NBA: Wednesday night action sees Tony Wroten inspire Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Houston Rockets 123-117 in overtime after Spencer Hawes made the go-ahead basket with 34 seconds left.
Tony Wroten also had his first triple-double – with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists – while James Anderson scored a career-high 36 points for the 76ers.
Jeremy Lin scored 34 points, making a career-best nine three-pointers, Dwight Howard had 23 points and 15 rebounds, and Chandler Parsons added 22 points for Houston.
The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 124-95 with Kevin Love recording 33 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Ricky Rubio added 16 points and a career-high 16 assists.
Tony Parker scored 16 points, leading six from the San Antonio Spurs in double figures in a 92-79 defeat of the Washington Wizards.
The New York Knicks blew a 17-point lead but still had enough to defeat the Atlanta Hawks 95-91 as Carrmelo Anthony had 25 points.
Rudy Gay scored 23 points in his return to Memphis Grizzlies and Kyle Lowry added 21 as the Toronto Raptors beat the Grizzlies 103-87.
The Charlotte Bobcats defeated the Boston Celtics 89-83 as Al Jefferson had 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Arron Afflalo scored a career-high 36 points and Nikola Vucevic added 17 points and 11 rebounds as Orlando Magic rallied to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 94-91.
The Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-99.
Utah Jazz won 111-105 over the New Orleans Pelicans, the Portland Trail Blazers edged the Phoenix Suns 90-89 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103.