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 Warriors 112, Suns 104
Golden State guard Stephen Curry scored 26 points and Klay Thompson
had 24 when the Warriors' extended the best start on NBA history
with a victory over the Phoenix Suns at the Talking Stick Resort
Arena on Wednesday.
The defending NBA champion Warriors will enter the All-Star break at
48-4, one game better than the previous best 52-game start in league
history. They have won their last 11.
Curry made 5-of-10 3-point attempts and has made a 3-pointer in 123
consecutive regular-season games, four short of Atlanta guard Kyle
Korver's NBA record.
Thompson also made five 3-pointers when the Warriors went 13-of-37
from 3-point range.
Spurs 98, Magic 96
All-Star Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points and hit the game winning
jumper with nine-tenths of a second remaining to lead San Antonio to
a victory over Orlando.
The Spurs won their sixth consecutive game and go into the All-Star
break with the best record in franchise history.
LaMarcus Aldridge recorded 21 points and seven rebounds. Reserve
Patty Mills had 17 points and hit a trio of 3-pointers. Danny Green
had 12 points, including eight in the final period.
Timberwolves 117, Raptors 112
Minnesota completed its biggest comeback of the season to beat
Toronto at Target Center.
Minnesota trailed by 18 points before a big second half lifted the
Timberwolves to a win in their last game before the NBA All-Star
break. Rookie Karl-Anthony Towns scored a career-high 35 points and
Andrew Wiggins added 26.
The victory gave the Timberwolves more wins than they had all of
last season when they won just 16 games.
Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan matched Towns with 35 points, but it
wasn't enough for Toronto, which came into the game having won 14 of
its previous 15.
Celtics 139, Clippers 134 (OT)
Boston blew a 13-point, third-quarter lead but then rallied from
behind, forced overtime and defeated Los Angeles in a wild one.
Boston guard Evan Turner scored seven consecutive overtime points
for his team as the Celtics, who trailed by six with 3:18 in
regulation and again by six when J.J. Redick opened OT with six
straight points, came back again.
They stormed to their eighth straight home win and their 10th in
their past 12 games overall as both teams hit the All-Star break.
The loss, Clippers coach Doc Rivers' first in five games against his
old team, kept Los Angeles from completing a sweep of its four-game
road. It also spoiled the latest TD Garden return of Celtics great
Paul Pierce, the forward scoring just six points.
Cavaliers 120, Lakers 111
The night began with Cleveland saying farewell to Kobe Bryant. Now
Cavaliers fans can only hope they aren't waving goodbye to Kevin
Love, too.
Love left the game in the final minute of the second quarter and did
not return with a left shoulder injury in the Cavaliers' victory
against Los Angeles in both teams' final game before the All-Star
break. It is the same shoulder Love had surgically repaired last
spring after he dislocated it in a playoff series against the Boston
Celtics.
Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 35 points and LeBron James had 29
points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for the Cavaliers, who enter
the break on a three-game winning streak and focused on the health
of their power forward.
Hawks 113, Bulls 90
Atlanta rebounded from back-to-back losses with a victory against
Chicago at the United Center.
Paced by eight players who scored double figures and another strong
shooting performance from the 3-point line, the Hawks took control
in the second quarter and never let up.
Dennis Schroder led the way with 18 points, Jeff Teague had 17
points, Al Horford finished with 16 points, and the Hawks also got
double-figures from Paul Millsap (15 points), Mike Muscala (11
points), Kyle Korver (10 points), Thabo Sefolosha (10 points) and
Mike Scott (10 points).
Pelicans 100, Jazz 96
Anthony Davis shook off a woeful offensive start by hitting a
rolling left-handed hook in the lane and a 3-pointer from the right
wing in the final minute to lift New Orleans to a victory over Utah
at the Smoothie King Center.
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The victory for the Pelicans snapped a seven-game winning streak by
the Jazz.
Davis' hook in the lane put New Orleans up 94-92 with 58 seconds
left. After Utah forward Derrick Favors hit one of two free throws
to cut the deficit to 94-93 with 47.1 seconds left, Davis, who
finished with 19 points, nailed a 3-point jumper from the right wing
with 35.7 seconds remaining.
Hornets 117, Pacers 95
Kemba Walker scored 25 points to lead a balanced attack as Charlotte
crushed sluggish Indiana.
Charlotte came into the game ranked 29th in the NBA in field-goal
percentage at 42.8 percent but shot 51.7 percent (45 of 87).
Jeremy Lamb added 16 points for the Hornets, Jeremy Lin scored 14,
Cody Zeller and Nicolas Batum had 11 each and Frank Kaminsky
contributed 10.
Kings 114, 76ers 110
DeMarcus Cousins scored 28 points, including the go-ahead jumper
with 2:18 left, as Sacramento rallied for a victory over
Philadelphia in the teams' final game before the All-Star break.
Reserve Darren Collison added 25 points, 19 in the final 13 minutes,
and Rudy Gay had 22 for the Kings, who trailed by 17 points in the
third quarter and by 11 with 9:44 remaining. Cousins also grabbed 12
rebounds.
Rajon Rondo had 14 points and 15 assists for the Kings, now 22-31
after snapping a four-game losing streak. It was just their second
victory in 10 games.
Grizzlies 109, Nets 90
Mike Conley scored 20 points as Memphis had little difficulty in its
first game without center Marc Gasol and pulled away in the second
half for a victory over Brooklyn.
Reserve Jeff Green added 12 of his 18 points in the third quarter
when the Grizzlies made 7 of 11 3-pointers and shot 61 percent from
the floor.
Zach Randolph made his first start of the season for the Grizzlies
at center in place of Gasol and added 15 points. JaMychal Green tied
his season high with 13 points and former Nets swingman Vince Carter
contributed 11.
Nuggets 103, Pistons 92
Will Barton scored 20 points off the bench, including 15 during the
fourth quarter, and Denver downed depleted Detroit at The Palace.
The shooting guard made 7 of 12 field-goal attempts and also pulled
down five rebounds. Reserve Jusuf Nurkic powered for 16 points and
11 rebounds for the Nuggets, who bounced back from a last-second
loss to Brooklyn.
Denver's rookie point guard Emmanuel Mudiay had 14 points and six
assists and small forward Danilo Gallinari contributed 15 points,
seven rebounds and four assists.
Trail Blazers 116, Rockets 103
Damian Lillard scored 31 points and handed out nine assists as
Portland defeated Houston.
Moe Harkless notched season highs in points (19) and rebounds (13)
for the Trail Blazers, who moved past the Rockets in the Western
Conference standings. Portland, 12-3 in its past 15 games, climbed
into a tie with Utah for seventh place in the West.
James Harden collected 34 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, and
Dwight Howard scored 28 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for
Houston, which lost for the sixth time in eight games. (Editing by
Nick Mulvenney)
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