Kawhi Leonard had a career-high 33 points, LaMarcus Aldrige had 31 points and 15 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Toronto Raptors, 102-95, Saturday night for their franchise-record 64th victory.
San Antonio never trailed and topped its 63-win season in 2005-06. The Spurs also extended their NBA-record home winning streak to start the season to 39 games.
Toronto sat Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan for rest.
The Spurs closed it out at the free-throw line, capturing their 48th straight home victory dating to March 2015.
Patrick Patterson’s intense effort helped the Raptors outscore the Spurs 52-36 in the paint.
Norman Powell had 17 points, Jonas Valanciunas and Cory Joseph added 16 points and Patterson had 12 points for the Raptors.
PISTONS 94, BULLS 90
Reggie Jackson scored 22 points, Tobias Harris added 21 and the Detroit Pistons overcame Jimmy Butler’s first career triple-double to beat the Chicago Bulls.
Marcus Morris had 16 points and Andre Drummond had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Pistons, who remain on track for a playoff spot.
Butler had 28 points and career highs of 17 rebounds and 12 assists. Pau Gasol had 16 points and 14 rebounds.
Detroit is a half-game ahead of Indiana for seventh in the Eastern Conference and 2 games up on ninth-place Chicago.
Jackson’s jumper gave Detroit an 86-83 lead with 1:46 left. After E’Twaun Moore and Butler missed 3s, Harris scored on a putback for a five-point lead.
PACERS 115, 76ERS 102
C.J. Miles scored 25 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:39 left, and the Indiana Pacers rallied to beat the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers.
Paul George added 20 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Indiana, the eighth seed in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. Rodney Stuckey scored 17 points.
Isaiah Canaan had 24 points for Philadelphia (9-68), which needs one victory in its remaining five games to avoid matching the 1972-73 Sixers for the worst full-season record in NBA history.
Jerami Grant had 20 points and nine rebounds for Philadelphia, which has lost 13 straight and 25 of 26. Carl Landry scored 19 points.