WARRIORS 112,
CLIPPERS 94
LOS ANGELES -- Stephen Curry scored
28 points, DeMarcus
Cousins added 14 before fouling out of his Warriors debut after
being sidelined for nearly a year, and Golden State pulled away in the third
quarter to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112-94 on Friday night for its seventh
straight victory and sixth in a row on the road.
The Warriors shot just 9 of 37 on 3-pointers on a night when
Curry made only three from long range. Fellow Splash Brother Klay Thompson missed
all four of his 3-point attempts.
Cousins went 5 for 11 from the floor and finished with six
rebounds and three assists during his first game since Jan. 26, 2018, when he
ruptured his left Achilles tendon playing for New Orleans. He missed the rest
of last season, including nine playoff games for the Pelicans. The Warriors
signed him last July.
With Cousins finally in the lineup, Golden State became the
first team in 42 years to start five All-Stars from the previous season.
Kevin Durant had
24 points for the Warriors. Tobias Harris led
the short-handed Clippers with 28 in their season-worst fifth consecutive loss.
NETS 117, MAGIC 115
ORLANDO, Fla. -- D'Angelo
Russell matched his career high with 40 points and Brooklyn
overcame a 21-point deficit to beat Orlando.
Russell's 3-pointer with 27.1 seconds left put the Nets up
for the first time since they led 2-0. After missed free throws by both teams
left Brooklyn with a two-point lead, Evan Fournier
missed a shot in the lane that would have tied it for Orlando.
Spencer
Dinwiddie scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half for
Brooklyn. The Nets won for the 16th time in 21 games, making 19 of 46
3-pointers. They also rallied Wednesday night in a 145-142 overtime victory at
Houston.
Aaron Gordon scored
23 points for Orlando, and Nikola
Vucevic had 16 points and 17 rebounds.
SPURS 116, TIMBERWOLVES 113
MINNEAPOLIS -- LaMarcus
Aldridge scored 25 points, Rudy Gay added
22 and San Antonio held on to beat Minnesota to give coach Gregg Popovich
another milestone victory.
The win was the 520th on the road in Popovich's career,
tying him with Pat Riley for the most in NBA history. The Spurs have won 16 of
the past 18 games between the teams.
San Antonio scoring leader DeMar DeRozan sat
out because of left ankle soreness.
Karl-Anthony
Towns had 23 points for Minnesota, but was limited to 21
minutes because of foul trouble. Derrick Rose also
had 23 points.
CELTICS 122, GRIZZLIES 116
BOSTON -- Kyrie Irving scored
20 of his 38 points in the third quarter and Boston held off Memphis.
Irving also had 11 assists and seven rebounds to help Boston
win its second straight after dropping three in a row. Marcus Smart added
20 points and Al Horford had
18
Mike Conley led
the Grizzlies with 26 points. They have lost 10 of 11 overall, and six in a row
on the road.
TRAIL BLAZERS 128, PELICANS 112
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Damian
Lillard had 22 points and eight assists to lead Portland over
New Orleans.
CJ McCollum and
reserve forward Jake Layman scored
20 points each for the Trail Blazers. Layman got all his points in the second
quarter.
Anthony Davis finished
with 27 points and seven rebounds for the Pelicans. Jrue Holiday had
20 points and Julius Randle added
19.
JAZZ 115, CAVALIERS 99
SALT LAKE CITY -- Donovan
Mitchell scored 24 points, Rudy Gobert had
19 points and 15 rebounds and Utah routed Cleveland for its sixth straight
victory and eighth in nine games.
Royce O'Neale added
16 points and 11 rebounds. Ante Zizic and Collin Sexton each
scored 15 points, and Cameron Payne had
14 for the Cavaliers.
PISTONS 98, HEAT 93
DETROIT -- Blake Griffin had
32 points and 11 rebounds and Detroit
Pistons overcame an early exit by injured Andre
Drummond to beat Miami.
Dwyane Wade scored
20 points for the Heat, but missed badly on an off-balance 3-pointer in the
final seconds that could have tied it.
Drummond left with a nasal injury after being hit in the
face in the first quarter by the arm of Miami's James Johnson.
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