PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid had 22 points, including four late free throws, to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the Miami Heat 101-94 on Monday night.
Gerald Henderson added 19 points and Jahlil Okafor had 15 for the 76ers, who won their fourth straight home game. Philadelphia (4-10) has lost 21 in a row on the road.
Hassan Whiteside set a career high with 32 points while reaching double digits in rebounds for the 13th consecutive game to start the season. Whiteside, who entered leading the NBA with 16.2 boards per game, finished with 13.
SPURS 96, MAVERICKS 91: Kawhi Leonard had 24 points and nine rebounds as host San Antonio escaped with its sixth straight win.
Dallas guard Seth Curry matched a career high with 23 points, shooting 5 for 10 on 3-pointers.
Wesley Matthews and Harrison Barnes each had 20 points in the Mavericks’ sixth consecutive loss.
With the Mavericks trailing 92-91, Barnes missed a fadeaway 17-footer with 15 seconds left that Manu Ginobili rebounded before being fouled. Ginobili hit a pair of free throws to extend the lead to 94-91 before Curry missed a 3 with 6 seconds remaining.
WIZARDS 106, SUNS 101: Bradley Beal scored a career-high 42 points and John Wall shook off an awful shooting night with seven key points down the stretch as Washington won at home.
Beal, who scored 34 points in Saturday’s loss to Miami, had nine in the first quarter, seven in the second, 12 in the third and 14 in the fourth. He shot 14 for 22 and hit five of his 10 3-point attempts.
WARRIORS 120, PACERS 83: Klay Thompson scored 25 points in 26 minutes and two-time MVP Stephen Curry added 22 points as Golden State won in Indianapolis.
The Warriors (12-2) have won eight straight and kept their starters on the bench for the entire fourth quarter after taking a 29-point lead.
GRIZZLIES 105, HORNETS 90: Mike Conley had 31 points, Marc Gasol flirted with a triple-double and Memphis won in Charlotte, North Carolina, for its fifth straight win.
Conley had five 3-pointers and shot 11 of 21 from the field, including a long-range 3 with 4 minutes left that thwarted Charlotte’s fourth-quarter rally and sent the crowd streaming toward the exits.
Gasol was dominant in the first half and finished with 13 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.
BUCKS 93, MAGIC 89: Giannis Antetokounmpo had his first triple-double of the season to lead Milwaukee to a win at home.
Milwaukee snapped a three-game losing streak as Antetokounmpo finished with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. He made all nine free-throw attempts, was 6 of 13 from the floor and also added five steals and three blocks.
ROCKETS 99, PISTONS 96: James Harden had 28 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, lifting Houston to a victory over Detroit at Auburn Hills, Michigan.
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