NBA Roundup: Cavs Clip L.A. in OT

Cleveland — LeBron James scored 39 points, Kevin Love added 25 and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their fourth straight, 118-113 in overtime, over the skidding Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.

Love made a pair of 3-pointers in OT, when the Cavs outscored the Clippers, 13-8. Dwyane Wade added 23 points and 11 rebounds for Cleveland.

Heat 91, Wizards 88

Washington — Miami nearly wasted a terrific defensive effort against John Wall and high-scoring Washington, allowing a 25-point lead to dwindle all the way down to one before holding on.

Hassan Whiteside had 22 points and 16 rebounds for the Heat. They limited the Wizards to 29 first-half points — Washington’s lowest output for a half in more than 2½ years.

Raptors 107, Knicks 84

Toronto — Kyle Lowry matched his season high with 22 points and added 10 assists, DeMar DeRozan also scored 22 points and short-handed Toronto beat New York for the eighth straight time.

Lowry had eight rebounds as Toronto won its third straight and improved to 5-1 at home.

Pacers 107, Pistons 100

Indianapolis — Reserve guard Lance Stephenson scored all 13 of his points in the fourth quarter, including a key 3-pointer, and Indiana rallied from 22 down to beat Detroit.

The shot clock was about to expire when Stephenson launched from well beyond the arc to give the Pacers a 101-97 lead with 2:03 remaining. It was one of six 3s the Pacers made in seven fourth-quarter attempts as Indiana outscored Detroit 36-19 over the final 12 minutes.

Nets 118, Jazz 107

New York — Spencer Dinwiddie scored a career-high 25 points hours after D’Angelo Russell had knee surgery, and Brooklyn beat Utah.

The starting point guard role now belongs to Dinwiddie after Russell was hurt during Brooklyn’s recent road trip. He had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee with no timetable for a return.

Spurs 104, Thunder 101

San Antonio — LaMarcus Aldridge had 26 points and San Antonio overcame a 23-point deficit to beat Oklahoma City.

Danny Green added 17 points, and Pau Gasol had 14 points to help San Antonio end Oklahoma City’s three-game winning streak.

Timberwolves 111, Mavericks 87

Dallas — Jimmy Butler led a balanced set of Minnesota starters with 21 points and the Timberwolves ended a five-game losing streak in Dallas.

Andrew Wiggins added 19 points for the Timberwolves. They won in Dallas for the first time since March 19, 2014, two nights after getting their first win over San Antonio since just about the same time — April 8, 2014. The losing streak against the Spurs was 12 games.

Bulls 123, Hornets 120

Chicago — Justin Holiday had 27 points and Chicago beat skidding Charlotte, overcoming a 47-point outburst by Kemba Walker to snap their five-game losing streak.

Walker missed a driving layup with Charlotte trailing by one in the closing seconds.

Lauri Markkanen then hit two free throws to make it 123-120 with 2.6 seconds left, securing the Bulls’ third win in 13 games this season. Charlotte has dropped six straight.