RAPTORS 123, CLIPPERS 99
LOS ANGELES -- Serge Ibaka had
25 points and nine rebounds, and the Toronto
Raptors cruised past the Los Angeles Clippers 123-99 on Tuesday
night without injured Kawhi Leonard.
Kyle Lowry added
21 points, making four of the Raptors' 14 3-pointers.
Leonard sat out with a bruised
right hip that he hurt against Milwaukee last Sunday. He is day-to-day.
The Clippers endured their
biggest loss of the season against the NBA's best team (22-7).
Fred VanVleet had
a career-high 14 assists starting in place of Leonard.
With leading scorer Tobias Harris held
to 10 points -- about half his 21.4 average -- the Clippers were led by a pair
of reserves.
Boban
Marjanovic had 18 points and Tyrone
Wallace added 15. Their fourth loss in six games dropped them
into a tie for second with the Lakers at 17-10 in the Pacific Division.
SPURS 111, SUNS 86
SAN ANTONIO -- Bryn Forbes had
a season-high 24 points and a career-best 11 rebounds to lead San Antonio.
San Antonio has won three
straight halfway through a six-game homestand.
LaMarcus
Aldridge added 18 points in 25 minutes. He sat out the fourth
quarter with San Antonio leading by as many as 25 points.
Phoenix, which was without
leading scorer Devin Booker for
the fifth straight game, never led while falling to 4-24.
T.J. Warren led
the Suns with 23 points and De'Anthony
Melton added 17. Rookie DeAndre Ayton was the only other
Phoenix player in double figures, scoring 12 points on 6-for-10 shooting.
DeMar DeRozan was
held to a season-low five points, but the 6-foot-7 guard attempted just six
shots as he set up his teammates.
ROCKETS 111, TRAIL BLAZERS 103
HOUSTON -- James Harden had
29 points and seven Rockets scored in double-figures as Houston used a big
second-half run and snapped a three-game losing streak.
Chris Paul added
a triple double with 11 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Clint Capela added
13 points and seven rebounds before fouling out with five minutes left,
and Eric Gordon,
who started in place of James Ennis, had 14 points for the Rockets, who shot 49
percent from the field.
Houston's bench played a key role
in a 24-6 first-half run that erased a 15-point deficit, and then led a charge
in the second half. Gerald Green had
13 points, and Danuel House had 12 off the bench.
Damian
Lillard had 34 points, CJ McCollum scored
22 points and Jusuf Nurkic added
15 points and 10 rebounds for Portland, which shot 44 percent after starting
the game by making seven of its first nine shots.
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