DALLAS — Reserve guard Patty Mills scored a season-high 23 points, and the San Antonio Spurs remained perfect on the road by rallying past the Dallas Mavericks 94-87 Wednesday night at American Airlines Center.
The Spurs (15-4) improved to 11-0 on the road, the third-best away start in NBA history. San Antonio also won its seventh straight in the series against Dallas, including two meetings in the past 10 days.
The Spurs came back from a 13-point deficit in the third quarter. Mills scored 15 in the fourth, including eight points in a row as the Spurs went up 90-84.
The Mavericks (3-14) were led by Wesley Matthews, who had a season-high 26 points and hit five 3-pointers. Harrison Barnes scored 17.
Thunder 126, Wizards 115 (OT)
OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook notched his fourth consecutive triple-double in leading Oklahoma City to an overtime victory over Washington at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Westbrook posted 35 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists to garner his eighth triple-double of the season. Victor Oladipo added 25 points on 10 of 16 shooting. Enes Kanter came off the bench to score 14 points as Oklahoma City improved to 12-8.
Bradley Beal posted 31 points on 10 of 21 shooting for the Wizards. Markieff Morris tallied 19 points and seven rebounds. John Wall had a double-double with 15 points and 15 assists as Washington fell to 6-11.
Suns 109, Hawks 107
PHOENIX — Leandro Barbosa scored all eight of his points early in the fourth quarter when Phoenix took the lead for good and went on to beat slumping Atlanta.
Brandon Knight had 14 of his 23 points in the first quarter and P.J Tucker and Jared Dudley added 17 each for the Suns, who won for the second time in the last six games. They have beaten the Hawks five of the last six times in Phoenix.
Barbosa had missed his last 11 shots over the 11 quarters before his layup with 9:48 left to play gave the Suns a 81-79 lead. He added three more baskets during a 10-0 run that increased the Phoenix lead to 94-84 and Phoenix never trailed again.
Heat 106, Nuggets 98
DENVER — Hassan Whiteside had 25 points and 16 rebounds, Wayne Ellington came off the bench to score 22 and Miami beat Denver.
Goran Dragic had 16 points and seven assists for the Heat, who outscored Denver 31-18 in the fourth quarter.
Whiteside had a double-double before halftime with 13 points and 13 rebounds and finished with four blocked shots for a shorthanded Miami team.
Knicks 106, Timberwolves 104
MINNEAPOLIS — New York overcame a career night from Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns to take down the Timberwolves at Target Center.
Carmelo Anthony hit the game-winning jumper with 2.3 seconds remaining as the Knicks fended off a furious fourth-quarter comeback by the Timberwolves. Minnesota tied the game with 24.2 seconds to play before Anthony’s jumper over Andrew Wiggins.
Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis scored 29 points and point guard Brandon Jennings provided a spark off the bench with 12 points and seven assists in the win. Anthony and Mindaugas Kuzinskas each added 14 points.
Lakers 96, Bulls 90
CHICAGO — Guards Jordan Clarkson and Lou Williams scored 18 points apiece off the bench, and Los Angeles rallied for a win over Chicago.
Forward Julius Randle scored 13 points and grabbed a career-high-tying 20 rebounds for the Lakers. Los Angeles earned its second win in the past three games despite the absence of injured guards D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young.
Guard Jimmy Butler led the Bulls with 22 points in 40 minutes. Forward Taj Gibson scored 11 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to notch his sixth double-double of the season. Center Robin Lopez scored 10 points, grabbed nine rebounds and set a career high with eight blocks for the Bulls.
Pistons 121, Celtics 114
BOSTON — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led a group of four 20-point scorers for Detroit, dropping 25 points as the Pistons beat Boston at TD Garden.
Tobias Harris scored 21 and Marcus Morris added 20 for Detroit (10-10), which has won four of its last five games. Ish Smith approached a triple-double with 19 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
Andre Drummond, who received his first career ejection during Tuesday’s 112-89 win over the Charlotte Hornets after throwing an elbow at Roy Hibbert, had 20 points and 17 rebounds.
Raptors 120, Grizzlies 105
TORONTO — Undermanned Memphis gave Toronto all it could handle for most of the game.
However, youthful exuberance and grit could only take the Grizzlies so far as the Raptors posted a victory to extend their winning streak to four games.
Kyle Lowry scored 29 points and handed out eight assists, and DeMar DeRozan added 24 points and nine rebounds to lead the Raptors.
76ers-Kings postponed
PHILADELPHIA — Wednesday night’s game between Philadelphia and Sacramento was postponed due to moisture on the court.
John Page, president of the Wells Fargo Complex, said arena officials became aware of the problem at 6 p.m. and worked to rectify it, without success. Scott O’Neil, CEO of the Sixers, said the problem actually came to light when the Kings shot around on the floor at 4 p.m.
After arena and team officials consulted with the NBA, the decision was reached to postpone the game.