NEW YORK — Joel Embiid scored 37 points and made a career and NBA season-high 23 free throws, James Harden had 29 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers made it two straight wins with their new duo by beating the New York Knicks 125-109 on Sunday.

The 76ers made 39 free throws, most in the NBA this season, and almost all their work to break open a close game midway through the fourth quarter came from the line. Embiid finished 23 of 27 on free throws and the NBA’s leading scorer added nine rebounds.

After a powerful performance in a 133-102 win at Minnesota on Friday in Harden’s 76ers debut, this one became a grind-it-out game that the 76ers handled better. It was tied at 100 in the fourth, but Philadelphia pulled away by scoring 10 of its next 12 at the line. Embiid made six free throws, Harden four, and the only 76ers basket during that stretch came when Harden fed Embiid on the fast break.

Harden added five steals and matched his season best in assists.

RJ Barrett and Evan Fournier each scored 24 points for the Knicks, who have lost five straight and nine of 10. Julius Randle had 16 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.

MAVERICKS 107, WARRIORS 101: Luka Doncic made two free throws with 7.9 seconds left on the way to 34 points and Dallas came back from 21 down in the third quarter to stun Golden State in San Francisco.

Spencer Dinwiddie scored 10 of his 24 in the final period for Dallas.

Stephen Curry hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining and had 27 points and 10 assists in his first game at home since earning All-Star Game MVP honors, but the Warriors couldn’t do enough right on either end during crunch time as Dallas hit all the big shots.

Doncic went 10 for 21 from the floor in the first of two matchups in five days between a pair of top-five NBA defenses: No. 1 Golden State and the fifth-ranked Mavericks. Dinwiddie scored five straight points midway through the fourth that got Dallas to 93-90.

Dorian Finney-Smith’s 3 with 5:05 to go made it 94-93, then his putback at 3:21 gave Dallas the lead before Donic scored the next time down.

JAZZ 118, SUNS 114: Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Rudy Gobert added 16 points and 14 rebounds and Utah stayed hot with a victory in Phoenix.

Utah has won eight of its past nine games and improved to 38-22. Phoenix – which still has the best record in the NBA at 49-12 – has lost back-to-back games for the first time in two months.

Utah’s been a little inconsistent this season, but is playing well now that its deep roster is mostly healthy. Jordan Clarkson had 22 points on 10-of-17 shooting – part of the Utah second unit that played well and outscored Phoenix’s bench 43-11.

CLIPPERS 99, ROCKETS 98: Reggie Jackson scored 26 points, including three key points down the stretch to lead Los Angeles to a win in Houston.

Jackson’s jumper with about 90 seconds left put the Clippers up 97-95.

Both teams missed shots before Houston’s Christian Wood was fouled by Ivica Zubac on a shot in the lane with about 16 seconds to go. The Clippers challenged the call, and it was overturned, giving them the ball back.

The Rockets intentionally fouled Jackson with 11.3 seconds left and he made 1 of 2 free throws to make it 98-95.

PISTONS 127, HORNETS 126: Kelly Olynyk made a fadeaway jumper from the baseline at the overtime buzzer and Detroit beat won in Charlotte, North Carolina, its first victory over the Hornets in nearly 4 1/2 years.

Saddiq Bey had 28 points and eight rebounds and Jerami Grant added 26 points for Detroit, which had lost 15 straight games to the Hornets since its last win on Oct. 18, 2017.

Olynyk had 20 points and eight rebounds for the Pistons, who have won three of four. Rookie Cade Cunningham scored 19 points.