PELICANS 131,
THUNDER 122
NEW ORLEANS -- Julius Randle capped
a 33-point, 11-rebound performance with three clutch baskets in the final
minutes, and the New Orleans
Pelicans beat the Oklahoma City
Thunder131-122 on Thursday night despite losing All-Star Anthony Davis to
a shoulder injury after the first half.
Davis was in the game when the first half ended, but kept
his left arm still as he walked to the locker room shortly after fouling Nerlens Noel on
an attempted shot block with his left hand in the final second of the second
quarter. When the second half began, the Pelicans announced that Davis was out
of the remainder of the game with a left shoulder injury, putting his
availability for this weekend's All-Star Game in doubt.
Russell
Westbrook increased his record triple-double streak to 11 games
with 44 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists. But he missed a late 3-point
attempt when the Thunder trailed by five just inside the final minute of the
game. New Orleans rebounded and held on from there.
Jrue Holiday had
32 points and seven assists, none more timely than his driving feed to Randle
in the paint with 1:30 to go.
KNICKS 106, HAWKS 91
ATLANTA -- Dennis Smith
Jr. scored 19 points and New York snapped a franchise-worst, 18-game
losing streak with a victory over Atlanta.
The Knicks ended their longest skid within a single season
with their first victory since Jan. 4 at the Los Angeles
Lakers. New York, with the Eastern Conference's worst record and
second-worst overall, had dropped 26 of 27.
Kadeem Allen and John Jenkins each
added 14 points. Damyean
Dotson finished with 13 points and DeAndre
Jordan had 13 rebounds for New York, which never trailed and
only was tied twice, in the second quarter.
MAGIC 127, HORNETS 89
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando ended a 13-game losing streak to
Charlotte behind 21 points from reserve Terrence Ross.
The Magic have won five straight for the first time in more
than three years. Nikola
Vucevic had his fifth straight double-double with 17 points and
11 rebounds, while Aaron Gordon added
10 points and 10 rebounds. Jonathan
Isaac scored 16 points.
The Magic led 71-36 at halftime, their biggest lead in any
game this season. Guard D.J. Augustin drilled
a 3-pointer on the first possession of the second half and the Hornets never
got closer than 29 points after halftime.
Malik Monk scored
15 points, Jeremy Lamb had
14 and Cody Zeller added
13 for the Hornets.
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