SAN ANTONIO -- Kyrie Irving had a career-high 57 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied for a 128-125 overtime victory over the San Antonio Spurs in a physical and emotional game Thursday night.
Irving had the most points in the NBA this season, topping his 55-point game against Cleveland on Jan. 28. He scored nine points in the final minute of regulation to force overtime.
Irving hit a 3-pointer in the face of heavy defense from Danny Green to pull Cleveland to 110-107 with 31 seconds remaining in regulation. After the Spurs' Kawhi Leonard missed two free throws with 4.3 seconds left, Irving made another 3 -- this time over Leonard -- to tie it at 110.
Irving made all seven of his 3-point attempts, was 20 of 32 from the field overall, and made 10 free throws without a miss.
LeBron James added 31 points in his first game at the AT&T Center since being blown out in five games by San Antonio in the NBA Finals in his last games with the Miami Heat.
Tony Parker had 31 points for the Spurs (see full recap).
Stuckey, Pacers top Bucks in OT
INDIANAPOLIS -- Rodney Stuckey scored 25 points and Luis Scola had 17 points and 15 rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 109-103 in overtime Thursday night.
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Down two in overtime, the Pacers used a 9-0 run to take a 105-98 lead.
Stuckey also had six rebounds and six assists.
David West's jumper with 2:45 remaining in regulation gave Indiana a five-point lead at 96-91, but Milwaukee's Ersan Illyasova scored five points in the final 2 minutes to send it to overtime.
Michael Carter-Williams led the Bucks with 28 points. Illyasova had 19 points and 10 rebounds (see full recap).
Gobert dominates in Jazz win over Rockets
SALT LAKE CITY -- Rudy Gobert had 19 points, 22 rebounds and four blocks and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 109-91 on Thursday night for their ninth victory in 11 games.
The Jazz used their size to dominate the paint and ran away in the second half.
Gobert put on a show as the Rockets didn't have an answer for the 7-foot-1 Frenchman on either end of the floor. He had a double-double in the first quarter and 18 rebounds at halftime.
Teammate Gordon Hayward finished with 29 points, seven assists and four rebounds. Rookie Rodney Hood put up a career high for the second consecutive game with 20 points.
Corey Brewer led the Rockets with 25 points, and James Harden had 15 (see full recap).