UNDATED (AP) — The Utah Jazz have fallen just short of their second double-digit winning streak of the season.
Luka Doncic scored 31 points and Dorian Finney-Smith added a season-high 23 as the Dallas Mavericks stopped Utah’s nine-game run, 111-103. Jalen Brunson scored 20 points and the Mavs led by as many as 18 in their season-high fifth win in a row.
Mike Conley scored 28 points to lead the Jazz, who fell to an NBA-best 38-12.
Checking out Monday’s other NBA action:
— Devin Booker scored 18 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter of the Suns’ 133-130 victory over the Rockets. Deandre Ayton matched a season high with 27 points as Phoenix won its sixth in a row. Mikal Bridges had 20 points, and Chris Paul finished with 19 points and 11 assists in the win.
— Kyrie Irving scored 40 points and Jeff Green made two free throws with 3.7 seconds left to send the Nets past the Knicks, 114-112. Green scored 23 points and Joe Harris added 16 for the Nets, who won their eighth straight at home despite playing the last three quarters without James Harden due to his nagging hamstring. Harden had missed Brooklyn’s previous two games and played just four minutes in this one.
— The Cavaliers knocked off the Spurs, 125-121 behind Darius Garland’s career-high 37 points. Collin Sexton added 22 points as Cleveland ended a five-game skid. San Antonio finished the longest homestand in franchise history at 2-7, dropping from seventh to ninth in the Western Conference.
— Gary Trent Jr. beat the buzzer with a long 3-pointer and the Raptors rallied from a 19-point, second-half deficit to beat the Wizards, 103-101. Pascal Siakam had a team-high 22 points for Toronto, which won consecutive games for the first time since Feb. 19-21. Washington lost its fourth in a row despite Russell Westbrook’s 23 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists.
— Jerami Grant scored 21 points against his former team to lead the Pistons’ 132-108 rout of the Thunder. Grant made 7 of 15 shots and added five rebounds and five assists in just 23 minutes. Frank Jackson and Sekou Doumbouya scored 14 points apiece for Detroit, which was coming off a 125-81 home loss to the Knicks on Saturday.
— The Timberwolves earned a 116-106 win over the Kings as D’Angelo Russell scored 25 points in his return from knee surgery. Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points and 13 rebounds to help Minnesota hand Sacramento its fourth loss in a row. Anthony Edwards scored 19 points for Minnesota and started the Timberwolves’ push in the fourth.
