Keldon Johnson hit for 23 points and recently acquired Sandro Mamukelashvili scored all 11 of his points in the fourth quarter as the host San Antonio Spurs waylaid the Western Conference-leading Denver Nuggets 128-120 on Friday to snap a two-game losing streak.
Dorian Finney-Smith sank the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 36.8 seconds left in overtime as visiting Brooklyn outlasted Minnesota.
Austin Reaves scored 18 points while Jarred Vanderbilt and Rui Hachimura added 16 each as Los Angeles improved to 4-2 since James went down with a foot tendon injury. The Lakers have won seven of their past nine games overall to move into a play-in tournament spot in the Western Conference. Washington shot just 7 of 27 from 3-point distance. At 3-of-7, Kristaps Porzingis was the only Wizard to make more than one triple. Bradley Beal scored a team-high 27 points for the Wizards, and Porzingis had 22 points and a team-high nine rebounds. Kyle Kuzma added 17 points.Jimmy Butler scored 12 of his team-high 33 points in the fourth quarter to help rally Miami past visiting Cleveland.
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