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Tyrese Maxey has scored 27 points, Joel Embiid had 20 and Philadelphia beat Toronto 123-112 while playing without LeBron James.
James (back) was ruled out earlier on Thursday (Friday AEDT), missing his third game of the season.
Jaylen Brown added 18 points for the 76ers, who improved to 10-3, rebounding from a loss to Jayson Tatum and the Celtics (10-2) in Brown’s first game against his former team.
RJ Barrett had 31 points and Immanuel Quickley 25 for the short-handed Raptors (5-7), who have lost four of five.
Toronto, playing without Kawhi Leonard (knee) for the 10th straight game and Scottie Barnes (groin) for the fourth consecutive contest, led by as many as 16 points in the opening half.
In Washington, Cade Cunningham scored a career-high 52 points and had 11 assists as Detroit outlasted the Wizards 144-140 in double overtime after the hosts twice extended the game with last-second shots.
Trae Young’s three-pointer at the buzzer forced the first overtime, and then rookie AJ Dybantsa’s mid-range effort with less than a second left sent the teams to another OT. But Cunningham quickly made a triple and then Anthony Davis fouled out to give Detroit the upper hand.
The Pistons’ Ausar Thompson had 17 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his first career triple-double.
Young had 37 points and 14 assists for Washington (4-9), who have lost six straight, while Davis and Alex Sarr scored 30 each.
LaMelo Ball made six three-pointers and finished with 22 points and a season-high nine assists and hosts Minnesota beat Dallas for the seventh straight time, winning 133-94.
Bones Hyland scored 24 points off the bench to lead the Timberwolves (9-3), who won their fifth straight game to go third in the West. Ayo Dosunmu added 18 points, Jaden McDaniels had 16 and Jonathan Kuminga 14 and eight rebounds.
Zaccharie Risacher scored 22 points off the bench for the Mavericks (7-5), who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Cooper Flagg, who had 43 against Indiana in his last game, was held to 12 points and Kyrie Irving just 10.
And in Phoenix, the Suns came from behind to defeat fellows strugglers Charlotte 101-96.
