 4:50 of the third, while Minnesota took a 94-83 lead in the fourth.

The Wolves extended the lead to 105-88 on a Luol Deng basket, but missed six of their next seven throws, and New York went 13-2 to get under 109-101 from a throw-in. Emmanuel Mudiay with four minutes. left.

Minnesota finally got the win when Gibson scored 113-121 in 3: 14.

Chicago Bulls 110-109 Orlando Magic

Lauri Markkanen had two free throws and 1.5 seconds to give the Chicago Bulls a 110-109 run, eliminating Orlando Magic's five-game winning streak.

The Bulls lost a point when Markkanen was fouled by three points. After missing the first goal, Markkanen sank both free throws to give the Bulls the advantage, and Magic was able to get shot before the ring at the other end.

Markkanen led Chicago with 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Zach LaVine had 22 points and six assists. The Bulls have won three of their last five games, but still hold the fourth record in the NBA.

Evan Fournier had 22 points, and Nikola Vucevic added 19 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for Orlando. The Magic had won seven of their last eight games at the All-Star break.

Markannen 's winning points came after Fournier scored a three – pointer with 6.3 seconds left to advance to Orlando 109-108. There were 10 lead changes in the last 5:13 of the match.

Washington Wizards 110-123 Charlotte Frelons

Kemba Walker provided 27 points, 11 assists and five rebounds while the Charlotte Hornets ended a two-game losing streak with a 123-110 win over Bradley Beal and visitors Washington Wizards.

The Hornets were led by 12 in the first quarter, but they regrouped to take advantage at half-time and then increased their lead to 16 in the third quarter. Washington has never approached less than seven minutes in the expanse.

Beal scored and finished with 46 points, five fewer than his career record. He was 16 of 25 on the field with four three points.

The Hornets moved their roster for the first time this season with striker Miles Bridges starting his career, goaltender Jeremy Lamb on the bench, and Nicolas Batum going from attacker to goalie. The movement worked as Batum scored 20, Lamb 16 and Bridges 14.

The Wizards suffered their third consecutive loss. Jeff Green scored 16, Tomas Satoransky 15, Bobby Portis 12 and Trevor Ariza 10.

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