NBA roundup: Isaiah Thomas’ 29 points, 15 assists send Celtics past Jazz 115-104

Isaiah Thomas had 29 points and a career-high 15 assists, and the Boston Celtics made 17 3-pointers for the second straight game in beating the visiting Utah Jazz 115-104 on Tuesday night.

Al Horford and Jae Crowder added 21 points apiece and Avery Bradley scored 14 for the Celtics, who have won four of five and eight of 10.

The Celtics ended Utah’s four-game winning streak and beat the Jazz for the ninth straight time in Boston.

Gordon Hayward led Utah with 23 points. Rudy Gobert pulled down 13 rebounds, extending his streak of 10 or more to 21 consecutive games.

Thomas, coming off his career-high 52 points Friday against the Heat, has scored at least 20 in 19 straight games.

San Antonio 110, Toronto 82: Kawhi Leonard had 25 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 23 and the Spurs held the Raptors to its lowest score of the season in San Antonio.

San Antonio dominated a matchup of teams with the second-best record in each conference, leading by as many as 34 points.

Leonard and Aldridge combined to shoot 19 for 28 from the field, but it was veteran point guard Tony Parker who set the tone for the Spurs with 15 points and eight assists in 23 minutes.

DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors with 26 points, but backcourt mate Kyle Lowry had only six on 2-for-9 shooting.

Indiana 121, Detroit 116: Paul George had 32 points and the Pacers beat the Pistons in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Myles Turner and Jeff Teague each scored 17 for Indiana, which blew a 15-point first-half lead but pulled away in the fourth quarter to win its third straight game. The Pacers (18-18) are 2 1/2 games ahead of Detroit (16-21) in the Eastern Conference standings.

Tobias Harris led the Pistons with 22 points. Andre Drummond and Reggie Jackson each had a double-double.

Detroit lost for the eighth time in 10 games, with two of the defeats coming at home to Indiana.

Philadelphia 93, Minnesota 91: Robert Covington made a fall-away shot off an inbounds pass with 0.2 seconds left to give the 76rers a victory over the Timberwolves in Philadelphia.

The Sixers needed the late basket after they blew a 26-point lead and seemed headed to overtime. Ricky Rubio, just a 26 percent 3-point shooter, buried one with 1.6 seconds left that tied it at 91.

Joel Embiid scored 25 points and Ersan Ilyasova had 19 for the Sixers.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points and 15 rebounds for the Timberwolves, and Zach LaVine scored 28.

Dallas 113, Washington 105: Harrison Barnes scored 26 points and Deron Williams added 21 as the Mavericks rallied to beat the Wizards in Dallas.

Devin Harris had 17 points and Seth Curry 16 for the Mavericks. Williams, Harris and Curry each hit four 3-pointers as Dallas went 17 of 32 from long range.

John Wall led Washington with 27 points and Bradley Beal added 25 for the Wizards, who fell to 1-6 on the second half of back-to-back games. They lost to Houston on Monday night.

The Mavericks took control early in the fourth quarter, scoring the first eight points and building a 110-100 lead on Barnes’ 3-pointer with 2:51 to play.

Sacramento 120, Denver 113: DeMarcus Cousins scored 31 points, and Darren Collison had 26 points and seven assists in the Kings’ victory over the Nuggets in Denver.

The Kings led most of the way to stop a two-game skid and win for the fifth time in seven games.

Denver got within three in the fourth quarter and had chances to trim it to one or tie, but Sacramento kept extending the lead with Cousins on the bench.

The lead was five when he returned, and he helped the Kings push it to 11 with 2:22 left with assists on a 3-pointer by Arron Afflalo and a layup by Garrett Temple.

Danilo Gallinari led the Nuggets with 24 points.

Phoenix 99, Miami 90: Devin Booker scored 27 points – 18 in the second half – and rookie Marquese Chriss added a career-best 18 as the Suns handed the short-handed Heat their sixth consecutive loss in Phoenix.

The Suns snapped a 12-game losing streak against Miami. Phoenix hadn’t beaten the Heat since Nov. 3, 2009.

Goran Dragic scored 22 of his 24 points in the first half for the Heat, who had just eight available players in the opener of a six-game road trip.

Willie Reed had 22 points and 18 rebounds for Miami, both career highs.

Eric Bledsoe added 17 points for the Suns, who stretched a four-point halftime lead to 19 in the second half.

L.A. Lakers 116, Memphis 102: Nick Young scored 20 points, D’Angelo Russell added 18 and they keyed an early barrage of 3-pointers that sent the Lakers past the Grizzlies in Los Angeles.

Julius Randle had a triple-double for Los Angeles with 19 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists.

The Lakers made a season-high 17 3-pointers, all but one coming in the first three quarters. They finished 17 of 33 from beyond the arc despite missing nine consecutive attempts in the final period. Young and Russell each connected on six 3s.

Marc Gasol led the Grizzlies with 22 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Mike Conley had 21 points.