Gobert returns as Wolves score season-high 141

Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert returned to action Sunday against San Antonio after a 10-game absence due to a lower back injury — and joined in the team’s highest-scoring game of the season.

Depleted Mavs close out loss with just 7 players

The injury-ravaged Dallas Mavericks entered Sunday’s game with only nine available players, three of whom suffered injuries during the contest, a 125-116 loss to the Phoenix Suns, and after the game, coach Jason Kidd said, simply, he’s “never seen this.”

Celts hail ‘old reliable’ Horford after rivalry win

Al Horford played 37 minutes — his second-highest total of the season — and put up 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, all while being relentlessly hunted by the Lakers throughout what became a 111-101 Celtics victory Saturday night.