LOS ANGELES (AP) – LeBron James scored 26 points and dunked for the winning basket in the final seconds, lifting the Los Angeles Lakers to a 107-106 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night.
Kyle Kuzma added 18 points for the Lakers’ fifth win in six games.
Kuzma’s layup tied the game at 104-all with 1:34 to go.
Kent Bazemore was called for a technical at the end of that play and Kuzma made the free throw for a 105-104 lead.
Vince Carter dunked to put the Hawks back up 106-105.
James got fouled at the other end and missed both. But the Lakers got the offensive rebound and Kuzma charged into the paint amid three defenders for a shot from the left side. It missed.
James was waiting on the right, dunking for a 107-106 lead.
Taurean Prince led the Hawks with 23 points, Bazemore added 21 and Trae Young had 20 for Atlanta, which still has just one road win on the season.
ROCKETS 115, PACERS 103
HOUSTON (AP) – James Harden scored a season-high 40 points and Chris Paul added 26 to help the Rockets to their first home win of the season.
Clint Capela had 18 points and seven rebounds for the Rockets, who had lost the last two games of a season-long five-game road trip, dropped their first four home games.
HORNETS 113, PISTONS 103
DETROIT (AP) – Tony Parker scored 24 points, Kemba Walker had 24 points and seven assists in the win for Charlotte.
Cody Zeller added 14 points to help Charlotte win for the third time in four games.
MAGIC 115, KNICKS 89
NEW YORK (AP) – Terrence Ross scored 22 points, Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Orlando won its second straight and for the fourth time in five games.
Harlem native Mo Bamba played his first NBA game at Madison Square Garden and had 15 points and eight rebounds. Evan Fournier added 12 points for the Magic.
BUCKS 121, NUGGETS 114
DENVER (AP) – Brook Lopez had a career-high eight 3-pointers and 28 points to help the Milwaukee Bucks snap an eight-game skid in Denver.
All five Bucks starters scored in double figures and four of them had 20 or more points in Milwaukee’s first win at the Pepsi Center since 2010.
TRAIL BLAZERS 100, CELTICS 94
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard had 19 points and 12 assists and Portland won its fourth straight game.
Jusuf Nurkic added 18 points and 17 rebounds for Portland. The Trail Blazers have won seven of their last eight games.