Victor Wembanyama racked up 32 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists and three blocked shots in his return to lead the host San Antonio Spurs to a 115-102 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday as two of the hottest teams in the NBA clashed.

De’Aaron Fox added 17 points for the Spurs, with Stephon Castle adding 15 points with 10 assists. Keldon Johnson scored 13 points and Luke Kornet contributed 10 for San Antonio.

Miles Bridges led Charlotte with 22 points while Kon Knueppel scored 20, Coby White had 18 off the bench and LaMelo Ball added 17 for the Hornets, who had a two-game winning streak snapped.

The Spurs are now 17-2 since the start of February, while the Hornets fell to 8-3 since Feb. 22.

The Spurs led by as many as 18 points in the second quarter and 13 at halftime before heading into the fourth quarter up 91-83. Bridges’ 3-pointer with 9:33 left brought Charlotte to within four points before San Antonio reeled off the next 12 points to expand its advantage to 104-88 with 6:05 remaining.

The Hornets were unable to chalenge down the stretch, with Wembanyama’s fifth 3-pointer of the game coming with 1:12 remaining to seal the victory and get San Antonio’s back on track after a loss on Thursday to Denver when Wembanyama was out with ankle soreness.

San Antonio used an 18-0 run, capped by two free throws by Barnes, in building an early 28-13 lead. The Hornets missed 13 consecutive shots during the Spurs’ surge before pulling within 31-24 after one quarter.

The Spurs were up 46-28 five minutes into the second quarter and finished the first half with an 8-0 run to take a 59-46 advantage into the break. Wembanyama had 18 points and eight rebounds before halftime for the Spurs while Fox added 10. Ball had 11 points for the Hornets in the first half.

Knueppel tried to shoot Charlotte back into the game in the third period, making three 3-pointers as part of his 17 points in the quarter as the Hornets cut San Antonio’s lead to 82-73.

–Field Level Media

Fraser Minten scored in the ninth round for the lone goal of the shootout, allowing the Boston Bruins to snap a seven-game road winless skid with a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Boston’s Jeremy Swayman and Washington’s Logan Thompson thwarted each of the other team’s first eight attempts in the shootout before the former denied Aliaksei Protas in the ninth. Minten then went to his backhand to tuck the puck past a sprawling Thompson to end the contest.

Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy scored a pair of goals to extend his point streak to six games (four goals, four assists). He has totaled 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) in his past 16 games.

Swayman made 25 saves for the Bruins, who were 0-3-4 in their previous seven road games. Boston also completed a three-game season sweep of Washington.

Washington’s Rasmus Sandin collected a goal and an assist and fellow defenseman Matt Roy also tallied.

Thompson turned aside 32 shots for the Capitals, who have lost five of their last seven games (2-4-1).

Roy’s blast from above the right circle sailed inside the near post to open the scoring 1:15 into the second period. Roy’s goal was his second of the season and first since Nov. 17.

Sandin, who notched an assist on that play, was denied on a pair of point-blank chances to double the advantage. Swayman extended his right pad to thwart a breakaway bid moments later before making a glove save on Sandin’s shot from the left circle midway into the session.

McAvoy’s one-timer from just inside the blue line fluttered past Thompson to forge a 1-1 tie at 11:57 of the second period.

Sandin finally broke through after his shot from the point deflected off the stick of Boston’s Elias Lindholm and past Swayman to give Washington a 2-1 lead at 3:12 of the third period.

McAvoy drew the Bruins even once again midway into the third period after he deflected Pavel Zacha’s shot past Thompson.

–Field Level Media

NASHVILLE — Third-seeded Arkansas got 29 points from Meleek Thomas, 24 from Darius Acuff Jr. and double-doubles from Trevon Brazile and Malique Ewen to escape with a 93-90 overtime victory over 15th-seeded Ole Miss on Saturday in the Southeastern Conference tournament semifinals.

Ewen scored 14 and pulled down a game-high 13 boards while Brazile scored 16 with 10 rebounds as No. 17 Arkansas (25-8) advanced to face No. 22 Vanderbilt (26-7) in Sunday’s final. The fourth-seeded Commodores bounced top-seeded Florida 91-74 in the day’s first semifinal.

AJ Storr scored a team-high 24 points for Ole Miss (15-20), which included a basket with one second left to send the game into overtime. Malik Dia chipped in 16 points for the Rebels, who nearly pulled off their fourth upset in as many days. They also got 15 from Patton Pinkins and 13 from Ilias Kamardine.

Arkansas outrebounded the Rebels 44-31 and shot 74.2% from the line, though its 4-of-8 shooting in overtime left the door open for the upset.

With five seconds left in regulation and Ole Miss trailing 79-77, Storr took the ball the length of the floor and banked in a left-handed layup with one second left.

Arkansas never trailed in overtime, but Storr’s drive and dunk with nine seconds left kept Ole Miss in position to win by cutting the lead to 91-90.

Acuff hit the second of two free throws and then Storr missed a 3-point attempt from the right side. Brazile got the rebound and hit the second of two foul shots, which gave Arkansas a chance to set its defense.

Travis Perry’s mid-court heave crashed off the backboard as time expired.

Arkansas built an 11-point lead midway through the first half, but couldn’t put away Ole Miss. The Rebels trailed 37-36 at half after shooting 11 of 15 on layups.

Arkansas held a 70-60 lead with 5:43 to play in regulation after Thomas hit two foul shots.

Kamardine hit two free throws with seven seconds left to get Ole Miss within one.

Two seconds later, after a timeout, Kamardine fouled out, sending Thomas to the line where he hit one of two for Arkansas’s last points of regulation.

– Chris Lee, Field Level Media