MILWAUKEE -- Tyler Ennis scored all 13 of his points in the fourth quarter to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 96-86 victory over the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday night.
Playing all reserves, the Bucks used a 15-2 run capped by Ennis' reverse layup that gave Milwaukee an 83-75 lead with 5:47 to play. Damien Inglis, who scored 10 points, and John Henson each had a key block that helped put some life in the Bucks' offense.
The game got testy late in the fourth when Henson came up behind Lance Stephenson who had just grabbed a rebound. Henson swiped the ball away and in the process dumped Stephenson to the floor. After a review, Henson was called for a Flagrant 1 foul and a technical. Barnes made the technical and Stephenson made two free throws that pulled Memphis to 88-83 with 3:43 left in the game. Ennis hit consecutive shots to push the lead to nine, but Milwaukee had to weather the ejection of Henson with 5.5 seconds left.
Henson blocked Barnes' layup and then turned to stare at Barnes. Referee Marc Davis quickly pushed Henson away. After a review, Henson was slapped with a double technical and ejected. He left the court with his arms above his head, egging the raucous crowd on (see full recap).
DeRozan, Lowry give Raptors OT win
INDIANAPOLIS -- DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry each scored 28 points to lead the Toronto Raptors over the Indiana Pacers 101-94 in overtime Thursday night.
DeRozan had 10 points in the fourth quarter. He had a chance to win the game for Toronto at the end of regulation but missed a fade-away jumper on the wing as time expired. He's scored at least 25 points in five of Toronto's last six games.
Lowry added four assists and eight rebounds for the Raptors but also committed eight turnovers. Bismack Biyombo finished with 16 points and a career-high 25 rebounds.
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Paul George led the Pacers with 18 points and nine rebounds. George Hill added 18 points and CJ Miles scored 13 points off the bench.
Playing their fourth game in five nights, the Raptors kept pace with conference-leader Cleveland. Indiana fell to 1-7 in overtime this season (see full recap).
Spurs top Blazers to stay perfect at home
SAN ANTONIO -- Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge each had 22 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Portland Trail Blazers 118-110 Thursday night to secure the second-best home start to a season in league history.
The Spurs have won 34 straight at home to open the season and only trail the 37 wins by the Chicago Bulls during their historic 72-victory season in 1995-96.
A dominant third quarter enabled San Antonio to sit its starters for much of the fourth quarter in advance of Saturday's showdown with Golden State. The Warriors and the Spurs have both clinched playoff berths and division titles and are on pace to finish with two of the three best single-season records in league history.
Tony Parker had 18 points and a season-high 16 assists. The Spurs shot 52 percent while committing seven turnovers, which was one off its season low.
C.J. McCollum had 26 points and Damian Lillard had 23 for Portland (see full recap).