DETROIT — Jalen Duren scored 31 points in his return from an ankle injury and Denise Jenkins added 26 points as shorthanded Detroit won its 10th straight game by beating NBA-worst Indiana.
The Pistons have their longest winning streak since 11 games in 2007–08, despite playing the last three games without several key players. Cade Cunningham (hip), Tobias Harris (ankle) and Osar Thompson (ankle) were among the players on the sidelines against Indiana.
The Pacers, meanwhile, are 1-13 and have lost eight straight games. Last year's NBA finalists are mired in their longest losing streak since the 2014-15 season.
Ten players scored for Detroit, five of whom reached double figures. Javonte Green scored 20 points off the bench. Duncan Robinson had 13 points and Isaiah Stewart 10.
Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 29 points. Benedict Mathurin added 25 points as Indiana fell to 0-8 on the road.
MIAMI — Norman Powell scored 19 points, Kel'el Ware finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds and the Miami Heat held off a wild rally in the final minutes to beat the New York Knicks 115-113 on Monday night.
Davion Mitchell scored 18 points for Miami, followed by 14 points from Simone Fontecchio and 13 from Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Pelle Larsson.
Deuce McBride scored 25 points for New York, 23 from Mikal Bridges and 22 points and 16 rebounds from Karl-Anthony Towns.
Miami led by 10 with 3 minutes left as the Knicks went up 11-3. New York pulled within one point on Towns' 3-pointer with 22.4 seconds left, and Mitchell extended Miami's lead to two about a second later by making the second of two free throws.
This led to New York's most action-packed final possession in which the Knicks thought they had tied the game due to a goaltending decision that was overturned after review.
McBride missed a jumper, Towns got an offensive rebound and missed, and the referees ruled Ware guilty of playing in the goal – a decision that was overturned. The game resumed with a midcourt shot that the Knicks controlled.
McBride missed again, Towns grabbed two more offensive rebounds and missed both attempts to tie the game, and the game ended with Mitchell burying Miami's final rebound as time expired.
CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell scored 37 points and Cleveland rallied to a victory over Milwaukee that forced All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo to leave the game with an injury.
Antetokounmpo went straight to the locker room with 3:03 left in the second quarter and did not return with a strained left groin. The 14-year veteran entered the game second in the league and led the Eastern Conference in scoring with 32.6 points per game.
Coach Doc Rivers said Antetokounmpo will undergo additional tests on Tuesday.
Antetokounmpo was listed on the injury report as probable with patellar tendinopathy in his left knee, but finished the game with 14 points, five rebounds and four assists in 13 minutes.
Mitchell, second in the Eastern Conference in scoring at 30.4 points per game, scored 25 points in the first half. This is the fifth time this season he has scored at least 35 points in a game.
Sam Merrill added 20 points, including six 3-pointers, for the Cavaliers, who have won three of their last four. Merrill scored 11 points in the final 12 minutes as Cleveland took control.
The game was tied at 88 before Cleveland took control with a 12–3 run late in the third and early in the fourth quarter. The Cavaliers' largest lead at the end of the game was 14 points.
PHILADELPHIA — Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points, Paul George had nine points and seven rebounds in his season debut and Philadelphia rallied to beat shorthanded Los Angeles.
Quentin Grimes added 19 points and Andre Drummond had 14 points and 18 rebounds in relief of Joel Embiid.
James Harden scored 28 points for the Clippers, who have lost eight of nine. Harden became the 11th player to score 28,000 career points by exiting the game in the first quarter.
Derrick Jones Jr. left the game after suffering a knee injury in Sunday's 121-118 loss to Boston. The Clippers were also without Kawhi Leonard (sprained ankle and foot) for the seventh straight game.
Embiid (rehabilitation of a right knee injury) missed his third straight game and his eighth of 13 games this season.
Los Angeles controlled the first three and a half quarters and led 91-81 with 8:44 left on Ivica Zubac's 10-footer. But Philadelphia used a 14-3 run over the next 2:49, capped by Maxey's layup, to take a 95-94 lead. From that point on it was close.
TORONTO – R.J. Barrett scored the tiebreaker with 18 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Brandon Ingram and Scottie Barnes had crucial blocks in the final moments and Toronto won for the eighth time in nine games with a win over Charlotte.
Ingram scored 27 points, Barnes and Barrett each had 16 and Immanuel Quickley added 15 points and 10 rebounds as Toronto won its fourth straight.
Ingram brought the crowd to its feet with a stunning fourth-quarter dunk over Hornets rookie Ryan Kalkbrenner.
After a positive hit from Barrett, Ingram maintained the lead by blocking Kalkbrenner from behind. On the final possession, Barnes secured the ball by blocking Collin Sexton's punt attempt.
Jakob Poeltl scored 13 points and Grady Dick 10 for Toronto.
TIMBERWALLS 120, MAVERIX 96
MINNEAPOLIS — Naz Reed scored a season-high 22 points and Minnesota beat shorthanded Dallas.
Reed scored 10 points in the first quarter and was the leading scorer with 19 points in the first half. He hit a 3-pointer just before the end of the third quarter, finishing his game with 22 points and sending Minnesota into the fourth quarter with a 32-point lead.
Six Timberwolves scored in double figures, including all five starters. Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert each scored 15 points, while star Anthony Edwards had a relatively quiet night with 13 points on 5-for-14 shooting.
Top draft picks Cooper Flagg and Brandon Williams each scored 15 points for Dallas, which fell to 1-2 for the second straight game this season. The Mavericks beat Portland on Sunday.
THUNDER 126, PELICANS 109
NEW ORLEANS — Chet Holmgren scored 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Oklahoma City jumped out to a double-digit lead that it held throughout the game with a win over faltering New Orleans.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 23 points and Lu Dort had 17 for the Thunder, setting a franchise record for points in a quarter with 49 in the first. Isaiah Hartenstein added 16 points for Oklahoma City, which won its sixth straight with its 14th win in 15 games to open the season.
Rookie guard Jeremiah Fiers scored a season-high 24 and Trey Murphy III added 18 points for the Pelicans, who have lost six straight for the second time in their first 14 games and two straight since interim coach James Borrego took over after Willie Green was fired on Saturday.
DENVER — Kevin Huerter and Nikola Vucevic hit big 3-pointers and Chicago overcame Nikola Jokic's triple-double to hold off Denver.
The Bulls blew an 18-point lead in the first half. They also blew a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter before rallying late to snap a five-game losing streak.
Huerter hit a 3-pointer with 1:25 left, and Vucevic later extended the lead with another with 33 seconds left. Denver had a chance to tie the game, but Jokic's shot at the buzzer was unsuccessful.
Ayo Dosunmu and Josh Giddey led six Bulls players in double figures with 21 points each. Giddy also grabbed 14 rebounds.
Chicago handed the Nuggets their first home loss of the season in a game in which the Bulls held a 66–9 advantage in bench points.
The Bulls showed no signs of fatigue despite arriving in the Mile High City off the back of a 150-147 double-overtime loss in Utah the night before.
Jokic finished with 36 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists for his eighth triple-double of the season. He was short of an assist at half-time. Jamal Murray scored 18 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter.
Aaron Gordon scored 24 points for the Nuggets, who snapped their seven-game winning streak.
