WASHINGTON -- Karl-Anthony Towns scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves dealt a blow to the Washington Wizards' playoff hopes with a 132-129 double-overtime victory Friday night.
Zach LaVine added 25 points, and Gorgui Dieng scored 18 while helping the Timberwolves to comebacks at the end of regulation and the second overtime.
Bradley Beal scored 26 points as the 10th-place Wizards fell 3 1/2 games behind Detroit for the Eastern Conference's eighth and final playoff spot.
John Wall had 22 points and a season-high tying 16 assists, and Marcin Gortat had 19 points and 14 rebounds for Washington. But Gortat missed a pair of free throws with a chance to take the lead late in the second overtime.
Minnesota hit all 22 of its foul shots for its first back-to-back wins since Feb. 3 and 6 (see full story).
Harden's triple-double lifts Rockets past Raptors
HOUSTON -- James Harden had his third triple-double this season with 32 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds to help the Houston Rockets snap a three-game skid with a 112-109 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.
Houston squandered a double-digit lead early but opened the fourth quarter with a big run to take control.
NBA
Patrick Patterson scored five quick points to get Toronto within 110-107 with 10.1 seconds remaining, but Trevor Ariza made two free throws after that to secure the win.
It's Toronto's second straight loss overall and its ninth loss in a row in Houston, where the Raptors haven't won since 2007.
In the last few minutes, Toronto stars DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry both get ejected for arguing with the officials.
DeRozan scored 18 points before being kicked out with about 3 minutes left. He made a layup that cut the lead to 103-97 but was unhappy that a foul wasn't called on the play and began yelling at the officials. He was quickly given a technical but kept jawing and was given a second one and ejected from the game.
Surging Pistons win fifth-straight
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Marcus Morris and the Detroit Pistons are on quite a roll offensively, and each win moves them another step closer to a playoff spot.
Morris scored 20 points, and the Pistons overwhelmed Charlotte with their highest-scoring first half of the season en route to a 112-105 win over the Hornets on Friday night. Detroit led 72-56 after two quarters and won its fifth straight game, taking a two-game lead over Chicago for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
"This game meant a lot, other than just making the playoffs," Morris said. "It meant a lot to prove something to ourselves that we could play with them."
Charlotte won the first two meetings with the Pistons this season by 20 and 15 points, but this matchup was a blowout in the opposite direction for most of the night. Andre Drummond had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Reggie Jackson added 17 points for Detroit (see full story) .