SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 30 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 126-102 on Sunday.
The Warriors have won five of six and improved to 5-1 since trading for Jimmy Butler, who made his home debut and finished with 18 points.
Golden State jumped out to a double-digit lead in the first and led by as many as 23 points in the second. Butler and Curry each had 14 in the first half.
PJ Washington and Kyrie Irving scored 17 points apiece for the Mavericks.
The Warriors retired Andre Iguodala’s jersey after the game. The forward helped the Warriors win four championships and was the NBA Finals MVP in 2015.
CELTICS 118, KNICKS 105
BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 25 points with 10 rebounds and nine assists to lead Boston to a victory over New York.
Tatum just missed getting a triple-double for the second straight game after earning one in a victory at Philadelphia on Thursday.
Jaylen Brown had 24 points and eight rebounds, and Derrick White finished with 19 points for Boston, which won its fifth straight and improved to 3-0 against the Knicks this season.
Karl-Anthony Towns led New York with 24 points and Jalen Brunson had 22.
The Knicks had whittled a 77-50 third-quarter deficit down to 95-89 on Mikal Bridges’ driving basket early in final quarter before the Celtics went on a 10-0 spree to take control. Brown had the last six points in the run.
Coming off a 37-point loss at the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, the Knicks fell behind by 27 points after Brown and Tatum hit consecutive 3s just 20 seconds apart early in third quarter.
PACERS 129, CLIPPERS 111
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton had 29 points and 12 assists for his 16th double-double of the season, Aaron Nesmith scored a season-high 19, and Indiana defeated Los Angeles.
Haliburton scored 17 points in the third quarter, when the Pacers (32-23) took a 101-83 lead. The All-Star point guard shot 9 of 14 overall with four 3-pointers.
The Pacers, who are an NBA-best 16-5 in 2025, had seven players score in double digits. Indiana center Myles Turner returned from a three-game injury absence with 17 first-half points.
The short-handed Clippers (31-25) were without leading scorer Norman Powell (left knee soreness) and No. 3 scorer Kawhi Leonard (left foot soreness). Powell averages 24.2 points per game, and Leonard 16.9.
That meant veteran All-Star guard James Harden looked to take more shots — he went 9 of 17 with six 3s to finish with 31 points and 11 assists. Ivica Zubac added 22 points.
RAPTORS 127, SUNS 109
TORONTO (AP) — Immanuel Quickley, Chris Boucher,and RJ Barrett each scored 23 points and Toronto made 20 3-pointers in a victory over Phoenix.
Quickley made 5 of 7 3-pointers and the Raptors were 20 of 35 overall from long range in sending the Suns — coming off a victory Saturday in Chicago — to their fifth loss in six games.
Boucher also had 10 rebounds, and Scottie Barnes added 20 points for the Raptors. Toronto shot 8 for 8 from 3-point range in the fourth quarter to win for the second time in eight games.
Devin Booker scored 31 points and Bradley Beal had 30 for the Suns. Kevin Durant scored 15 points, but shot 5 for 15 overall, including 0 for 5 from 3-point range.
The Suns trimmed a 19-point deficit to two in the final five minutes before the Raptors sealed it with the late 3-pointers.
PISTONS 148, HAWKS 143
ATLANTA (AP) — Cade Cunningham had 38 points, 12 assists and seven rebounds, and Detroit Pistons extended their winning streak to a season-high six games with a win over Atlanta.
Malik Beasley scored 24 points, shooting 6 of 10 from 3-point range.
The Pistons shot a season-best 59.1% from the field en route to a season high in points. They were 20 for 40 from 3-point range. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 18 points and Dennis Schroder added 16 off the bench.
Trae Young had 38 points and 13 assists for the Hawks, who lost their third straight. Georges Niang scored 27 points and tied a career high with seven 3-pointers.
Cunningham had his big night while being guarded primarily by Hawks guard Dyson Daniels, a candidate for Defensive Player of the Year. Daniels had four steals to give him an NBA-best 156 for the season, but Cunningham dominated so thoroughly in the first half that the Hawks double-teamed him almost every time he touched the ball — including in the backcourt — after the break.
