WARRIORS
132, PACERS 100
INDIANAPOLIS -- Stephen Curry scored
23 of his 26 points in the first half, DeMarcus Cousins added
22 and the Golden State
Warriors extended the league's longest winning streak this season
to 11 with a 132-100 rout of the Indiana Pacers on
Monday night.
Kevin Durant had
16 points for the Warriors, who have won a league-best 10 consecutive road
games and got their first sweep on a five-game road trip since November 2014.
And Draymond Green didn't
even play.
Myles Turner scored
16 points and Bojan Bogdanovic had
15 but Indiana dropped its second straight since losing All-Star guard Victor Oladipo to
a season-ending knee injury. The Pacers also played without Tyreke Evans,
Oladipo's replacement, because of a sore back.
But even at full strength, the Pacers would have had
difficulty weathering the Warriors' flurry.
Curry scored eight straight to break a 16-16 tie midway
through the first quarter and Golden State never looked back. The Warriors closed
the quarter on a 24-6 run to make it 40-22 against the league's top scoring
defense.
NUGGETS
95, GRIZZLIES 92
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Nikola Jokic scored
24 points and made a go-ahead basket with 28.9 seconds left, and Denver
overcame a 25-point, second-half deficit to beat Memphis.
Will Barton's
3-pointer with 43 seconds remaining gave the Nuggets their first lead of the
game at 91-89. After a 3-pointer from Memphis' Justin Holiday,
Jokic scored inside to put Denver ahead to stay.
Malik Beasley had
18 points, 13 in the fourth quarter to key Denver's rally. Barton had 20
points, and the Nuggets moved to 34-15, the best start in franchise history.
Marc Gasol led
Memphis with 28 points and nine rebounds, and Mike Conley had
23 points and 11 assists.
It was the largest deficit that Denver has overcome this
season.
CELTICS
112, NETS 104
BOSTON -- Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart each
scored 21 points, and Boston beat Brooklyn to snap the injury-riddled Nets'
six-game winning streak.
Aron Baynes had
16 points, Marcus Morris 15,
and Al Horford and Terry Rozier each
had 14 for Boston, which tied a franchise record with 16 blocked shots and won
for the sixth time in seven games. Horford had 11 rebounds.
The Celtics played without star guard Kyrie Irving,
who was sidelined with a sore left hip.
D'Angelo Russell led
the Nets with 25 points and Shabazz Napier had
20. Brooklyn had won 19 of its previous 24 games.
HORNETS
101, KNICKS 92
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kemba Walker and Tony Parker each
had 15 points, Malik Monk had
four clutch 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and Charlotte handed New York its
10th straight loss.
Monk scored 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter to
help ignite a 17-1 run as Charlotte improved to 17-8 at home.
Kevin Knox had
19 points and Tim Hardaway Jr. 17
for the struggling Knicks, who have won one game since beating the Hornets on
Dec. 14.
HAWKS
123, CLIPPERS 118
LOS ANGELES -- Trae Young scored
26 points, John Collins added
22 and Atlanta beat Los Angeles for the first time in nearly three years.
Atlanta had lost five in a row to the Clippers dating to
March 5, 2016. The Hawks earned their first win against a Pacific Division
opponent this season after dropping their first five.
Alex Len had
19 points and nine rebounds off the bench for the Hawks.
Tobias Harris scored
30 points for the Clippers, whose three-game winning streak ended on the second
night of a back-to-back. Lou Williams finished
with 21 points and nine assists, and Montrezl Harrell had
18 points.
No comments:
Post a Comment