76ERS 123, NETS
110
PHILADELPHIA -- Joel Embiid had
39 points, 13 rebounds and six assists to help the Philadelphia
76ers beat the Brooklyn Nets 123-110
on Thursday night.
JJ Redick added
18 points, and Ben Simmons had
16 points and eight assists. The 76ers snapped a two-game losing streak.
The game matched teams that would've met in the first round
of the playoffs had the postseason started Thursday. The 76ers have a strong
hold on the No. 3 seed in the East with seven games remaining, and they moved
three games ahead of idle Indiana.
Joe Harris scored
22 points and Rondae
Hollis-Jefferson added 19 for Brooklyn.
HEAT 105, MAVERICKS 99
MIAMI -- Goran Dragic had
23 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his second career
triple-double, Dwyane Wade capped
the win with a steal and score in the final seconds and Miami beat Dallas to
move back into eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
Dragic outdueled Luka Doncic in
the first head-to-head meeting between the only two Slovenians currently in the
NBA, and Miami moved past Orlando for the final playoff spot in the East race.
Doncic scored 19 points for the Mavericks, but missed 12 of
his 18 shots.
BUCKS 128, CLIPPERS 118
MILWAUKEE -- Giannis
Antetokounmpo had 34 points and nine rebounds before leaving
with an apparent lower leg injury and Milwaukee ended Los Angeles' winning
streak at six games.
Antetokounmpo went to the floor and held his right ankle after
dunking with 7:46 left, and he immediately went to the bench and didn't return.
He missed two games last week with a sprain to the same ankle.
Khris
Middleton had a season-high 39 points with eight rebounds and
five assists for Milwaukee. Shai
Gilgeous-Alexander led the Clippers with 21 points.
ROCKETS 112, NUGGETS 85
HOUSTON -- James Harden scored
38 points and Houston used a 40-point second quarter to rout Denver.
Clint Capela had
13 points and 11 rebounds by halftime and finished with 17 points and 15
rebounds
Jamal Murray had
20 points for Denver. The Nuggets dropped a game behind Golden State for the
Western Conference lead with their second loss in three games.
SPURS 116, CAVALIERS 110
SAN ANTONIO -- DeMar DeRozan had
25 points and San Antonio celebrated Manu Ginobili's number retirement ceremony
by beating Cleveland.
Collin Sexton had
24 points for Cleveland; Kevin Love added
18 and the lowly Cavaliers nearly put a damper on the emotional night.
Ginobili became the ninth Spurs player to have his No. 20
retired, joining fellow Big Three teammate Tim Duncan as the most recently
honored. The Argentine star spent his entire 16-year NBA career with San
Antonio, winning four championships.
PISTONS 115, MAGIC 98
DETROIT -- Wayne
Ellington scored 17 of his 25 points in the third quarter and
Detroit beat Orlando.
Blake Griffin added
20 points and 10 rebounds, Andre
Drummond had 18 points and 18 rebounds, and Ish Smith scored
15 points. Aaron Gordon scored
20 points for Orlando.
PELICANS 121, KINGS 118
NEW ORLEANS -- Julius Randle capped
a 34-point, 11-rebound night with a driving left-handed bank shot between two
defenders with 8 seconds left and New Orleans beat Sacramento.
Buddy Hield scored
27 points for the Kings, but his 3-point attempt for the tie in the final
seconds rimmed out to New Orleans center Christian
Wood, sending the Kings to a loss that put them on the brink of
mathematical elimination from playoff contention.
Wood, playing in just his third game for New Orleans since
being waived by Milwaukee, had 25 points, nine rebounds and three steals. De'Aaron Fox had
25 points and 12 assists for the Kings.
RAPTORS 117, KNICKS 92
NEW YORK -- Pascal Siakam scored
31 points and Toronto routed New York for the second time in 11 nights.
Toronto rested Kawhi Leonard,
just as it did in its 128-92 victory at home March 18. Rookie Mitchell
Robinson had season highs of 19 points and 21 rebounds for the
Knicks.
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