BUCKS 120, HEAT 113
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 28 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo had 23 points and 16 rebounds as Milwaukee used a strong fourth quarter to rally past Miami for their fourth consecutive victory.
Lillard, who sat out Friday night’s win over Washington with a hamstring strain, also had eight assists. Brook Lopez added 17 points, Kyle Kuzma and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 16, and Kevin Porter Jr. finished with 11.
Tyler Herro had 40 points, matching a season high, and 11 assists for Miami. Bam Adebayo scored 24, Andrew Wiggins had 20 and Kel’el Ware provided 12 points and 12 rebounds.
The Bucks, who trailed by as many as 14, outscored the Heat 35-20 in the fourth. After a 3-pointer by Herro tied the score at 109, the Bucks closed the game on an 11-4 run.
MAGIC 110, WIZARDS 90
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Franz Wagner and Anthony Black each scored 23 points, Paolo Banchero added 19 and Orlando pulled away in the second half to beat Washington.
Black scored 18 of his career-high 23 points in the second half.
Jordan Poole scored 16 points for Washington, and Richaun Holmes added 11 points and 10 rebounds. The Wizards have lost six straight to fall to 9-47.
PELICANS 114, SPURS 96
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson had 22 points and nine rebounds and New Orleans overcame a 17-point deficit to beat San Antonio to open a two-game set.
The teams will meet again in New Orleans on Tuesday night.
Kelly Olynyk had 14 points and 15 rebounds — his first double-double since the Toronto Raptors sent him to New Orleans as part of a trade for Brandon Ingram.
Rookie center Yves Missi grabbed career-high 15 rebounds, fellow rookie center Karlo Matkovic scored a career-high 19 points, wing Trey Murphy III scored 15 points and reserve guard Jose Alvarado added 12 points for the Pelicans. They’ve won two of their past three games since snapping a 10-gme skid just before the NBA All-Star break.
Julian Champagnie tied a career high with six 3s as he and Keldon Johnson each scored 18 points for San Antonio.
De’Aaron Fox and Harrison Barnes each scored 13 points for the Spurs, who led 50-33 when Barnes hit a 3 with 5:07 left in the second quarter.
CAVALIERS 129, GRIZZLIES 123
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points, fellow All-Star Evan Mobley had 25 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists and NBA-leading Cleveland beat Memphis.
Ty Jerome had 15 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter for Cleveland, which extended the longest active winning streak in the league to seven and is 27-4 at Rocket Arena. All-Star guard Darius Garland did not play after bruising his left hip Friday against New York.
Memphis, which is second in the Western Conference, lost for the third time in four games. Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 22 points, Ja Morant had 21 points and 10 assists, and Luke Kennard added 19 points off the bench.
The matchup featured the two highest-scoring teams in the NBA with Cleveland averaging 122.9 points and Memphis at 122.8. The Cavaliers have scored eight more points than the Grizzlies in the same number of games.
THUNDER 130, TIMBERWOLVES 123
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 37 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and three steals to help West-leading Oklahoma City beat Minnesota to open a home-and-home set.
The teams will play again Monday night in Oklahoma City.
Chet Holmgren added 19 points for the Thunder, who shot a season-best 54% (19 for 35) from 3-point range.
Gilgeous-Alexander re-entered the game with eight minutes left and sparked an 18-4 spurt over the next 5:16 after his cousin, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, hit a 3-pointer that put the Timberwolves up 110-105.
Anthony Edwards had 29 points and 10 rebounds for the short-handed Timberwolves (31-27), who wiped out a 19-point deficit in the second quarter before losing for the fourth time in five games.
The Thunder (46-10) have lost only once in the last 25 days, when they fell in Minnesota on Feb. 13. Oklahoma City has a 9 1/2-game lead over Denver and Memphis for the Western Conference lead.
The Associated Press