BOSTON — Mikal Bridges scored 38 points and the Brooklyn Nets overcame a 28-point deficit to stun the Boston Celtics 115-105 on Friday night.
As part of the trade that sent Kevin Durant to Phoenix, Bridges has scored 30 or more points in three of Brooklyn’s last six games. He also had 10 rebounds and played nearly 43 minutes.
His former colleague Sun Cam Johnson added 20 points. Dorian Finney Smith was 17th.
It’s the biggest comeback by a Boston opponent since the Los Angeles Clippers also rebounded from 28 to 123-112 against Boston at the TD Garden on February 9, 2019.
Jaylen Brown led Boston with 35 points. Jayson Tatum, who was celebrating his 25th birthday, added 22 points and 13 rebounds.
The Celtics are down two of three, losing more ground on east-leading Milwaukee, who were idle on Friday.
SUNS 125, BULLS 104
CHICAGO (AP) — Devin Booker scored 35 points and hit his career-high with six 3s, Kevin Durant added 20 points in his second game with Phoenix and the Suns defeated Chicago.
Josh Okogie scored 25 points and grabbed five 3-pointers, and the Suns withstood the big efforts of DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine to win for the eighth time in 11 games.
Durant continued to make a seamless transition after the trade from Brooklyn and again showed no lingering problems from a sprained right knee that sidelined him for seven weeks. The 34-year-old star only took 10 shots. He had nine rebounds and six assists.
DeRozan led the Bulls with 31 points and LaVine had 27.
Nuggets 113, Grizzlies 97
DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 18 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists for his 25th triple-double of the season to lead Denver past Memphis in a showdown of the top two teams in the Western Conference standings.
Denver won the season series 2-1 and has a six-game lead — five in the loss column — over Memphis for the top seed in the conference.
The Nuggets are 25-0 this season as Jokic has a triple-double. Michael Porter Jr. scored 26 points and Jamal Murray had 22.
Yes Morant had 27 points and 10 assists for Memphis. He wore a mask because of a broken nose in Houston on Wednesday night.
TIMBERWOLVES 110, LAKERS 102
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rudy Gobert had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Anthony Edwards had 19 points and Minnesota ended a two-game sweep in Los Angeles with a win over the undermanned Lakers.
Minnesota moved back above .500 and bounced back from an 0-3 stretch with back-to-back wins over the Clippers and Lakers.
Anthony Davis scored 38 points for the Lakers, who lost for only the second time in six games. Los Angeles couldn’t keep up without the injured LeBron James and D’Angelo Russell, who were unable to play after parts of four seasons in Minnesota against the team that traded him on Feb. 9.
James missed his third straight game with a right foot injury and the NBA’s career leading scorer won’t even be re-rated until the end of this month.
KNICKS 122, WARMTH 120
MIAMI (AP) — Julius Randle scored 43 points, the last of them from a 3-point start by 1.7 seconds, and New York beat Miami to extend their winning streak to eight games.
Randle was 16 of 25 from the floor, including 8 of 13 from 3-point range. Jalen Brunson had 25 points, Immanuel Quickley added 21, and RJ Barrett had 17. At 38-27, the Knicks already surpassed last season’s overall wins.
Jimmy Butler had 33 points and Tyler Herro had 29 for Miami, including a layup that put the Heat up one by 23.1 seconds.
WARRIORS 108, PELICANS 99
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 27 points and hit the green 3-pointer that helped Golden State beat New Orleans to set a perfect homestand.
The Warriors went 5-0 in the home stands despite missing injured star Stephen Curry to bolster their playoff positioning in the ultra-tight Western Conference.
Jonathan Kuminga added 19 points from the bench to help the Warriors close a 17-point deficit in the first half.
CJ McCollum scored 25 points and Brandon Ingram added 17 for New Orleans. The Pelicans have lost five out of six games.
HAWKS 129, TRAIL BLAZERS 111
ATLANTA (AP) — Dejounte Murray posted a career-high 41 points and Atlanta beat Portland star Damian Lillard’s 33-point night to give new coach Quin Snyder his first win with the Hawks.
Snyder, the former Utah coach, agreed to a five-year contract as Atlanta coach on Feb. 26, five days after Nate McMillan was fired. The Hawks lost 119-116 to Washington on Snyder’s debut Tuesday night.
Murray scored 15 points in the second quarter. He made 17 of 22 shots from the field for the game and all five of his 3-point attempts. Trae Young took over with 15 in the third quarter and finished with 23 points and 11 assists.
KINGS 128, CLIPPERS 127
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Domantas Sabonis made two free throws with seven seconds left to complete a nearly triple-double in Sacramento’s win over Los Angeles.
Sabonis had 23 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to help the Kings win their fifth straight game.
Paul George missed a 3-pointer on the buzzer for Los Angeles. He finished with 28 points. The Clippers have lost five straight games.
De’Aaron Fox added 33 points for Sacramento for his eighth straight 30-point game. Russell Westbrook scored 28 points for Los Angeles.
MAGIC 117, HORNETS 106
CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) — Paolo Banchero scored 31 points and eventually got a couple of shots from long range to help Orlando beat Charlotte.
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft was 1-of-33 on 3-point attempts in February and started 0-2 this month before winning 2-of-6 against the Hornets. It was his first game with multiple 3s since January 30.
Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 29 points for Charlotte. The Hornets have lost back-to-back since LaMelo Ball went down with a season-ending ankle injury.
Thunder 130, Jazz 103
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Aaron Wiggins scored 27 points and Oklahoma City beat Utah to go on a five-game losing streak.
Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, a 31-point average All-Star, missed his fourth straight game. He was out due to health and safety protocols and an abdominal strain.
Lauri Markkanen had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz.
