HEAT 117, NETS 88
MIAMI -- Kelly Olynyk scored
25 points, Derrick Jones
Jr. added 18 off the bench and the Miami Heat never
trailed on the way to easily topping the Brooklyn Nets 117-88
on Saturday night.
Rodney
McGruder scored 17, Justise
Winslow added 13 points and Josh
Richardson added 12 for the Heat. Bam Adebayo grabbed
16 rebounds for Miami -- giving him three more than the entire Brooklyn
starting lineup had combined.
The Heat were without Goran Dragic (left
calf strain) and Hassan
Whiteside (left hip strain). James Johnson,
who has been out with a sprained shoulder, was in uniform but did not play.
Joe Harris scored
15 and Rodions
Kurucs scored 11 for Brooklyn, which has dropped 10 of its last
15 games. D'Angelo
Russell and Spencer
Dinwiddie each scored 10 for the Nets.
The 29-point margin was Miami's
largest win of the season, and Brooklyn's largest loss. Brooklyn remained No. 6
in the Eastern Conference race, percentage points ahead of No. 7 Detroit. Miami
remained No. 10 in the East, a game behind No. 8 Orlando and No. 9 Charlotte.
It's the first time Miami has won
back-to-back home games since Jan. 10 and 12. The Heat haven't had a three-game
home winning streak this season.
PELICANS 120, NUGGETS 112
DENVER -- Jrue Holiday scored
29 points, Julius Randle had
28 and New Orleans rallied from 19 points down in the first half to beat
Denver.
Frank Jackson added
16 points for the Pelicans, who were without Anthony Davis (rest)
and E'Twaun Moore (thigh).
Nikola Jokic had
20 points but was limited to 6:23 in the first half because of early foul
trouble. Jamal Murray also
had 20 points for Denver. It was the biggest blown lead of the season for the
Nuggets, who have lost consecutive home games for the first time since early
November. They lost 111-104 to Utah on Thursday night.
WARRIORS 120, 76ERS 117
PHILADELPHIA -- Stephen Curry shook
off foul trouble to score 28 points and spark Golden State down the stretch.
Kevin Durant scored
34 points and DeMarcus
Cousins had 25 for the Warriors.
Each team played without a
franchise star: 76ers center Joel Embiid missed
his fifth straight game with a sore left knee. Golden State's Klay Thompson sat
out with a sore right knee suffered in Thursday's loss at Orlando.
Mike Scott scored
22 points and was a surprise star for the Sixers. Ben Simmons had
his second straight triple-double and 22nd of his two-year career with 25
points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists.
SUNS 118, LAKERS 109
PHOENIX -- Deandre Ayton had
26 points, Devin Booker added
25 and Phoenix withstood a late charge by LeBron James to
beat Los Angeles.
Phoenix lost the first three
games against Los Angeles by double digits, but had the Lakers a bit
discombobulated through three quarters in the season series finale.
James finished with 27 points, 16
assists and nine rebounds. Brandon
Ingram had 25 points.
MAGIC 117, PACERS 112
INDIANAPOLIS -- Nikola
Vucevic scored 27 points, Terrence Ross added
23 and surging Orlando continued its push for its first playoff berth since
2012.
Evan Fournier finished
with 19 points, eight assists and five rebounds for Orlando, which shot 51
percent from the field. The Magic are 10-3 in their last 13 games and improved
to 30-34, a half-game ahead of Charlotte for eighth place in the Eastern
Conference.
Bojan Bogadnovic scored 25 points
and Darren
Collison finished with 23 points and 10 assists for the Pacers,
who shot 55 percent.
It was Orlando's first win at
Bankers Life Fieldhouse since March 31, 2016.
PISTONS 129, CAVALIERS 93
CLEVELAND -- Luke Kennard scored
26 points, Reggie
Jackson added 24 and Detroit took it to a depleted Cleveland
team, building a 33-point lead in the first half.
The Pistons, who are fighting for
a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, scored 42 in the first quarter while
taking a 71-38 halftime lead.
Andre
Drummond had 13 points and 10 rebounds and got some extra rest
for the Pistons, who play at Toronto on Sunday.
Rookie Collin Sexton scored
14 for the Cavs. Cleveland played without star forward Kevin Love,
who was rested while he continues to build up strength following foot surgery.
GRIZZLIES 111, MAVERICKS 81
DALLAS -- Jonas
Valanciunas had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Joakim Noah scored
12 points to lead Memphis past Dallas.
Avery Bradley and
rookie Jevon Carter each
scored 15 points for the Grizzlies. Mike Conley and
C.J. Miles each contributed 12 points.
Luka Doncic led
the Mavericks with 22 points. Dwight Powell had
13 and Tim Hardaway
Jr. scored 10. The Mavericks shot a season-low 31 percent (26 for
85) from the field.
SPURS 116, THUNDER 102
SAN ANTONIO -- LaMarcus
Aldridge had 27 points and 10 rebounds and San Antonio led for
all but 30 seconds in defeating Oklahoma City.
Rudy Gay added
22 points and DeMar DeRozan had
18 points, seven assists and six rebounds and as San Antonio won its second
straight at home.
San Antonio moved into seventh in
the West past the Los Angeles Clippers, who have an identical 35-29 record.
Oklahoma City, which has lost
four straight and five of six, remains third in the Western Conference at
38-24, the same record as Portland.
Dennis
Schroder scored 18 points and Russell
Westbrook added 19. The Thunder were without Paul George,
who missed his second straight game with a sore right shoulder.
JAZZ 115, BUCKS 111
SALT LAKE CITY -- Donovan
Mitchell scored a career-high 46 points and led Utah from a
17-point fourth-quarter deficit to a win over Milwaukee.
On a night during which Rudy Gobert was
ineffective, Derrick
Favors had 23 points and tied a career best with 18
rebounds. Joe Ingles had
14 points and eight assists for the Jazz, who won their fourth straight.
Milwaukee's Giannis
Antetokounmpo finished with 43 points and 14 rebounds in 32
minutes, but missed three free throws in the final 10 seconds.
Khris
Middleton scored 29 points and Brook Lopez had
16 points, eight rebounds and seven blocks for the Bucks, whose seven-game
winning streak was snapped on the second night of a back-to-back.
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