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The ailment didn't stop Harden from scoring 30
points to post his 32nd consecutive 30-point effort, the
second-longest streak in NBA history behind Hall of Famer Wilt
Chamberlain's 65-game run. Harden, the reigning NBA MVP, is
averaging a league-leading 36.5 points this season.
--Rookie star Luka Doncic was ruled out of the Dallas Mavericks'
Friday home game against the Denver Nuggets due to a sore right
ankle.
Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said before the game that the injury is
not expected to be serious, and that Doncic is listed as
day-to-day. The 19-year-old Slovenian is averaging 20.7 points,
7.2 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. He leads the league's
rookies in scoring and is second in both rebounds and assists.
Dallas, which returned from the All-Star break Friday, next
heads on the road for two games, Saturday against the Utah Jazz
and Monday against the Los Angeles Clippers.
--Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns missed the
first game of his career and is in the NBA's concussion protocol
after he was involved in a minor car accident on Thursday.
Minnesota interim coach Ryan Saunders told the assembled media
in his pregame session prior to a Friday road game against the
New York Knicks that Towns was back at the team hotel getting
rest. Towns missed the team's shootaround earlier Friday.
Saunders told reporters at the shootaround that Towns was
involved in an accident in the Minneapolis area while driving to
the airport on Thursday to catch the team's flight to New York.
The accident led to the two-time All-Star missing the flight.
Towns later took a commercial flight to New York.
--Field Level Media
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