WARRIORS 119,
MAVERICKS 114
DALLAS -- Stephen Curry scored
48 points, making 11 3-pointers, and the Golden State
Warriors held off the Dallas
Mavericks 119-114 on Sunday night.
Kevin Durant added
28 points and Klay Thompson had
nine of his 16 in the fourth quarter.
Curry's 11th 3-pointer -tying a season high -- gave the Warriors
a 117-114 lead.
Draymond
Green blocked Jalen Brunson's
drive at the other end and secured the loose ball. The Mavericks forced a miss,
but Harrison
Barnes turned the ball over in the frontcourt with 5 seconds
left. Curry sealed the game with free throws.
Luka Doncic scored
26 points for Dallas and Barnes had 22. Brunson had 12 off the bench in 30
minutes, in place of the injured J.J. Barea and Dennis Smith
Jr.
MAGIC 116, ROCKETS 109
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Nikola
Vucevic and Aaron Gordon each
scored 22 points and Orlando took advantage of James Harden's
awful 3-point shooting to beat Houston.
Harden scored 38 points to push his run of 30-point games to
16, but was 1 of 17 from 3-point range to tie Damon Stoudamire's NBA record for
misses in a game. Stoudamire was 5 for 21 from 3-point range for Portland
against Golden State on April 15, 2005. Harden was 11 of 32 overall from the
field, made 15 of 16 free throws and had 12 assists and nine rebounds.
Evan Fournier and Terrence Ross each
had 17 points for Orlando. The Magic were coming off a 105-103 home victory
over Boston on Saturday night.
Austin Rivers scored
25 points, and Clint Capela had
17 points and 10 rebounds for Houston. The Rockets lost for only the fourth
time in their last 17 games.
RAPTORS 140, WIZARDS 138, 2OT
WASHINGTON -- Serge Ibaka hit
a 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in the second overtime and Toronto outlasted
Washington for its fifth straight victory.
The Raptors blew a 23-point lead before outlasting the
Wizards.
Kawhi Leonard led
Toronto with 41 points and 11 rebounds, and Pascal Siakim had 24 points and a
career-high 19 rebounds.
Bradley Beal had
his second triple-double of the season for Washington, finishing with season
highs of 43 points and 15 rebounds and adding 10 assists. Otto Porter had 27
points, and Trevor Ariza narrowly
missed his second career triple-double with 23 points, 10 assists and nine
rebounds.
NUGGETS 116, TRAIL BLAZERS 113
DENVER -- Nikola Jokic scored
a season-high 40 points, Jamal Murray fought
through a bloody lip to add 24 and Denver beat Portland.
Jokic finished a point off his career high. He added 10
rebounds and eight assists, just missing his sixth-triple double of the season.
Murray's lip was bloodied when he took an elbow to the mouth from Jusuf Nurkic on
a drive to the basket early in the third quarter.
Denver rebounded from a loss at Phoenix on Saturday night
for its 12th home win in a row.
Damian
Lillard led Portland with 26 points, and CJ McCollum had
18 points.
CAVALIERS 101, LAKERS 95
LOS ANGELES -- Cedi Osman scored
20 points, Collin Sexton added
17 and Cleveland beat Los Angeles to end a 12-game losing streak.
Tristan
Thompson had 15 points and 14 rebounds, and Alec Burks had
17 points and 13 rebounds.
Kyle Kuzma had
29 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers. They have lost two straight and
five of seven. Los Angeles was 7 for 34 on 3-pointers.
BUCKS 133, HAWKS 114
ATLANTA -- Giannis
Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, Eric Bledsoe added
24 points and 10 assists, and Milwaukee won in Coach Mike
Budenholzer's return to Atlanta.
Khris
Middleton finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds to help the
Bucks improve to 30-12, second-best in the NBA. Coming off a loss at Washington
that Antetokounmpo missed with injuries, Milwaukee is 12-0 following a defeat
and remained the league's only team not to drop consecutive games.
Budenholzer made his first appearance at State Farm Arena
since leaving the Hawks after last season. Trae Young led
Atlanta with 26 points.
76ERS 108, KNICKS 105
NEW YORK -- Ben Simmons had
20 points, 22 rebounds and nine assists, and Joel Embiid
scored 26 points to help Philadelphia beat New York.
New York's Emmanuel
Mudiay missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Kevin Knox scored
31 points for the Knicks. They have lost four straight and 19 of 22.
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