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Luka Doncic scored 51 points and the Dallas Mavericks escaped with a 126-125 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night for their sixth straight victory.

LeBron James scored 21 points in his return from a five-game absence, Anthony Davis had 25 points and 15 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-94 on Friday night for their first road victory of the season.

The smallest gesture can have a huge impact.

Devin Booker scored 28 points, Mikal Bridges added a season-high 26 and the Phoenix Suns overcame a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win their 10th straight game, beating the San Antonio Spurs 115-110 on Sunday night.

Cam Thomas scored 36 points and the Brooklyn Nets beat the San Antonio Spurs 104-100 on Sunday in the NBA Summer.

Tre Jones made a layup with less than a second remaining to give San Antonio the lead, then had a steal to prevent Charlotte from taking a final shot in the Spurs’ 106-105 victory over the Hornets on Thursday night in the NBA Summer League.

Sharife Cooper made a go-ahead, 3-pointer just before the buzzer that lifted the Atlanta Hawks to an 84-83 win over the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Summer League on Tuesday night.

Tyler Herro scored 22 points for Miami, which has won nine of 13.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Miami will travel to Clemson for a New Year's Eve tilt before returning to South Florida to host Duke for the first Atlantic Coast Conference basketball game in 2020. The Hurricanes will also host Duke (Jan. 4), Florida State (Jan. 18), Virginia Tech (Jan. 28), Virginia (March 4) and Syracuse (March 7). The home game against the Seminoles will be sandwiched between road trips in North Carolina at North Carolina State (Jan. 15) and Duke (Jan. 21). After playing Duke for the second time in six games, the Hurricanes will face North Carolina in Chapel Hill four days later. Each ACC team will play at least one conference game before the start of the new calendar year.