LAKERS 128,
HORNETS 100
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- LeBron James and Lonzo Ball gave
the Lakers multiple triple-doubles in a game for just the second time, and Los
Angeles routed the Charlotte
Hornets 128-100 on Saturday night for its third win in four
games.
James had 24 points, 12 rebounds
and 11 assists, while Ball had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Magic
Johnson and Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar are the only other Lakers to accomplish that feat
in the same game, doing so on Jan. 22, 1982.
James continued his dominance
over Charlotte, improving to 27-1 in his last 28 games.
He was unstoppable throughout on
penetration, helping the Lakers outscore the Hornets 40-17 in the third quarter
and build a 30-point lead with his second triple-double of the season and 75th
of his career. He did not play in the fourth quarter with the game out of
reach.
PISTONS 113, CELTICS 104
DETROIT -- Blake Griffin scored
27 points and Andre
Drummond added 19 points and 20 rebounds to help Detroit beat
Boston, snapping the Celtics' eight-game winning streak.
Detroit also ended its own
six-game skid with a solid 48-minute effort. The Pistons took control with a
13-0 run in the third quarter and played well at the start of the fourth as
well.
Kyrie Irving led
Boston with 26 points.
Both teams shot over 60 percent
from the field in the first quarter, and the game was still tight at halftime,
with Detroit up 57-56. Drummond punctuated his team's 13-point run in the third
with a dunk that put the Pistons ahead 76-66.
ROCKETS 105, GRIZZLIES 97
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- James Harden had
32 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his second consecutive triple-double,
and Houston held off a fourth-quarter burst to beat Memphis.
Harden, who had 50 points in a
triple-double in the Rockets' victory over the Lakers on Thursday, was 9 of 14
from the field, including 3 of 7 from outside the arc as Houston won its third
straight.
Clint Capela finished
with 26 points and 10 rebounds, while Gerald Green scored
17 points.
Mike Conley led
Memphis with 22 points and six assists, while Marc Gasol added
17 points and nine rebounds. JaMychal
Green had 13 points.
THUNDER 110, CLIPPERS 104
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Paul George scored
33 points to help Oklahoma City beat Los Angeles.
It was the fourth time in seven
games George scored at least 30 points.
Russell
Westbrook had 13 points, 12 assists, nine rebounds and six
steals for Oklahoma City. Jerami Grant scored
18 points and Steven Adams added
16 for the Thunder, who bounced back from a 109-98 loss at Denver on Friday
night.
Danilo
Gallinari matched a season high with 28 points, Tobias Harris scored
22 and Montrezl
Harrell added 21 for the Clippers.
BULLS 98, SPURS 93
SAN ANTONIO -- Kris Dunn scored
24 points, Lauri
Markkanen added 23 and Chicago rallied from a 21-point deficit
in the second half to stun San Antonio.
The rally snapped Chicago's
three-game skid and ended San Antonio's four-game winning streak.
LaMarcus
Aldridge had 29 points and 12 rebounds for San Antonio, which
dominated the first half. DeMar DeRozan added
21 points.
MAGIC 96, JAZZ 89
MEXICO CITY -- Evan Fournier scored
24 points, Terrence Ross came
off the bench to add 10 of his 19 in the fourth quarter, and Orlando rallied
from an 11-point deficit to beat Utah and sweep its two-game homestand in
Mexico City.
Ross shot 8 of 9 from the field
and Nikola
Vucevic added 15 points and a season-high 19 rebounds for the
Magic (13-15), who beat the Chicago Bulls 97-91
on Thursday.
Orlando won despite 22 turnovers,
15 in the first half, and is in second place in the Southeast Division behind
the Charlotte Hornets.
Donovan
Mitchell scored 24 points and Derrick
Favors added 21 for the struggling Jazz (14-15), who lost for
the third time in their last four games.
SUNS 107, TIMBERWOLVES 99
PHOENIX -- Devin Booker returned
from a six-game absence to score 28 points and Phoenix beat the Minnesota,
giving the Suns a two-game winning streak for the first time in almost a year.
Deandre Ayton had
18 points and 12 rebounds for the Suns, including 10 points and five boards in
the fourth quarter, when Phoenix pulled away. T.J. Warren added
21 points for Phoenix.
The Suns, coming off a victory
over Dallas on Thursday, last won two in a row on Dec. 26-29, 2017.
Karl-Anthony
Towns scored 28 for the Timberwolves but only seven in the
second half. Derrick Rose added
25 for Minnesota, which finished 0-4 on a western road trip and is 2-12 on the
road this season.
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