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Jazz Roll Past L.A.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Donovan Mitchell scored 24 points, Rudy Gobert had 23 points and 20 rebounds and the Utah Jazz rolled past the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers, 114-96 on Wednesday night for their ninth straight victory.

Jordan Clarkson scored 18 points to help the NBA-leading Jazz improve to 24-5 with their 20th win in 21 games. After three tight quarters, Utah broke it open in the fourth to win this matchup of Western Conference powerhouses -- although it wasn't a proper showdown with the Clippers missing injured superstars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.

TRAIL BLAZERS 126

PELICANS 124

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Damian Lillard scored 43 points, including a go-ahead three-point play with 16.5 seconds left, to lift Portland past New Orleans for its sixth consecutive victory.

HAWKS 122

CELTICS 114

BOSTON (AP) -- Trae Young had 40 points and eight assists and Atlanta beat Boston to snap a four-game losing streak.

76ERS 118

ROCKETS 113

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Joel Embiid had 31 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists and hit a key jumper late in Philadelphia's victory over Houston.

WIZARDS 130

NUGGETS 128

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bradley Beal made two free throws with a tenth of a second left and Washington beat Denver for its third straight victory.

MAGIC 107

KNICKS 89

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Terrence Ross scored a season-high 30 points and Orlando Magic used a decisive third-quarter run to beat New York.

PACERS 134

T-WOLVES 128, OT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Domantas Sabonis had 36 points, 17 rebounds and 10 rebounds, Malcolm Brogdon added 32 points and nine rebounds and Indiana beat Minnesota in overtime.

GRIZZLIES 122, THUNDER 113

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Grayson Allen and Jonas Valanciunas each scored 22 points, and Ja Morant had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists for his first triple-double of the season and Memphis beat Oklahoma City.

BULLS 105

PISTONS 102

CHICAGO (AP) -- Zach LaVine scored 37 points and Chicago beat Detroit on short notice.

The Bulls were scheduled to visit Charlotte, with the Pistons at Dallas. Those games got called off Tuesday by the NBA because of COVID-19 contact tracing concerns with the Hornets and power outages in Texas.

The Bulls and Pistons were then scheduled to play each other, instead.

Jerami Grant scored a career-high 43 points for the Pistons.

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