NEW YORK — Brook Lopez capped a 29-point showing with a buzzer-beating jumper to give the Brooklyn Nets a dramatic 98-96 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.
Lopez made 13 of 24 from the field and saved his biggest shot for the final possession after Detroit’s Tobias Harris forged a 96-96 deadlock with an 8-footer.
Caris LeVert added 15 points, K.J. McDaniels contributed 11 while Spencer Dinwiddie chipped in 10 and eight rebounds for Brooklyn.
Harris scored 24 points for the Pistons, who are 3-11 in their last 14 road games. Caldwell-Pope added 19 and Ish Smith contributed 16 for Detroit.
Raptors 122, Bulls 120 (OT)
TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan scored 42 points, including the go-ahead basket in overtime, as Toronto beat Chicago.
The victory snapped the Raptors’ 11-game losing streak to the Bulls, including two losses this season.
The game was marred by a fight late in the third quarter between the Bulls’ Robin Lopez and Toronto’s Serge Ibaka. Both were ejected. Lopez finished with 12 points and Ibaka had 16 points.
Heat 112, Suns 97
MIAMI — Hassan Whiteside finished with 23 points and 14 rebounds to lead Miami.
Whiteside also sustained a cut between his fingers and was getting stitches postgame. The team will know more about his status Wednesday, coach Erik Spoelstra said. The win moved the Heat one game ahead of Detroit for eighth in the Eastern Conference.
Whiteside also surpassed former center Rony Seikaly for two club records. He has 936 career rebounds, eclipsing Seikaly’s previous mark of 934. His double-double output increased his consecutive streak to 13, surpassing Seikaly’s 12 in 1991-92.
Pelicans 95, Grizzlies 82
NEW ORLEANS — DeMarcus Cousins had his breakout game with New Orleans, scoring a game-high 41 points, including nine in a decisive 21-0 third-quarter run, to power the Pelicans.
It was the most points Cousins scored since coming to New Orleans in a trade with Sacramento. Cousins added a game-high 17 rebounds as the Pelicans won for the fifth time in six games. New Orleans also got 19 points and 13 rebounds from Anthony Davis.
Memphis was led by Mike Conley with 16 points, but the Grizzlies saw their four-game winning streak end.