Coast-to-Coast: Surging Pistons, Pacers, Kings rack up wins in 2025

Immaculate still in 2025 are the Detroit Pistons and the Sacramento Kings after keeping their respective winning streak alive, while both the Minnesota Timberwolves and Chicago Bulls completed a pair of emphatic comebacks at home. 

SURGING PISTONS, PACERS, KINGS EXTEND WINNING RUNS 

• Detroit Pistons (18-18) def. Portland Trail Blazers (12-23), 118-115: Make it four straight wins for the Pistons after an insane 22-point comeback win against the Trail Blazers. 

• Welcome to the Cade County: Cade Cunningham continued his fine play, dropping 32 points, nine assists, and six rebounds as Detroit now won seven of its last eight games. 

• Indiana Pacers (19-18) def. Brooklyn Nets (13-23), 113-99: The Pacers scored their third straight win on the road after taking care of business against the Nets.

• Sacramento Kings (18-19) def. Miami Heat (17-17), 118-116: Domantas Sabonis posted his fifth triple-double of the season in a marathon double-overtime Kings squeaker over the Heat. 

• Orlando Magic (22-16) def. New York Knicks (24-13), 103-94: Cole Anthony paced the Magic in the offensive end to hand the Knicks reeling to a third straight loss. 

TIMBERWOLVES, BULLS COMPLETE COMEBACK; SUNS, GRIZZLIES, BUCKS END SKID

• Minnesota Timberwolves (18-17) def. LA Clippers (20-15), 118-116: Anthony Edwards erupted for 28 of his 37 points in the second half, as the Timberwolves erased a 19-point deficit to foil the Clippers and end a three-game skid. 

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• Chicago Bulls (17-19) def. San Antonio Spurs (18-18), 118-114: Zach LaVine bannered a gutsy Bulls rally to fend off the Spurs and made it back-to-back wins. 

• Undenia-Bull: LaVine flirted with a triple-double with 35 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists for Chicago’s fourth win in their last five games. 

• Phoenix Suns (16-18) def. Philadelphia 76ers (14-20), 109-99: Bradley and Kevin Durant combined for 48 points to help the Suns snap a four-game skid at the 76ers’ expense. 

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• Memphis Grizzlies (24-13) def. Dallas Mavericks (20-16), 119-104: The Grizzlies snapped a two-game skid and went on to send the Mavericks to a fifth straight setback. 

• Take off, Triple J: Jaren Jackson Jr. stuffed the stat sheet with 35 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, and three steals as Memphis kept within striking distance of the second-running Houston Rockets (23-12) in the loaded West. 
  

• Milwaukee Bucks (18-16) def. Toronto Raptors (17-15), 128-115: Damian Lillard had 25 points, Giannis Antetokounpo finished with a triple-double as the Bucks put an end in a two-game skid.