ROCKETS 121, HEAT
118
HOUSTON -- James Harden had
58 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds and the Houston
Rockets overcame a 21-point third-quarter deficit to beat
the Miami Heat 121-118
on Thursday night.
Harden made 8 of 18 3-pointers and was 16 of 32 overall from
the field and 18 of 18 on free throws. He fell three points short of his career
high set at New York on Jan. 23, and had the most point ever against the Heat
-- breaking Willie Burton's
mark of 53 for Philadelphia on Dec. 13, 1994.
Austin Rivers scored
17 points, and Chris Paul and Gary Clark each
had 14 to help Houston win its fourth straight game. The Rockets shot 49
percent, including 19 of 46 on 3-pointers.
Kelly Olynyk and Goran Dragic each
had 21 points for Miami, Justise
Winslow added 19 points and eight assists, and Josh
Richardson had 18 points. The Heat shot 52 percent, making 15
of 28 3-pointers.
Miami was coming off a home victory over Golden State on
Wednesday night on Dwyane Wade's
banked 3-pointer at the buzzer. Houston played at Charlotte on Wednesday night.
76ERS 108, THUNDER 104
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tobias Harris scored
32 points and Ben Simmons had
a triple-double to help Philadelphia beat Oklahoma City.
Harris had his highest point total in eight games with
Philadelphia since coming off in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers. Simmons
had 11 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for his ninth triple-double of the
season.
Star center Joel Embiid missed
his fourth straight game because of left knee soreness.
Russell
Westbrook had his 25th triple-double of the season for Oklahoma
City, finishing with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Thunder
forward Paul George sat
out with soreness in his right shoulder.
MAGIC 103, WARRIORS 96
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Aaron Gordon had
22 points and 15 rebounds, Terrence Ross added
16 points and Orlando rallied in the final three minutes to beat Golden State.
A night after they were stunned in Miami by Dwyane Wade's
buzzer-beater, the Warriors blew an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter and
lost for the fourth time in six games.
D.J. Augustin scored
14 points and Nikola
Vucevic had 12 points and 13 rebounds to help Orlando end an
11-game losing streak to the Warriors. Orlando's last win over Golden State was
on Dec. 14, 2012.
Stephen Curry scored
33 points, but was only 1 for 6 in the fourth quarter. Klay Thompson and DeMarcus
Cousins each had 21 for the Warriors. They played without Kevin Durant (rest)
and Andre
Iguodala (sick).
JAZZ 111, NUGGETS 104
DENVER -- Donovan
Mitchell scored 24 points, including six in the final two
minutes, and short-handed Utah ended Denver's nine-game home win streak.
Kyle Korver added
22 as the Jazz showed plenty of energy despite playing on the second night of a
back-to-back and with two of their guards out of the lineup. Utah led by as
many as 18 points in the third quarter, only to see the lead trimmed to five
with 8:41 remaining. Korver helped the Jazz on a 13-0 run to gain some
separation and send them to their third straight victory.
Jamal Murray and Will Barton each
had 21 points for Denver. All-Star big man Nikola Jokic
dealt with foul trouble but still finished with 16 points, 13 rebounds and
seven assists.
PACERS 122, TIMBERWOLVES 115
INDIANAPOLIS -- Bojan
Bogdanovic scored a season-high 35 points and Indiana
overcame Karl-Anthony
Towns' big night for Minnesota.
Towns had 42 points and 17 rebounds, scoring 23 points and
grabbing seven rebounds in the first quarter.
Tied at 107, the Pacers closed with a 15-8 run, with
Bogdanovic scoring 11 points.
CAVALIERS 125, KNICKS 118
NEW YORK -- Kevin Love scored
26 points, Jordan
Clarkson and Collin Sexton each
had 22 and Cleveland overcame a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat
New York.
Allonzo Trier scored
22 points for the Knicks.
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