LAS VEGAS (AP) The NBA Summer League is nearing its elite eight.
The quarterfinals would be set by the end of play Saturday, and it will include at least a couple of surprises.
Toronto, the No. 29 seed that was winless in the preliminary round, has put together two straight wins in the tournament and will face 12th-seeded Cleveland and rookie Collin Sexton, who like Lonzo Ball last year is a highly touted point guard trying to win a summer title.
Detroit, the No. 25 seed in the 30-team field, is also still alive.
Saturday’s results:
CAVALIERS 92, ROCKETS 87
Collin Sexton shook off a 5-for-17 night to score 17 points for the Cavaliers (4-1). The No. 8 pick in the draft had scored 25 in the first round of the tournament.
Scoochie Smith also scored 17, Jamel Artis had 13 and Billy Preston 12 for Cleveland.
Danuel House finished with 30 points for the fifth-seeded Rockets (4-1) in their first loss of the summer.
RAPTORS 87, HORNETS 84, OT
Rawle Alkins made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 32 seconds left in overtime and finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds for the Raptors (2-3). Rookie Malachi Richardson added 14 points.
Dwayne Bacon had 28 points and rookie Miles Bridges added 18 points and 11 rebounds despite shooting just 5 for 20 from the field for the Hornets (3-2).
CELTICS 74, HEAT 72
Pierria Henry scored 15 points and Guerschon Yabusele had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the 10th-seeded Celtics (4-1).
They advanced to meet second-seeded Portland.
Boston turned to its defense again, limiting Miami to fewer than 20 points in all but the fourth quarter, when the Heat scored 22.
Derrick Walton Jr. finished with 15 points for the Heat (2-3), but missed a long 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have sent the No. 6 seed to the quarterfinals.
PISTONS 72, BULLS 66
Henry Ellenson scored 21 points and No. 25-seeded Detroit (3-2) advanced to a quarterfinal matchup against the top-seeded Lakers.
Antonio Blakeney scored 24 points for the Bulls (2-3). Rookie Chandler Hutchison had 11 points for the No. 24 seeds.
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