SAN ANTONIO — De'Aaron Fox scored 26 points, Keldon Johnson had 25 and San Antonio won its third straight without Victor Wembanyama by beating Atlanta.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored a career-high 38 points on 13-of-17 shooting for Atlanta. Jalen Johnson added 26 points for the Hawks, who have lost two straight after winning five straight.
San Antonio was without Wembanyama (left calf strain), Stephon Castle (left hip flexor strain) and Dylan Harper (left calf strain). Trae Young (strained right MCL) missed the game in Atlanta.
San Antonio (11-4) is off to its best start through 15 games since the 2016-17 season, when it opened 12-3.
Despite the absence of several stars, Spurs defender David Jones Garcia put in a stellar performance.
Jones Garcia had 12 points, six assists, five rebounds, three steals and a block. These were all season highs for the rookie from the Dominican Republic on a two-way contract.
76ERS 123, Bucks 114 (OT)
MILWAUKEE — Tyrese Maxey scored a career-high 54 points and tied the game with two free throws with seven seconds left in the fourth quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers' 123-114 overtime win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.
Maxey's previous career high was 52 points in a 133-126 double-overtime win over San Antonio on April 7, 2024. He also recorded nine assists and played over 46 and a half minutes.
Maxey, who entered Thursday with a league average of 40.3 minutes, played 39 minutes in the 121-112 home loss to the Toronto Raptors the night before.
Milwaukee's Ryan Rollins scored a career-high 32 points and also had a career-best 14 assists. The Bucks have lost four of their last five games.
No team has had their former league MVP.
Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo, the 2019 and 2020 MVP, was injured Monday at Cleveland and is expected to miss about two weeks. On Monday, the Bucks called it a left groin strain, but have since clarified it as a left adductor strain.
Philadelphia's Joel Embiid, a 2023 honoree, missed his sixth straight game with a right knee issue.
The 76ers scored the first five points of overtime on a 3-pointer by Justin Edwards, who scored just two points in regulation, and a basket by Maxey.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Jalen Suggs scored a season-high 23 points and added seven assists as Orlando beat Los Angeles.
Franz Wagner scored 20 points and Tristan da Silva added 17 points and eight rebounds for the Magic, who have won five of six. Anthony Black came off the Orlando bench with 12 points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals.
James Harden had 31 points and eight assists for the Clippers. Ivica Zubac, the only Clipper in double figures, had 14 points and 19 rebounds.
The injury-plagued Clippers, playing Game 4 of a seven-game series, lost for the ninth time in 10 games.
The Clippers played their second straight game without Derrick Jones Jr. (knee) and Jordan Miller (hamstring) and their ninth straight game without Kawhi Leonard (ankle and foot). The Magic played their fourth straight game without Paolo Banchero (groin).
Suggs scored 20 points in the first half and finished with five 3-pointers. He didn't play in the last quarter.
Orlando made 18 of 34 three-point shots (52.9%). Suggs made one to put the Magic up 61-49 at the break.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee. Santi Aldama scored 29 points, Jock Landale added 21 and Memphis jumped out to a first-half lead and sent Sacramento to its eighth straight loss.
Cedric Coward scored 19 points and Zach Eadie finished with 16 points as Memphis snapped a five-game losing streak. Vince Williams had a career-best 15 assists.
Zach LaVine led the Kings with 26 points, making 10 of 17 shots. Maxine Raynaud finished with 12 points. Russell Westbrook and Keegan Murray, making their season debuts, scored 11 points each. Murray was sidelined with a left thumb injury in the preseason.
The Kings lost all eight games by double digits. Four of the losses came by at least 27 points. Thursday's 41-point loss was their biggest of the season.
Before the game, the Kings announced that an MRI revealed a partial meniscal tear in starting center Domantas Sabonis' left knee. The team said he will be re-evaluated in three to four weeks. He was injured in Sunday's loss to San Antonio.
