Basketball

BOSTON (AP) — Marcus Smart scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half, and the Boston Celtics beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 126-122 on Monday night for their seventh straight win.

HOUSTON (AP) — Paul George scored 22 points in three quarters to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to 122-106 rout of the Houston Rockets on Monday night.

USA Basketball’s magic number for clinching a World Cup berth is down to one.

MIAMI (AP) — Elite scorer. Elite defender. Devin Booker got to his spot. Jimmy Butler got there, too. And Butler rose to the moment, capping a brilliant comeback win for the Miami Heat.

DETROIT (AP) — Dalano Banton scored a career-high 27 points and Chris Boucher added 20 as the short-handed Toronto Raptors snapped a three-game losing streak with a 115-111 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — LaMelo Ball had 17 points and nine assists, and the Charlotte Hornets stopped an eight-game slide with a 112-105 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.

DETROIT (AP) — Trey Lyles scored 21 points, Cade Cunningham and Hamidou Diallo each added 18 and the Detroit Pistons extending their surprising stretch by beating the Toronto Raptors 103-87 on Friday night.

DETROIT — Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. has been ruled out for Toronto's game at Detroit with a sore right hip. The Raptors confirmed their latest injury hours before the Raptors and Pistons faced off at Little Caesars Arena.

San Antonio Spurs (6-7, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Golden State Warriors (5-8, 13th in the Western Conference) San Francisco; Monday, 10 p.m.

Memphis Grizzlies (9-5, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (7-6, seventh in the Western Conference) New Orleans; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Ja Morant leads Memphis into a matchup with New Orleans.