DETROIT (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 43 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter, and DeMar DeRozan added 37 as the Sacramento Kings rallied for a 127-117 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday to strengthen their bid for a first-round home game in the play-in tournament.
Domantas Sabonis had 19 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists for the Kings, who have won three straight and have a one-game lead over Dallas for ninth in the Western Conference.
Cade Cunningham scored 35 points and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 19 for Detroit, which has lost four of its last five games.
The Pistons started out the second quarter with a 29-10 run to take a 66-48 lead. DeRozan scored eight of the Kings next 14 points to close the deficit to 72-62 at halftime.
Sacramento took its first lead of the second half, 97-94, when LaVine made a 3-pointer with less than a second left in the third quarter.
The Kings never relinquished the lead and the closest Detroit could get was 106-105 on Cunningham’s three-point play with 9:16 left in the game.
HEAT 117, 76ERS 105
MIAMI (AP) — Duncan Robinson scored 12 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter, Tyler Herro scored 20 and Miami pulled away to beat Philadelphia.
Kel’el Ware had 19 points and 17 rebounds for the Heat, and Davion Mitchell had 12 points and nine assists.
Quentin Grimes and Lonnie Walker IV each scored 29 for Philadelphia, which lost its 12th straight. Adem Bona scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the 76ers.
Miami (36-43) is now a half-game back of Chicago (36-42) in the race for No. 9 in the East; those two teams meet on Wednesday. The Heat are 1 1/2 games behind No. 8 Atlanta (37-41) and 2 1/2 games behind No. 7 Orlando (38-40).
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis (11) goes up to shoot in between Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren, left, and guard Cade Cunningham, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
ANAHEIM. Calif. (AP) — Cutter Gauthier teamed with Frank Vatrano to tie it with a late burst, then scored at 1:11 of overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames.
Soon after Yegor Sharangovich and Matt Coronato scored in a 1:42 span to give Calgary a 3-1 lead, Vatrano started the rally with 3:57 left. Gauthier tied it eight seconds later.
In overtime, Gauthier took a pass from Leo Carlsson and beat goalie Dustin Wolf with a wrist shot from the high slot to the top, right corner.
Ville Husso stopped 36 shots for the Ducks.
Mikael Backlund opened the scoring for the Flames in the second period, and Trevor Zegras tied it with 8:11 remaining.
Sharangovich put Calgary back on top with 6:14 left, and Coronato doubled the advantage with 4:42 left to go.
Wolf made 19 saves.
Flames: Calgary is five points behind St. Louis for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
Ducks: Anaheim has won two in a row to improve to 35-35-8.
Vatrano and Gauthier scoring in the eight-second span to tie it.
Calgary lost despite winning 56.1% of the faceoffs.
The Flames are at Minnesota on Friday night. The Ducks are at Los Angeles on Thursday night.
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Calgary Flames center Mikael Backlund celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Anaheim Ducks winger Cutter Gauthier reacts after a missed opportunity to score against the Calgary Flames during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Anaheim Ducks center Isac Lundestrom, second right, shoots the puck away from Calgary Flames winger Joel Farabee, right, next to Anaheim Ducks center Jansen Harkins, left, and Calgary Flames center Yegor Sharangovich during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Anaheim Ducks winger Cutter Gauthier, left, attempts to score against Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Anderson during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Calgary Flames center Mikael Backlund celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Calgary Flames winger Matt Coronato, left, controls the puck away from Anaheim Ducks winger Frank Vatrano during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Calgary Flames winger Joel Farabee reacts after missing an attempt to score against Anaheim Ducks during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Calgary Flames center Mikael Backlund celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Calgary Flames center Mikael Backlund celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Calgary Flames center Nazem Kadri, left, controls the puck away from Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Anaheim Ducks center Isac Lundestrom, left, and Calgary Flames center Kevin Rooney vie for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Calgary Flames winger Jonathan Huberdeau, right, vies for the puck against Anaheim Ducks defenseman Drew Helleson during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Calgary Flames center Kevin Rooney, right, controls the puck away from Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jackson LaCombe during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Calgary Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, left, controls the puck away from Anaheim Ducks center Isac Lundestrom during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
