The Clippers, missing Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac, fall just short against Boston.

Jaylen Brown scored 25 points and Jayson Tatum added 24 as the visiting Boston Celtics pulled out a 117-113 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday at Inglewood,

Jaylen Brown scored 25 points ... LA's Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac were all sidelined. The Clippers trailed by seven in the fourth, but Coffey dunked and then ...

Jaylen Brown scored 25 points ... LA’s Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac were all sidelined. The Clippers trailed by seven in the fourth, but Coffey dunked and then ...

(AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 25 points ... LA's Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac were all sidelined. The Clippers trailed by seven in the fourth, but Coffey dunked ...

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Donovan Mitchell scored 34 points to lead the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers to a 126-106 NBA victory over Miami on Wednesday, maintaining their Eastern Conference lead over reigning champions Boston.

James Harden (24), Norman Powell (23) and Ivica Zubac (25) all scored 20+ points in the loss, snapping LA’s two-game win streak. Kawhi Leonard played a season-high 28 minutes and finished with 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block.

Amen Thompson made a game-winning floater with 1.3 seconds remaining to polish off a career night, lifting the visiting Houston Rockets to a 114-112 victory over the short-handed Boston Celtics on Monday night.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Keon Johnson led a balanced Brooklyn attack with 18 points, and the Nets snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 104-83 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night. Jalen Wilson added 15 points and Tosan Evbuomwan had 14 for the Nets, who never trailed.

The Golden State Warriors withstood Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 52-point outburst to beat the Western Conference leading Thunder 116-109 on Wednesday.

Boston has lost nine games this season where it had the lead in the fourth quarter (which equals last year's mark in half the games).