DETROIT (AP) — Austin Reaves scored 43 points as the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Detroit Pistons 121-116 at Little Caesars Arena without Luka Doncic on Sunday.

Doncic (lower-back tightness), who is averaging 45 points, nine rebounds and eight assists over his last four games, was ruled out earlier on Sunday.

Walker Kessler added 12 points and 16 rebounds for the Lakers, who had lost four straight to Detroit.

Detroit, which trailed 40-14 early in the second quarter, could have tied the game at 90 with 9:14 left, but Cade Cunningham missed the second of two free throws.

Los Angeles got the lead back to six points with 3:32 left, and a Walker Kessler three-point play made it 107-99 with 2:15 to go.

Reaves hit an off-balance 3-pointer with 46 seconds left, then clinched the game from the line.

76ERS 127, BULLS 121

CHICAGO (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Tyrese Maxey added 27 and LeBron James had his highest-scoring effort so far in a Philadelphia uniform as the 76ers held off the struggling Chicago.

James had a season-high 22 for the 76ers, who got 18 points and 10 rebounds from Joel Embiid and 13 points from VJ Edgecombe.

At 9-2, the 76ers — the Eastern Conference leaders — are off to their best 11-game start since going 10-1 to open the 2000-01 season.

Josh Giddey had 19 points, 15 assists and seven rebounds for Chicago. Matas Buzelis added 19 points for the Bulls, who got 18 from Caleb Wilson, 17 from Jalen Smith, 12 from Isaac Okoro and 10 from Noa Essengue.

The Bulls dropped their seventh straight and fell to 1-8, tying the third-worst nine-game start in team history. Chicago started 0-9 was in 1967-68 — the franchise’s second season — and 2004-05.

TIMBERWOLVES 115, JAZZ 100

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ayo Dosunmu scored 26 points and LaMelo Ball added 24 points and five assists to help Minnesota beat Utah.

Jaden McDaniels finished with 16 points, Bones Hyland had 14 off the bench, and Rudy Gobert chipped in 10 points and 15 rebounds for the Wolves (8-3), who have won four in a row and are 5-2 without Anthony Edwards. The All-Star guard is expected to miss two months after undergoing knee surgery Oct. 29.

Darryn Peterson led the Jazz with 26 points and six rebounds. Keyonte George scored 19 points in three quarters before missing the fourth quarter with a sprained right ankle.

After splitting their first two games of the season, the Jazz have lost eight in a row and sit at the bottom of the Western Conference. They played Sunday without forward Lauri Markkanen (right wrist), who hit eight 3-pointers in a loss at Dallas on Friday night.

MAVERICKS 130, NETS 93

DALLAS (AP) — Cooper Flagg had 25 points and a career-high 12 assists for his third consecutive double-double and fourth of the season as Dallas beat Brooklyn.

Kyrie Irving scored 21 points and Daniel Gafford added 18 as the Mavericks played the first of a home back-to-back.

Michael Porter Jr. had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Nets, who were swept in a back-to-back to begin a four-game road trip. Nolan Traore added 14 points.

The Nets didn’t trail until the final two minutes of Saturday’s 124-121 loss at Atlanta but never led against the Mavericks.

Flagg, last season’s Rookie of the Year, had his 16th career 20-point half and first this season after opening hot by hitting 5 of 6 shots in the first period. He had missed 6 of 8 shots and scored four points in the first half on Friday against Utah but finished with 21 points in Dallas’ 112-100 win.

The Mavericks shot a season best 57.1% and scored a season high in points on Sunday. They led 66-46 at halftime, and the 37-point final margin was the largest of the game.

CELTICS 117, BUCKS 97

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul George scored 27 points, Jayson Tatum added 21 and Boston rolled to a victory over the slumping Milwaukee.

This marked the second matchup between these teams in five nights. The Celtics had beaten the Bucks 109-102 on Wednesday in Boston while resting Tatum.

Boston (8-2) built a big enough lead Sunday to sit Tatum for the entire fourth quarter as the Celtics continued a four-game trip that started with a 119-80 win at Charlotte on Friday. The Celtics next head to Philadelphia and Toronto.

Kyle Kuzma led Milwaukee with 27 points.

Myles Turner scored just three points for the Bucks, though he did have five rebounds and a career-high seven assists. Turner, who has shot 1 of 15 over his last two games, was coming off a scoreless performance in a 121-107 NBA Cup loss to the Toronto Raptors on Frieday.

The Bucks (1-9) are off to their worst start since 1993-94, when they lost 10 of their first 11 games and went on to finish 20-62.

CLIPPERS 139, PELICANS 123

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Darius Garland had 24 points and 10 assists, Brook Lopez added 20 points and Los Angeles ended a seven-game losing streak with a victory over New Orleans.

Gradey Dick and rookie Keaton Wagler each scored 15 points and Rui Hachimura added 14 as the Clippers won for the first time since getting past the Sacramento Kings in the season opener.

The Clippers went on a 15-6 run to open the fourth quarter to take control with a 117-101 lead and finished off the victory after failing to hold on to double-digit fourth-quarter leads in their previous two games.

Trey Murphy III scored 26 points, while Zion Williamson and Jeremiah Fears each added 25 as the Pelicans lost their second consecutive game following a four-game winning streak. Saddiq Bey had 13 points for New Orleans, which was playing the opener of a two-game California trip.

The Pelicans shot 50.6% from the floor while getting held to 52 points in the paint after entering the with 61.6 per game in that department to lead the NBA.

The Clippers took a 124-107 lead with 4:56 remaining on three free throws from Garland and cruised to the victory from there with a season high in points. Los Angeles shot a season-best 54.8% from the floor.

HEAT 114, KINGS 108

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points, 14 rebounds, and three assists in Miami's win over Sacramento.

Antetokounmpo made 14 of 23 shots from the field and added three assists and two blocks.

Klay Thompson had 23 points, including seven 3-pointers, for the Heat (4-6), and Bam Adebayo added 18 points and eight rebounds.

Darius Acuff Jr. had 32 points and 10 assists for the Kings (1-9), who have not won a home game.

The game was tied at 55-all until the Heat went on a 13-4 run, capped by two free throws by Adebayo at the 55-second mark of the second quarter. The Heat led 68-59 at the half. Adebayo, Antetokounmpo, and Davion Mitchell combined for 41 of the Heat’s first-half points.

The Heat got the lead up to 16 points in the third quarter, before the Kings surged back to tie the game at 95 on two free throws by De’Andre Hunter at the 6:12 mark of the fourth.

The Heat regained the lead and outscored the Kings 19-13 the rest of the way for the victory.