ROCKETS 107,
RAPTORS 95
TORONTO -- James Harden scored
35 points, Gerald Green had
11 of his 18 in the fourth quarter and the Houston
Rockets beat the Toronto
Raptors 107-95 on Tuesday night.
Eric Gordon and Austin Rivers each
scored 13 points as the Rockets won their sixth straight, matching a season
high.
Kawhi Leonard scored
26 points and Serge Ibaka had
10 points and 15 rebounds for Toronto. Pascal Siakam had
17 points, and Danny Green 14
as the Raptors had their seven-game home winning streak snapped.
Harden, the NBA's leading scorer, made 12 of 30 shots,
including three of nine from long range. He was perfect at the foul line,
hitting all eight of his attempts.
Harden has scored 28 or more points in 39 straight games,
the second-longest streak in NBA history. Wilt
Chamberlain (71 games) holds the record.
CELTICS 128, WARRIORS 95
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Gordon
Hayward scored 30 points off the bench, Kyrie Irving had
19 points and 11 assists, and Boston ran away from the Golden State early in a
game that turned testy with the two-time defending champions down big.
Jayson Tatum scored
17 points for the Celtics, who came in having lost five of six since the
All-Star break.
Stephen Curry provided
a bright spot with 23 points and four 3-pointers on a night Splash
Brother Klay Thompson sat
out with soreness in his right knee.
Kevin Durant scored
18 points but committed five turnovers, while DeMarcus
Cousins wound up with 10 points on 4-for-12 shooting -- missing
all five of his 3-point tries -- and nine rebounds to go with four turnovers.
76ERS 114, MAGIC 106
PHILADELPHIA -- JJ Redick hit
six 3-pointers and scored 26 points to break out of a slump and lead
Philadelphia over Orlando.
Redick was 5 of 6 from 3-point range in the first half (7 of
10 overall) and paced an offense that shot 64 percent in the half and led
70-64. He had been seriously slumping -- going 23 of 81 overall over his last
seven games and hitting 15 3s. Redick had his first 20-point game since Feb. 10
against the Lakers.
Ben Simmons had
16 points and 13 rebounds for the Sixers.
Evan Fournier led
the Magic with 25 points and Aaron Gordon had
24.
PACERS 105, BULLS 96
INDIANAPOLIS -- Bojan
Bogdanovic scored 27 points, Darren
Collison added 22 and Indiana beat Chicago.
Indiana was looking to build momentum heading into a crucial
11-game stretch during which the Pacers will play Oklahoma City and Denver
twice each and visit Milwaukee, Golden State and Boston.
Chicago was led by Zach LaVine with
27 points. Robin Lopez had
20 points and 11 rebounds as the Bulls lost their fifth in a row to Indiana,
including all four games this season. Lauri Markkanen finished
with 14 points and 13 rebounds.
GRIZZLIES 120, TRAIL BLAZERS 111
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Mike Conley scored
19 of his career-high 40 points in the fourth quarter as Memphis used a late
rally to beat Portland.
Conley made six of his seven shots in the fourth as Memphis
erased a nine-point Portland lead in the final quarter with a 38-25 scoring
advantage in the period.
Delon Wright matched
his career high with 25 points and Jonas
Valanciunas finished with 17.
CJ McCollum led
Portland with 27 points, while Damian
Lillard added 24. Maurice
Harkless finished with 20 points.
TIMBERWOLVES 131, THUNDER 120
MINNEAPOLIS -- Karl-Anthony
Towns had 41 points and 14 rebounds as Minnesota spoiled Paul George's
return to the Oklahoma City lineup.
Towns has 182 points over his last five games, the best
five-game stretch in team history. He fell one point shy of tying his season
high.
The Timberwolves, who snapped a three-game skid, have won
all three meetings against the Thunder.
Derrick Rose added
19 points and Andrew
Wiggins scored 18 for Minnesota.
Thunder guard Russell
Westbrook had a team-high 38 points on 15-of-28 shooting.
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