Kyrie Irving, double for the Boston Celtics, won his seventh straight win at home to Memphis Grizzlies, defeating him 122-116 in the NBA on Friday night.
De Angelo Russell scored 40 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 22-point lead and beat Orlando Magic (117-115).
The Celtics are fifth in the Eastern Division after winning 27 for 18 defeats, one ahead of Nets, who have won 24 of 47 games this season.
For the third consecutive season, Celtics, the Eastern Division champion last season, beat the Grizzlies by beating him in Memphis at the end of last month.
Grizzlies have not won the Celtics since 10 January 2016.
Irving finished the game with 38 points, 11 assists, and Marcus Smart added 20 points.
Celtics maintained their unbeaten home record in the last eight games.
The last defeat in Boston was against the Milwaukee Bucks on December 21.
Mike Connelly was the best player in Memphis with 26 points and Jaren Jackson added 23 points.
Grizzlies suffered their fourth consecutive defeat to settle in the penultimate position in the Western Division with 19 wins and 26 losses.
Nets only advanced at the beginning and end of the game, while Magic dominated the standings and advanced by 22 points in the middle of the second quarter.
The visitors began their uprising in the second half to win the first encounter between the two teams this season.
De Angelo Russell led the Nets with 40 points and Spencer Dinuide added 20 points.
Aaron Gordon, the most registered in the ranks of Magic with 23 points, and Nikola Vuckovic 16 points, and gained 17 rebounds.
Magic slipped to 11th in the East after winning their second straight defeat and 26 in 45 games this season.
The Detroit Pistons, 4 free throws in the last 13.6 seconds to win (98-93) at the Miami Heat.
The Heat slipped to seventh in the East with 21 wins and 22 defeats, two ahead of the Pistons, who won their 20th victory in 44 games.
Blake Griffin needed a single crucial pass to achieve 3 double digits with the Pistons.
Griffin topped the list with 32 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists.
The two teams have won two games so far this season, and the veteran substitute Dwyane Wade was the most recorded in the Heat with 20 points.
The Utah Jazz won their sixth straight win after beating Cleveland Cavaliers last season.
Jazz, seventh in the Western Division with 26 wins, and 21 losses, two places behind the San Antonio Spurs, who defeated (116-113) on the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Jazz, who have won the Cavaliers this season, have not lost at home against their rivals since January 10, 2014.
Donovan Mitchell has a record of 24 points while Rudy Joubert added 19 points and 15 rebounds.
The Cavaliers remain in the last position in the East with nine wins in 46 games, the worst record among the teams.
Lamark's Aldridge and Rudy Jay scored 47 points and Spurs scored their 27th victory in 47 games this season.
Aldridge finished the game with 25 points and nine rebounds while Jay scored 22 points.
Alternate Derek Rose is the list of Minnesota recorders with 23 points.
Timberwolves remained 11th in the West with a second consecutive defeat and 24 this season against 21 wins.
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