The NBA season continued on Friday with five games on deck.
Scroll down for final scores, stats and highlights from each contest.
Brooklyn Nets 122, Philadelphia 76ers 109
No Kyrie, no KD, no problem. With its superstar duo sidelined, Brooklyn was led by 28 points off the bench from Joe Harris, while Caris LeVert scored 22 points to defeat Philadelphia, which was without sharpshooter Seth Curry.
.@CarisLeVert: He's got moves. pic.twitter.com/nlAEid9JcK
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) January 8, 2021
Cleveland Cavaliers 94, Memphis Grizzlies 90
With Damyean Dotson starting in place of Collin Sexton, the Cavs enjoyed a 22-point, 15-rebound double-double from Andre Drummond and a perfect night from Larry Nance Jr. (18 points, 7-for-7 from the field and 4-for-4 from deep) in a tight win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
Rookie Issac Okoro did something Cleveland fans have gotten used to over the years in getting a clutch chasedown block.
CLEAN BLOCK! #BeTheFight pic.twitter.com/GcSs3BpqxK
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) January 8, 2021
Dallas Mavericks 124, Denver Nuggets 117 [OT]
Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic battled it out in an overtime thriller!
Doncic led the Mavs with 38 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds, while Jokic poured in 38 points, 11 rebounds and four assists — sending the game into OT with this clutch bucket.
Nikola said he wants to play more. So, we're headed to OT. #MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/tfhR2zGu49
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) January 8, 2021
Doncic iced the game in OT, with a stepback jumper with 33.1 seconds to go.
CLUTCH. 38/13/9 for LUKAAAA pic.twitter.com/Tl0DjrlvLA
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) January 8, 2021
San Antonio Spurs 118, Los Angeles Lakers 109
Veterans LaMarcus Aldrige (28 points) and DeMar DeRozan (18 points, 8 assists) led the way in LA as the Spurs move to 4-4 on the season.
"OH MAMA!" 🚨 pic.twitter.com/t14efr2GUW
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) January 8, 2021
Portland Trail Blazers 135, Minnesota Timberwolves 117
Damian Lillard filled it up for the Blazers, dropping 39 points, seven assists, seven rebounds and three steals on 13-of-21 from the field and 7-of-12 from the 3-point line.
CJ McCollum added 20 points and Jusuf Nurkic 17, while Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards scored 26 points off the bench.
Damian Lillard scored 39 points tonight and played 28:57 of game time. That is his 2nd-most points in a game where he played under 30 minutes in his career.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 8, 2021
He scored 50 against the Kings on February 9, 2018 and played 29:29 of game time. pic.twitter.com/izYZaSrobO
Top Fantasy performers
Andre Drummond: 22 PTS (9-20 FG, 4-6 FT), 15 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
Caris LeVert: 22 PTS (9-25 FG, 4-10 FT) 10 AST, 7 REB, 2 STL
Luka Doncic: 38 PTS (13-22 FG, 2-7 3PT, 10-15 FT), 13 AT, 9 REB, 4 STL, 1 BLK
Nikola Jokic: 38 PTS (14-31 FG, 4-10 3PT, 6-10 FT), 11 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
LeBron James: 27 PTS (8-15 FG, 4-7 3PT, 7-11 FT), 12 AST, 6 REB
Damian Lillard: 39 PTS (13-21 FG, 7-12 3PT, 6-7 FT), 7 REB, 7 AST, 3 STL
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