HORNETS 115,
RAPTORS 114
TORONTO -- Jeremy Lamb banked
home a half-court 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Charlotte
Hornets beat the Toronto
Raptors 115-114 on Sunday night for their third straight win.
Toronto looked to have won the game after Kawhi Leonard hit
the go-ahead basket with 44 seconds left, and then blocked Kemba Walker at
the other end.
Charlotte got one final chance after Leonard missed a jumper
with 5.8 seconds to go. Pascal Siakam knocked
the inbounds pass away from Lamb, who chased the ball into the backcourt before
launching the winning shot.
Walker had 15 points and 13 assists and Willy Hernagomez had
13 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets.
Dwayne Bacon made
five 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and rookie Miles Bridges scored
16 for Charlotte, which began the day 2 1/2 games behind eighth-place Miami and
1 1/2 games behind ninth-place Orlando in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
BUCKS 127, CAVALIERS 105
MILWAUKEE -- Giannis
Antetokounmpo showed few signs he was bothered by an ailing
right ankle, getting 26 points and 10 rebounds to lift Milwaukee over
Cleveland.
Antetokounmpo was listed as questionable after missing two
of the three previous games with an ankle sprain. He made 11 of 16 shots and
had seven assists in 32 minutes.
Khris
Middleton and George Hill added
17 points apiece for the Bucks. Hill was acquired from the Cavaliers in a
three-team trade in early December.
Kevin Love had
20 points, Jordan
Clarkson 19 and Collin Sexton 18
for Cleveland.
Milwaukee improved to an NBA-best 55-19.
WARRIORS 121, PISTONS 114
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Stephen Curry had
26 points, Klay Thompson added
24 and Golden State rebounded a night after a blowout loss.
The Warriors fell 126-91 to the Dallas
Mavericks on Saturday, but that was with Curry resting on the
bench. He came back strong against Detroit, and Golden State also got 14 points
and 11 assists from Kevin Durant. Draymond
Green added 14 points and eight assists.
The win moved the Warriors (50-23) back into the first seed
in the Western Conference by a half-game over the Nuggets (49-23). The Pistons
slipped to seventh in the Eastern Conference with the loss.
Blake Griffin had
24 points and eight assists to lead Detroit. Luke Kennard hit
three 3-pointers and had 20 points off the bench.
ROCKETS 113, PELICANS 90
NEW ORLEANS -- James Harden scored
28 points in a little less than 29 minutes, and Houston downed New Orleans.
Chris Paul had
10 points and 13 assists, and Eric Gordon added
18 points for the Rockets, who hit 21 3s in winning for the fifth time in six
games to move a game ahead of Portland for the third seed in the Western
Conference.
Anthony Davis had
12 points and 10 rebounds in just less than 21 minutes for the short-handed
Pelicans, who lost for the eighth time in nine games. Frank Jackson scored
19 and Julius Randle 15
for New Orleans, which fell behind by double digits early and struggled
throughout to keep pace with a contending Rockets squad trying to sharpen up
for the postseason.
SPURS 115, CELTICS 96
BOSTON -- LaMarcus
Aldridge had 48 points and 13 rebounds, and San Antonio gave
short-handed Boston its fourth straight loss.
The Spurs have won 10 of 12 to strengthen their grip on a
Western Conference playoff spot. San Antonio (43-31) is eighth in the
conference, a half-game behind Oklahoma City and Utah.
Aldridge had his second-highest scoring output of the
season. He scored 56 points on Jan. 10 against the Thunder.
Marcus Smart led
the Celtics with 14 points. Kyrie Irving had
11 points and 12 assists, but was just 5 of 17 from the field. Irving left the
game briefly and went to the locker room in the first quarter with an injury to
his left hand, but returned and played the rest of the way with tape on his
left ring finger.
PACERS 124, NUGGETS 88
INDIANAPOLIS -- Bojan
Bogdanovic scored 26 of his 35 points in the first half to lead
Indiana over Denver.
Myles Turner had
17 points and 11 rebounds, and Domantas
Sabonis added 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Pacers, who
returned home after dropping four in a row during a West Coast swing.
Nikola Jokic had
19 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, Will Barton had
15 points and reserve Monte Morris scored
12 points for the Nuggets, who lost for the first time after winning six
straight.
Bogdanovic scored every point during a 12-2 run late in the
second quarter. He made a 3-pointer with 2:53 remaining in the first half to
put the Pacers ahead 52-35.
CLIPPERS 124, KNICKS 113
NEW YORK -- Danilo
Gallinari scored 26 points to extend the best scoring streak of
his career, and Los Angeles beat New York for its fifth straight victory.
Lou Williams had
29 points and fellow reserve Montrezl
Harrell added 24 to provide their usual potent play off the
bench for the Clippers, who began play tied with Oklahoma City and Utah for
fifth place in the Western Conference.
Gallinari made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 4:12 remaining to
make it 106-104 then hit a pair of free throws before Williams made another 3
to push it to 111-104 with 3:01 to go. The Clippers then pulled away from there
to win for the 10th time in 11 games.
Gallinari, the Knicks' first-round pick in 2008, has scored
20 or more in his past nine games.
LAKERS 111, KINGS 106
LOS ANGELES -- Kyle Kuzma scored
21 of his 29 points in the third quarter, LeBron James had
29 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists and the Lakers ended a five-game losing
streak.
JaVale McGee had
17 points and 14 rebounds to help the Lakers win for the third time in their
past 15 games.
Marvin Bagley
III had 25 points and 11 rebounds off the bench for the Kings,
who have lost four straight on the road.
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