Basketball

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points in three quarters as the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the New Orleans Pelicans 137-101 on Monday night.

DALLAS (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 42 points, including a baseline floater with 2 seconds left in overtime, and the Sacramento Kings beat the depleted Dallas Mavericks 129-128 on Monday night.

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 40 points, Christian Braun had 26 points, and the surging Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 146-117 on Monday night for their seventh straight win.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst said trading Khris Middleton was the toughest decision of his career because of everything the three-time All-Star had done for the franchise.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Stephen Curry scored a season-high 38 points and the Golden State Warriors pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 125-111 on Monday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — LaMelo Ball missed the second half of Charlotte's 97-89 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night because of right ankle soreness.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trae Young scored 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Orlando Magic 112-106 on Monday night. Young was 6 for 17 from the field and committed nine turnovers.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nic Claxton scored 16 points and the Brooklyn Nets pulled away after LaMelo Ball was lost to another ankle injury and beat the Charlotte Hornets 97-89 on Monday night.

MIAMI (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 17 and the Boston Celtics rolled past the Miami Heat 103-85 on Monday night. Al Horford scored 16 points, Sam Hauser had 15 and Derrick White added 13 for the Celtics.

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford left Monday night’s home game against the Sacramento Kings early in the second quarter with a sprained right knee.