Basketball

Houston Rockets (12-6, third in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (8-8, 11th in the Western Conference) Minneapolis; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Timberwolves -3; over/under is 220.

Los Angeles Lakers (10-6, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (9-7, eighth in the Western Conference) Phoenix; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Suns -1.5; over/under is 231.

Los Angeles Clippers (11-7, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (14-3, second in the Eastern Conference) Boston; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Celtics -9.5; over/under is 216.

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored the Celtics’ first 15 points on five consecutive 3-pointers and finished with 29 points, before Boston withstood a late charge to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-105 on Sunday.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Cam Thomas scored 34 points and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Kings 108-103 on Sunday night in Nets coach Jordi Fernandez's return to Sacramento.

MIAMI (AP) — The Serbian national team player who lost a kidney at last year's Basketball World Cup is back on the floor with the club, and helped it clinch a spot in next year's EuroBasket tournament on Sunday.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell and Ty Jerome scored 26 points apiece as the Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 17-1 and stayed perfect at home with a 122-108 win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 33 points, leading the Miami Heat past the Dallas Mavericks 123-118 in overtime on Sunday night.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden was about booed out of the arena each time he touched the ball, a sound of contempt not heard in Philly since — well, since Ben Simmons was razzed with much the same vocal voraciousness two nights earlier.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than a decade ago, Mike Brown – then the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers – saw a young intern named Jordi Fernandez working with his son, Elijah, at a basketball training program in Las Vegas.