De'Aaron Fox had 22 points and eight rebounds, Stephon Castle added 20 points and San Antonio increased their winning streak to 11 with a 118-99 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, while playing without Victor Wembanyama.

Wembanyama was given his second night off since January 6 to rest lingering ankle soreness, and the Spurs improved to 27-2 since February 1 and 59-18 overall.

Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points and Bennedict Mathurin added 18 as the Clippers (39-38) lost their second consecutive game to follow a five-match winning streak.

San Antonio still trail Oklahoma City by two games in the Western Conference standings with five games remaining before playoffs, after the Thunder beat the LA Lakers 139-96.

Reigning league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points for the hosts in a contest in which NBA leading scorer Luka Doncic left due to a hamstring injury in the third quarter.

Doncic had scored at least 40 points in five of his previous seven games, but finished with just 12 against OKC's suffocating defence.

Only six times in their storied history have the Lakers been defeated by more points.

Austin Reaves scored 15 points and LeBron James added 13 for the West's third-placed Lakers (50-27), who had won four straight and 13 of 14.

The NBA-leading Thunder (61-16) have now won 16 of 17.

Eastern Conference pacesetters Detroit downed Minnesota 113-108.

Daniss Jenkins had 26 points, eight assists and five rebounds, while Jalen Duren supplied 22 points and 14 boards for the Pistons (56-21), who reduced their magic number to clinch the top seed to one.

Julius Randle scored 27 points and added six rebounds and six assists for the West's sixth-placed Timberwolves (46-30).

Elsewhere, Donovan Mitchell had 25 points and six rebounds as Cleveland beat Golden State 118-111 in San Francisco to seal the Cavs' (48-29) seventh victory in nine to strengthen fourth in the East.

And Miles Bridges scored 25 points, rookie Kon Knueppel set a franchise record for threes in a season and finished with 20 points as eighth-placed Charlotte rolled past Phoenix 127-107.

With Reuters.