Cavs, Rockets win battles between East and West's best

Donovan Mitchell has scored 20 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter as Cleveland ended Boston's seven-game winning streak with a 115-111 home victory over the Celtics in the second intense match-up between the Eastern Conference's top teams this season.

Mitchell made all six field-goal attempts — including four three-pointers — in the fourth as the Cavaliers overcame a 12-point deficit on Sunday night. The All-Star guard scored 30 points in the second half after going just two of eight from the floor in the first.

Darius Garland added 22 points for the Cavs (18-3), who got some revenge on the Celtics after the defending NBA champions handed Cleveland their first loss on November 19 following a 15-0 start.

Jayson Tatum scored 33 points and Payton Pritchard 24 for Boston (16-4), who led 93-81 in the fourth before Mitchell took over. Kristaps Porzingis added 21 points for visitors.

With the Celtics trailing 113-110 with five seconds left, Pritchard made his first free throw before intentionally missing his second while hoping for a long rebound. However, he got called for stepping into the lane too early, giving the ball back to the Cavaliers. Mitchell then put it away with two free throws.

In the battle between the West's top two, Fred VanVleet had a season-high 38 points and Dillon Brooks made a go-ahead shot late to help the Rockets to a 119-116 win over Oklahoma City in Houston.

The game was tied at 113 when Brooks hit the short jumper in the lane just before the shot clock expired to put the Rockets on top with 33.1 seconds to go.

It's the third straight win for Houston (15-6) and their fifth in the last six games, and it came after the Thunder got a 126-107 victory in their first meeting on November 8.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 32 points in his fourth straight 30-point game for OKC (15-5), whose four-game winning streak was snapped.

Elsewhere, there were victories for Orlando, Memphis, New York and Toronto.