SAN ANTONIO — Kawhi Leonard scored 26 points while Pau Gasol added 17 points, 13 rebounds and six assists to lead San Antonio to a 108-101 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.
Tony Parker contributed 16 points and seven assists for the Spurs, who now have the league’s second-best record at 20-5. Golden State is 22-4.
LEAGUE, PLAYERS REACH DEAL
The NBA and its players have agreed in principle on a new collective bargaining agreement, one that still needs to be ratified by players and owners in the coming weeks. The league announced the tentative agreement Wednesday, one day before the sides faced a deadline for opting out of the current deal.
That deadline for opting out has now been extended to Jan. 13, with the NBA saying that’s “in order to give both sides enough time to review the terms of the agreement and vote to ratify.”
– Associated Press
Avery Bradley led the Celtics with 25 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. Jae Crowder added 15 points and Al Horford 13.
RAPTORS 123, 76ers 114: DeMar DeRozan scored 31 points and Kyle Lowry added 20 to help the Toronto Raptors win at Philadelphia for their fourth straight win..
CLIPPERS 113, MAGIC 108: Austin Rivers made seven 3-points and scored 25 points in his return from a concussion to help visiting Los Angeles win its third straight.
Blake Griffin added 23 points, and DeAndre Jordan had 22 points and 12 rebounds.
HEAT 95, PACERS 89: Hassan Whiteside had 26 points and 22 rebounds while Tyler Johnson scored 15 off the bench as Miami won at home.
James Johnson added 14 points for the Heat, who outrebounded Indiana 58-38 and won consecutive games at home for the first time all season.
NETS 107, LAKERS 97: Bojan Bogdanovic scored 23 points, Sean Kilpatrick had 22 and host Brooklyn sent Los Angeles to its eighth straight loss.
WIZARDS 109, HORNETS 106: John Wall and Bradley Beal combined for 19 of their 45 points in the third quarter as the Wizards came back to win at Washington.
GRIZZLIES 93, CAVALIERS 85: Troy Daniels scored 20 points and Marc Gasol had 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead host Memphis to a win over a short-handed Cleveland roster that had its top three scorers at home to rest.
Tony Allen added 16 points, eight rebounds and three steals as Memphis won for the seventh time in eight games.
LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love did not make the trip for the Cavs, leaving an average of more than 70 points per game back in Cleveland.
PISTONS 95, MAVERICKS 85: Reggie Jackson scored 20 points and Andre Drummond led a dominant rebounding effort with 17 as Detroit won at Dallas.
ROCKETS 132, KINGS 98: James Harden had a triple-double – 15 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds – in just three quarters to lead host Houston to its eighth straight win.
Houston’s winning streak is the longest current one in the NBA and the team’s longest since 2014.
It was Harden’s fifth triple-double this season and the 14th of his career, which ties him with Hakeem Olajuwon for most in franchise history.
Houston led by 15 points in the third quarter before using a 10-4 run to push it to 76-53 with about 7 minutes left in the quarter.
JAZZ 109, THUNDER 89: Rodney Hood scored 25 points as Utah won at home to break a tie atop the Northwest Division between the teams.
Gordon Hayward added 17 points for the Jazz.
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