HEAT 126, WARRIORS
125
MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade banked
in a straightaway 3-pointer as time expired and the Miami Heat
wasted a 24-point lead before rallying to beat the Golden State
Warriors 126-125 on Wednesday night.
Wade scored 25 points to help Miami snap a six-game home
losing streak. Wade took a victory lap, waving a towel as the fans roared and
"This Is My House" was displayed on the video boards.
Goran Dragic led
the Heat with 27 points. Josh
Richardson added 21, and Miami made 18 3-pointers.
Klay Thompson scored
36 points for the Warriors. Kevin Durant added
29, but missed a free throw with 14 seconds left that kept the Heat within two
points. Durant made the second of two on that trip, and Wade delivered on the
ensuing possession for the biggest win of Miami's season.
Stephen Curry had
24 points for the Warriors, a half-game ahead of Denver for the Western
Conference lead.
LAKERS 125, PELICANS 119
LOS ANGELES -- LeBron James scored
33 points, Brandon
Ingram added 23 and Los Angeles weathered strong performances
by Anthony Davis and Julius Randle for
a victory over New Orleans.
Davis had 22 points and eight rebounds in the first three
quarters after getting a warm pregame reception from Lakers fans who eagerly
followed Los Angeles' fruitless pursuit of a trade for the superstar forward
earlier this season.
Randle scored 35 points against his former team, but
couldn't finish a comeback against James and the Lakers' new core during New
Orleans' fifth loss in seven games.
ROCKETS 118, HORNETS 113
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- James Harden scored
30 points, Clint Capela had
23 points and a career-high 17 rebounds and Houston beat Charlotte for its
third straight victory.
In his first game since his streak of 30-point games ended
at 32, Harden struggled from the field, missing his first eight shots from
3-point range -- even having one blocked by Nic Batum. Harden finished 10 of 29
from the field and 1 of 11 from 3-point range, but made two free throws with
14.6 seconds left to put it away.
Chris Paul heated
up in the fourth quarter and finished with 17 points and 10 assists. Kemba Walker had
35 points for Charlotte, 27 in the first half. He was 3 of 12 from the floor in
the second half.
HAWKS 131, TIMBERWOLVES 123, OT
ATLANTA -- Trae Young matched
the career high he set earlier in the week with 36 points, John Collins had
34 and Atlanta beat Minnesota in overtime.
Collins scored 18 points in the fourth quarter as Atlanta,
which trailed by 13 points late in the third period, rallied to force the extra
period.
Karl-Anthony
Towns led the Timberwolves with 37 points and 17
rebounds. Andrew
Wiggins had 21 points.
DeAndre Bembry scored six of his 16 points in overtime for
Atlanta.
TRAIL BLAZERS 97, CELTICS 92
BOSTON -- Damian
Lillard scored 21 of his 33 points in the second half and
Portland handed Boston its fourth straight loss.
Maurice
Harkless had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Jusef Nurkic scored 16
points, and CJ McCollum finished
with 14 points for the Blazers. They have won a season-best five straight.
The struggling Celtics are winless since the All-Star
break. Kyrie Irving scored
31 points to lead Boston.
Kyrie Irving scored 31 points for Boston. The Celtics are
winless since the All-Star break.
SPURS 105, PISTONS 93
SAN ANTONIO -- LaMarcus
Aldridge scored 24 points, DeMar DeRozan had
17 points and 13 points, and San Antonio returned home after a 25-day absence
to beat Detroit and snap a three-game skid.
The Spurs returned to the AT&T Center for the first time
since Feb. 2 after going 1-7 on their rodeo trip, the worst they have fared on
their annual excursion.
Reggie
Jackson scored 22 points for Detroit.
BUCKS 141, KINGS 140, OT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Eric Bledsoe scored
five of his 26 points in overtime when Milwaukee played all but the final 12
seconds without Giannis
Antetokounmpo, and the Bucks beat Sacramento.
Bledsoe added 13 assists and 12 rebounds to help the Bucks
to their sixth straight win. Malcolm
Brogdon had 25 points, including a 3-pointer late in overtime,
while Khris
Middleton and Nikola
Mirotic scored 21 points apiece as Milwaukee improved to an
NBA-best 47-14.
Antetokounmpo scored 17 points and made a pair of key baskets
for Milwaukee late in the fourth quarter but spent nearly all of overtime on
the bench with a grey towel wrapped around his shoulders in his first game back
from a sore knee.
Buddy Hield had
32 points and six rebounds for Sacramento.
MAVERICKS 110, PACERS 101
DALLAS -- Luka Doncic had
26 points and 10 rebounds in his final game as a teenager, fellow rookie Jalen Brunson scored
a season-high 24 points and Dallas beat Indiana to ended a five-game losing
streak.
Doncic, the only teenager in NBA history with multiple
triple-doubles, didn't have a shot at his fifth late. But the first-year
sensation who turns 20 Thursday had two of his seven assists on a pair of key
3-pointers while getting one from Brunson on a deep 3 to help Dallas hang on.
Bojan
Bogdanovic led the Pacers with 22 points.
JAZZ 111, CLIPPERS 105
SALT LAKE CITY -- Donovan
Mitchell scored 32 points, Rudy Gobert had
20 points and 13 rebounds and Utah beat Los Angeles.
Derrick
Favors and Ricky Rubio added
13 points apiece. Utah won its fourth straight home game by overcoming early
shooting struggles.
Lou Williams and Danilo
Gallinari scored 18 points each for the Clippers.
WIZARDS 125, NETS 116
NEW YORK -- Bradley Beal scored
31 points, Trevor Ariza had
23 points and 10 rebounds and Washington beat Brooklyn.
Reserve Thomas Bryant added
18 points. Washington had lost four straight and nine out of 12.
D'Angelo
Russell scored 28 points for the Nets. They had won two in a
row.
BULLS 109, GRIZZLIES 107
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Zach LaVine scored
12 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter to help Chicago beat Memphis for its
fourth victory in five games.
Lauri
Markkanen added with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Otto Porter
Jr. had 20 points. Avery Bradley led
Memphis with 23 points and seven assists.
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