SUNS 115, WARRIORS
111
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Devin Booker scored
13 straight Phoenix points during a decisive fourth-quarter stretch and
finished with 37, and the Suns snapped the NBA's longest active losing streak
to one opponent at 18 games by beating the Golden State
Warriors 115-111 on Sunday night.
The Suns beat Golden State for the first time since a 107-95
victory on Nov. 9, 2014, and earned their first road win in 20 tries against
the Western Conference this season.
Klay Thompson's
two free throws with 1:04 to go made it 111-108. Andre
Iguodala secured a rebound after two missed Suns shots
but Stephen Curry missed
on a 3 with 23 seconds left. Booker then converted two free throws.
Golden State star Kevin Durant had
25 points before leaving with a bruised right ankle midway through the fourth
on a night his teammates struggled from near and far. The cold-shooting
Warriors couldn't overcome Booker's late onslaught in losing to lowly Phoenix.
76ERS 106, PACERS 89
PHILADELPHIA -- Joel Embiid had
33 points and 12 rebounds in his first game in nearly a month, leading
Philadelphia to the victory.
Embiid returned to the lineup after being sidelined by a
sore left knee. The Sixers went 4-4 without the All-Star center.
With Embiid back, the Sixers (42-25) moved into a tie with
Indiana for third in the East, and they hold the tiebreaker over the Pacers by
virtue of their 3-1 record in the season series.
The Pacers missed 17 of 20 shots in the third quarter and
scored only 11 points while falling behind 72-70 after holding a 14-point lead.
Bojan
Bogdanovic led the Pacers with 18 points.
ROCKETS 94, MAVERICKS 93
DALLAS -- Eric Gordon scored
26 points and Chris Paul blocked Jalen Brunson's
jumper in the final seconds, sending Houston to its eighth straight win.
James Harden shook
off foul trouble to score 20 points for the Rockets. Clint Capela added
17 points and 12 rebounds.
Dallas lost for the 10th time in 11 games.
Luka Doncic had
19 points and a career-high 15 rebounds for the Mavericks, and fellow rookie Brunson
finished with 18 points.
Doncic appeared to hurt his left knee in the fourth quarter
and limped off the court for a timeout with 4:17 to play, but he stayed in the
game.
RAPTORS 125, HEAT 104
MIAMI -- Kyle Lowry had
24 points and 10 assists, Pascal Siakam scored
20 and Toronto tied a franchise record with 21 3-pointers.
The Raptors finished with eight players in double
figures. Danny Green scored
15 points, all on 3-pointers. Norman Powell also
scored 15.
Toronto's only other game with 21 3s was against
Philadelphia in 2005.
Bam Adebayo scored
19 for the Heat, who had won four in a row. Dion Waiters and Dwyane Wade each
scored 15.
SPURS 121, BUCKS 114
SAN ANTONIO -- LaMarcus
Aldridge had 29 points and 15 rebounds, and the Spurs rallied
for their fifth straight win.
San Antonio has beaten the top three teams in the East at
home after topping Philadelphia in December and Toronto in January.
Milwaukee's lead atop the Eastern Conference was cut to two
games ahead of Toronto.
DeMar DeRozan scored
28 points for San Antonio. Reserves Marco
Belinelli and Patty Mills both
had 16 points.
Giannis
Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 13 rebounds for Milwaukee,
and Eric Bledsoe added
21 points.
PISTONS 131, BULLS 108
DETROIT -- Blake Griffin scored
17 of his 28 points in the third quarter, helping Detroit to its fifth straight
win.
Detroit has won 12 of 14 to take a half-game lead over
Brooklyn for the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons and Nets
play Monday night in Brooklyn.
Reggie
Jackson scored 21 points for Detroit, and Andre
Drummond added 16 points and 15 rebounds.
The Bulls have lost four of five, including twice to Detroit
in three days.
Chicago played without Zach LaVine,
who was sidelined by a right patellar tendon strain. Wayne Selden led
the Bulls with 18 points.
TIMBERWOLVES 103, KNICKS 92
MINNEAPOLIS -- Taj Gibson scored
a season-high 25 points, powering short-handed Minnesota to the win.
Jeff Teague had
20 points and 10 assists for the Timberwolves. Rookie Keita
Bates-Diop scored a career-high 18 points.
Minnesota played without two of its top three scorers.
All-Star center Karl-Anthony
Towns was sidelined by right knee inflammation, while
forward Andrew
Wiggins sat out with a thigh contusion.
Damyean
Dotson led New York with 26 points on 10-for-19 shooting. Allonzo Trier added
15, and Mitchell
Robinson had eight points, 10 rebounds, and five blocks.
HAWKS 128, PELICANS 116
ATLANTA -- Kevin Huerter scored
17 of his 27 points in the second quarter, taking the scoring load from
cold-shooting fellow rookie Trae Young,
and Atlanta stopped a three-game slide.
The Hawks also got a solid all-around performance from John Collins,
who finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots. Young had 10
points and 10 assists while shooting only 2 of 14.
Frank Jackson and Julius Randle each
scored 23 points for the Pelicans, who have lost three straight. Elfrid Payton had
15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
New Orleans star Anthony Davis had
15 points and eight rebounds in about 21 minutes after missing Friday night's
loss to Toronto with back spasms.
GRIZZLIES 105, MAGIC 97
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Mike Conley scored
14 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, helping Memphis to its third
straight win.
Avery Bradley had
21 points for the Grizzlies, and CJ Miles finished
with 13 points. It's the first three-game win streak for Memphis since it won
five in a row in mid-November.
Nikola
Vucevic led the Magic with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and Terrence Ross added
15 points. Orlando has lost three of its last four, again failing to work its way
into the Eastern Conference's final playoff spot.
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