NBA-Highlights of Sunday's NBA games

Nov 2 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's National Basketball Association games: - - - Spurs 95, Celtics 87 Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili set the NBA record for wins by a trio of team mates on Sunday... and fittingly they did it against the Boston Celtics. The trio helped the Spurs to a 95-87 victory, the threesome's 541st regular-season win together, snapping a tie with Boston's Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish trio for the all-time NBA lead. The three players didn't have a big scoring day, as free agent signee forward LaMarcus Aldridge scored 24 points and added 14 rebounds and five assists to lead the way for the Spurs (2-1). - - - Raptors 106, Bucks 87 Jonas Valanciunas scored 19 points and Patrick Patterson added 16 as Toronto defeated Milwaukee at Air Canada Centre. Valanciunas paced the attack for the Raptors as Dwane Casey became the most successful coach in franchise history with the 157th victory of his career. DeMar DeRozan had 15 points and four assists, and Kyle Lowry added 15 points and seven assists as six Raptors scored double figures. Bismack Biyombo had a game-high 10 rebounds. - - - Heat 109, Rockets 89 Hassan Whiteside scored 25 points to lead Miami to a comeback victory over Houston. Dwyane Wade finished with 20 points for the Heat, who trailed by as many as 21 points early in the third period and erased a 19-point halftime deficit, outscoring the Rockets 31-12 in the third quarter. Luol Deng scored 14 points and Justise Winslow and Tyler Johnson were Miami's other double-digit scorers with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Whiteside also had 15 rebounds. - - - Hawks 94, Hornets 92 Kent Bazemore led a balanced attack with 20 points, and Atlanta beat Charlotte for the second time in three days. The Hawks took the lead for good on Paul Millsap's three-pointer with 40.7 seconds left. Jeff Teague added 18 points and six assists for the Hawks. Al Horford had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Millsap had 16 points, six rebounds and six assists. - - - Thunder 117, Nuggets 93 Kevin Durant scored 25 points to lead Oklahoma City over Denver at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Durant shot 8-of-11 from the field and knocked down three 3-pointers to go along with five assists and two rebounds. Serge Ibaka added 18 points, seven rebounds and five blocked shots. Russell Westbrook scored 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting. He also collected nine rebounds and eight assists without playing in the fourth quarter. - - - Bulls 92, Magic 87 Pau Gasol scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Chicago held on for a win over Orlando. Nikola Mirotic scored 16 points. Jimmy Butler added 14 points and five assists for the Bulls. Evan Fournier led the Magic with 19 points. Nikola Vucevic scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to register his first double-double of the season. Orlando remained winless under first-year coach Scott Skiles. - - - Mavericks 103, Lakers 93 Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and Dallas defeated Los Angeles for the eighth consecutive time. Zaza Pachulia added 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Mavericks, who had six players score in double figures. The Mavericks had three of their starters return. Forward Chandler Parsons (right knee surgery) made his season debut, while guard Deron Williams (left knee sprain) and Wesley Matthews (rest) returned from one-game absences. Parsons scored two points, Williams 11 and Matthews 10. (Editing by John O'Brien)