SPURS 108, TRAIL
BLAZERS 103
SAN ANTONIO -- DeMar DeRozan scored
21 points and the San Antonio
Spurs extended their winning streak to eight games with a
108-103 victory Saturday night over the Portland
Trail Blazers, who lost C.J. McCollum to a left leg injury.
Damian
Lillard scored 34 points for Portland, which had won three
straight.
McCollum exited under assistance with 7:03 remaining in the
third quarter. He remained on the court for a few minutes clutching his left
leg in great pain after tumbling out of bounds when his driving layup was
blocked by Jakob Poeltl.
McCollum appeared to roll his left ankle but was clutching his shin. There was
no word on his status.
WARRIORS 110, THUNDER 88
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Stephen Curry scored
33 points to help Golden State roll past Oklahoma City and clinch a playoff
berth.
Klay Thompson scored
23 points and DeMarcus
Cousins added 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the
Warriors, who played without Kevin Durant for
a second straight game because of a sprained right ankle.
Paul George had
29 points and 13 rebounds, and Dennis
Schroder added 15 points for the Thunder. Russell
Westbrook scored just seven points on 2-for-16 shooting and
missed all seven of his 3-point attempts. He had nine assists and eight
rebounds.
SUNS 138, PELICANS 136
NEW ORLEANS -- Josh Jackson hit
a tying 3-pointer with 2 seconds left in overtime, the Pelicans were assessed a
technical foul when they called a timeout they didn't have and Devin Booker hit
the free throw to give Phoenix the lead for good.
Booker finished with 40 points to go with 13 assists, and
Jackson, who had 19 points, scored the game's final point on a free throw after
he was fouled on an inbound pass with less than a second on the clock.
Elfrid Payton had
16 points, 16 assists and 13 rebounds in his fourth straight triple-double --
all coming in the midst of New Orleans' six-game losing streak.
MAVERICKS 121, CAVALIERS 116
DALLAS -- Tim Hardaway
Jr. scored 22 points, Dirk Nowitzki closed
within three points of Wilt
Chamberlain on the NBA scoring list and Dallas ended a
seven-game losing streak.
Nowitzki got hot early in the fourth quarter and finished
with 14 points to bring him to the cusp of Chamberlain for sixth place on the
career scoring list. He has another home game on Monday before the team leaves
on a three-game road trip.
With leading scorer Luka Doncic out
with a right knee contusion, Hardaway led a balanced Dallas attack with seven
Mavs scoring in double figures.
Collin Sexton scored
28 for the Cavaliers, the rookie's fifth straight game above 20. Kevin Love
and Cedi Osman each
had 22 for Cleveland, which has lost three in a row.
NUGGETS 102, PACERS 100
DENVER -- Paul Millsap hit
a left-handed layup with 7 seconds remaining, Nikola Jokic scored
26 points before being ejected in the fourth quarter for arguing and Denver
moved to the verge of its first playoff spot since 2012-13.
The magic number for the Nuggets dropped to one as they
remained in the No. 2 spot behind Golden State. Denver ran its home record to a
Western Conference-leading 30-6.
Millsap finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds for Denver,
which overcame an 18-point, first-half deficit.
Thaddeus
Young led Indiana with 18 points and 10 boards.
JAZZ 114, NETS 98
SALT LAKE CITY -- Donovan
Mitchell scored 24 points, Rudy Gobert added
23 points and 17 rebounds, and Utah beat Brooklyn.
Derrick
Favors had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Jazz. Jae Crowder and Ricky Rubio added
12 points apiece as Utah won its third straight game, holding Brooklyn to 35
percent shooting and finishing with a 65-44 advantage on rebounds.
Spencer
Dinwiddie scored 22 points and D'Angelo
Russell added 20 for Brooklyn. The Nets dropped their second in
a row after winning four straight.
CELTICS 129, HAWKS 120
BOSTON -- Kyrie Irving just
missed his second straight triple-double with 30 points, 11 rebounds and nine
assists, Jaylen Brown scored
23 points with a key 3-pointer and Boston held off Atlanta after blowing a
25-point, second-half lead.
Marcus Morris had
19 points and Jayson Tatum 18
for Boston, which has won six of eight.
Trae Young led
the Hawks with 26 points, John Collins scored
20 with 11 rebounds, Taurean Price had 17 points and Vince Carter scored
16.
WIZARDS 135, GRIZZLIES 128
WASHINGTON -- Bradley Beal scored
40 points for the second straight night and Washington beat Memphis.
Beal shot 12 of 17 from the field and made a career-high
nine 3-pointers. The Wizards converted 17 of 35 from beyond the arc in a game
that featured 20 lead changes.
The Wizards, 11th in the Eastern Conference, moved within
three games of eighth-place Miami.
Mike Conley had
28 points and 12 assists for Memphis. Jonas
Valanciunas scored 22 points and Avery Bradley added
21.
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