TRAIL BLAZERS 148,
NETS 144
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Jusuf Nurkic had
32 points and 16 rebounds before suffering a gruesome left leg injury in the
second overtime, and the Portland
Trail Blazers outlasted the Brooklyn Nets 148-144
on Monday night.
Nurkic was hurt when his leg bent awkwardly as he battled
for an offensive rebound. His leg was immobilized and he was removed on a
stretcher while surrounded by members of both teams.
The Blazers pulled out the game without him to clinch a
playoff berth, but the loss of its starting center having his best season could
be devastating for a Portland team already playing without injured guard CJ McCollum.
Damian
Lillard finished with 31 points and 12 assists for Portland,
while D'Angelo
Russell had 39 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for
Brooklyn.
JAZZ 125, SUNS 92
SALT LAKE CITY -- Rudy Gobert scored
a season-high 27 points and set the single-season NBA dunk record to fuel Utah
to a victory over Phoenix, which got 59 points from Devin Booker.
Booker topped his previous season high of 55, set in
December in a triple-overtime loss to Washington. The fourth-year guard made
five 3-pointers and shot 19 for 34 despite drawing several double-teams as the
Jazz sought to prevent him from reaching 60 points. He also made 16 of 17 free
throws.
Derrick
Favors and Ricky Rubio each
had 18 points and Joe Ingles added
14 as the Jazz won for the seventh time in their last eight games.
MAGIC 119, 76ERS 98
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Nikola
Vucevic had 28 points and 11 rebounds, and Orlando held
Philadelphia without a field goal for a stretch of nearly 12 minutes.
Evan Fournier scored
24 points for the Magic, who outscored the 76ers 30-5 over a second-half
stretch in which Philadelphia missed 15 straight shots.
The Magic completed their first 5-0 homestand in franchise
history and moved a half-game behind Miami in chasing the eighth playoff spot
in the Eastern Conference. They visit the Heat on Tuesday.
Joel Embiid led
the 76ers with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
GRIZZLIES 115, THUNDER 103
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Bruno Caboclo scored
a career-high 24 points, Tyler Dorsey added
21 and Memphis beat Oklahoma City.
Delon Wright finished
with 18 points and a career-best 13 assists for the Grizzlies. Jonas
Valanciunas added 18 points and 14 rebounds.
All five starters finished in double figures as the
Grizzlies ended a two-game slide.
Paul George led
the Thunder with 30 points and 12 rebounds, while Dennis
Schroder added 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting. Russell
Westbrook finished with 16 points and seven assists, but was
just 6 of 20 from the field and missed five of his six 3-point attempts.
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