THUNDER
118, BUCKS 112
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Paul George had
36 points and 13 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City
Thunder beat the Milwaukee Bucks 118-112
on Sunday for their fifth straight victory.
Russell Westbrook had
13 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for his 16th triple-double of the season
and No. 120 for his career. Jerami Grant added
16 points, helping the Thunder knock off the team with the NBA's best record.
Giannis
Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 18 rebounds for
Milwaukee, and Khris Middletonadded
22 points.
Eric Bledsoe hit
a 3-pointer with just over a minute left to cut Oklahoma City's lead to three,
but George drained a 3-pointer in Malcolm Brogdon's
face as the shot clock wound down to push the margin back up to six.
ROCKETS
103, MAGIC 98
HOUSTON -- James Harden scored
40 points, and Houston rallied for the win in Chris Paul's
return from a hamstring injury.
Houston trailed by as many as 16. The game was tied with
about 75 seconds left when a 3-pointer by Harden put the Rockets up
98-95. Terrence Ross missed
a 3 on the other end and Harden added a step-back jumper with 30 seconds left.
Harden got his third block when he swatted away a shot
by Evan Fournier,
and Paul added two free throws with 13.6 seconds remaining to secure Houston's
third straight victory. Paul had 12 points and six assists after missing the
previous 17 games with a strained left hamstring.
Aaron Gordon had
23 points for the Magic, who have dropped six of seven.
RAPTORS
123, MAVERICKS 120
DALLAS -- Kawhi Leonard scored
33 points to help Toronto overcome a triple-double from Dallas rookie Luka Doncic.
Pascal Siakam's
three-point play snapped a 108-108 tie with 3:56 remaining as the Raptors
recovered from a seven-point deficit early in the fourth quarter.
Doncic, who turns 20 on Feb. 28, had 35 points, 12
rebounds and 10 assists to become the first teenager in NBA history with two
triple-doubles.
Kyle Lowry scored
19 points for Toronto and Siakam had 14.
JAZZ
125, TIMBERWOLVES 111
MINNEAPOLIS -- Donovan Mitchell had
29 points for surging Utah, and Ricky Rubio added
18 points and eight assists.
After going 2 of 12 in the first half, Mitchell scored 13
points in the third quarter to help hold off a Minnesota rally and give the
Jazz their ninth win in 10 games. Utah shot 71 percent (27 of 38) during the
second half for its second victory in three nights over the Timberwolves.
Andrew Wiggins led
Minnesota with 35 points, and Karl-Anthony Towns added
22. Jerryd Bayless had
a season-high 19.
Rudy Gobert had
17 points for Utah.
SPURS
132, WIZARDS 119
SAN ANTONIO -- LaMarcus Aldridge had
30 points, nine rebounds and six assists, powering San Antonio to the victory.
The Spurs were without leading scorer DeMar DeRozan,
but had seven players in double figures. Reserve Davis Bertans had
a season-high 21 points after missing the previous two games due to personal
reasons. Derrick White and Bryn Forbes added
16 points each.
Washington, which had won five of seven, lost its 19th
straight in San Antonio. Bradley Bealand Tomas Satoransky each
scored 21 points.
CLIPPERS
122, KINGS 108
LOS ANGELES -- Montrezl Harrell scored
25 points, and the Clippers earned their third consecutive win.
Tobias Harris added
18 points for Los Angeles, which was coming off a 3-1 road trip. Lou Williams had
12 points and 10 assists.
The Clippers had 35 assists on 42 field goals.
De'Aaron Fox led
Sacramento with 21 points. Bogdan Bogdanovic added
19 points, and Willie Cauley-Stein had
12 rebounds.
HEAT
106, KNICKS 97
NEW YORK -- Wayne Ellington scored
each of his 19 points in the second half, and the Heat handed the Knicks their
ninth straight loss.
Miami had seven players score in double figures in its
second straight win. Dwyane Wade had
15 points and 10 assists, and Hassan Whiteside finished
with 13 points and 16 rebounds.
Wade, who plans to retire at the end of the season,
received a standing ovation from the Madison Square Garden crowd when he was
taken out in the final seconds.
Former Knicks star Carmelo Anthony watched
from a courtside seat and waved to the cheering crowd when he was acknowledged
on the scoreboard in the first quarter.
CAVALIERS
104, BULLS 101
CHICAGO -- Jordan Clarkson and Alec Burks each
scored 18 points, and the Cavaliers ended a six-game losing streak.
NBA-worst Cleveland (10-41) had dropped 18 of 19. Cedi Osman scored
17 points, and Matthew Dellavedova finished
with 16.
Lauri Markkanen led
Chicago with 21 points and 15 rebounds, and Zach LaVine had
17 points and 12 rebounds. The Bulls (11-39) have lost three straight and 13 of
14.
Rodney Hood had
a follow basket with 17 seconds left to put Cleveland up 102-101. After a
Chicago miss, Dellavedova hit a pair of free throws. LaVine missed a 3-point
attempt at the buzzer.
LAKERS
116, SUNS 102
LOS ANGELES -- Ivica Zubac and Kentavious
Caldwell-Pope each scored 24 points and the
short-handed Lakers led throughout in a victory over the Phoenix Suns.
Brandon Ingram added
22 points as Los Angeles was missing Kyle Kuzma (hip)
and Tyson Chandler (rest),
along with LeBron James and Lonzo Ball.
Still, the Lakers dominated the inside against a small Phoenix lineup as it had
a 70-46 advantage in points in the paint.
Devin Booker scored
21 points, Kelly Oubre Jr.
added 17 and Mikal Bridges 16
for Phoenix, which has dropped eight straight for its second-longest losing
streak of the season. The Suns dropped 10 in a row from Nov. 25 to Dec. 11.
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