NBA roundup: Pacers snap Mavs'
7-game win streak
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[February 26, 2024]
Myles Turner scored a season-high 33 points and collected
eight rebounds to help lead the Indiana Pacers to a 133-111 win over
the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.
Tyrese Haliburton added 17 points and 10 assists for the Pacers, who
won their third straight game. Andrew Nembhard and Ben Sheppard each
tallied 15 for Indiana, followed by Bennedict Mathurin's 14 points
and 11 boards. Pascal Siakam and T.J. McConnell also scored 12 each.
Luka Doncic led Dallas with 33 points, while Kyrie Irving added 29.
Josh Green scored 14 points for the Mavericks, who had their
seven-game winning streak snapped. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 11 points
off the bench.
Irving scored the first nine Dallas points of the fourth, and the
Mavericks cut the deficit to just four with 8:56 left. However, that
would be as close as Dallas would get as the Pacers answered with a
20-4 run, culminating with Haliburton's layup to give Indiana a
124-104 lead with 4:15 left and cement the victory.
Nuggets 119, Warriors 103
Nikola Jokic set an NBA record en route to his third straight
triple-double, Jamal Murray chipped in with 27 points and Denver
rallied to defeat Golden State for the seventh consecutive time.
Jokic finished with 32 points, 16 rebounds and 16 assists en route
to a record-setting third consecutive game with at least 14 points
and 14 rebounds. Aaron Gordon aided the visitors' cause with 17
points, six rebounds and three steals.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope did his usual masterful defensive job on
Stephen Curry, who had 20 points despite going just 1 of 10 on
3-point attempts. Curry shot just 6-for-19 overall. Klay Thompson
was the driving force in the hosts' early success with 23 first-half
points, including five 3-pointers, but he went scoreless in the
second half.
Bucks 119, 76ers 98
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists to
lift Milwaukee past host Philadelphia.
Damian Lillard added 24 points and nine assists while Malik Beasley
had 20 points and Bobby Portis scored 17 as the Bucks won their
second in a row in coach Doc Rivers' first game in Philadelphia
against his former team. Brook Lopez contributed 11 points, seven
rebounds and five blocked shots.
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Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers with 24 points, De'Anthony Melton added
16 and Paul Reed had 13 points and eight rebounds. Kelly Oubre Jr.
chipped in with 12 points and nine rebounds and Buddy Hield scored
11 points.
Thunder 123, Rockets 110
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 36 points while Jalen
Williams and Chet Holmgren combined for 51 as visiting Oklahoma City
rallied from a 16-point, first-half deficit to defeat Houston.
Gilgeous-Alexander added five rebounds and seven assists to his
ledger while Williams scored 22 points. Holmgren tallied 29 points,
eight rebounds, seven assists and three blocks, and his surge to
open the fourth quarter enabled the Thunder to establish a
comfortable lead.
Jabari Smith Jr. and Fred VanVleet scored 20 points apiece for the
Rockets, with Smith grabbing a game-high 17 rebounds. Alperen Sengun
paired 19 points with 12 rebounds for Houston, which committed 18
turnovers that Oklahoma City converted into 23 points.
Suns 123, Lakers 113
Grayson Allen and Royce O'Neale combined for 12 of Phoenix's 17 made
3-pointers, including a trio down the stretch of the fourth quarter,
as Phoenix held off visiting Los Angeles.
The Lakers pulled within 110-104 before Allen and O'Neale knocked
down back-to-back 3-pointers with three minutes to go. O'Neale added
one more with 1:24 remaining that pushed the Suns' lead to 13
points, putting the game effectively out of reach for Los Angeles.
All five Phoenix starters scored at least 18 points, led by Allen's
24. LeBron James and Anthony Davis each recorded double-doubles for
Los Angeles. James scored a game-high 28 points to go with a
game-high 12 assists. Davis went for 22 points and 14 rebounds.
Kings 123, Clippers 107
De'Aaron Fox responded to a technical foul with a late flurry,
Domantas Sabonis recorded his 20th triple-double of the season and
visiting Sacramento took advantage of Paul George's absence to turn
back Los Angeles.
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Feb 25, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Denver Nuggets forward
Zeke Nnaji (22) puts up a shot over Golden State Warriors forward
Trayce Jackson-Davis (32) during the fourth quarter at Chase Center.
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Sabonis finished with 17 points and game-highs in
rebounds with 15 and assists with 12, helping the Kings win a third
straight. He's only the sixth player in NBA history to record at
least 20 triple-doubles in one season.
Norman Powell had 21 points, while Kawhi Leonard and James Harden
added 20 apiece for the Clippers, who were minus George after he sat
out with a sore left knee.
Bulls 114, Pelicans 106
Nikola Vucevic had a double-double and four teammates scored in
double figures as visiting Chicago defeated New Orleans.
Vucevic finished with 22 points and 13 rebounds while DeMar DeRozan
scored a game-high 24 points for the Bulls, who snapped a two-game
skid.
Brandon Ingram, returning from a two-game absence due to illness,
scored 22 -- but just four in the second half, while Zion Williamson
finished with 19 as New Orleans lost for the second straight time
after a four-game winning streak.
Cavaliers 114, Wizards 105
Jarrett Allen had 22 points and 12 rebounds to help visiting
Cleveland rally past Washington.
Washington surrendered a six-point lead in the fourth in dropping
its 11th straight game. Evan Mobley scored 21 points for the
Cavaliers, who swept the four-game season series, and Caris LeVert
added 18 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists. Donovan Mitchell
scored 16 points in his return after missing two games due to
illness.
Jordan Poole led all scorers with 31 points on 11-of-21 shooting off
the bench for the Wizards, and Kyle Kuzma added 27. Washington's
Bilal Coulibaly left after taking a hard fall in the first quarter.
The Wizards were already without Deni Avdija (left heel contusion)
and Corey Kispert (illness).
Jazz 128, Spurs 109
Lauri Markkanen scored 26 points to help Utah Jazz snap a five-game
losing streak with a blowout win over San Antonio in Salt Lake City.
Jordan Clarkson added 22 points and 10 assists, and John Collins had
20 points and eight rebounds as Utah won for the first time since
Feb. 6.
Devin Vassell led San Antonio with 27 points, to go with nine
rebounds, five assists and three blocks, but the Spurs lost their
fourth straight game and 11th in their last 12. San Antonio's Victor
Wembanyama followed his historic 5x5 game against the Los Angeles
Lakers with 22 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots.
Hawks 109, Magic 92
Dejounte Murray and Jalen Johnson each had a double-double and
sparked Atlanta's victory over visiting Orlando to end a three-game
losing streak.
Murray had 25 points, making 11 of 20 shots from the field with two
3-pointers, plus 11 assists and nine rebounds. Johnson had 21
points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Orlando was led by Franz
Wagner's 19 points and eight rebounds, and Wendell Carter Jr., who
tallied 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Both teams were playing without their leading scorers. Orlando was
missing Paolo Banchero, who was out with an illness, and Atlanta was
minus Trae Young, who will be out at least four weeks with a finger
injury.
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Hornets 93, Trail Blazers 80
Nick Richards recorded 21 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks and
Charlotte broke a 15-game skid in Portland with a victory over the
Trail Blazers.
Miles Bridges added 18 points and 10 rebounds and Brandon Miller
scored 17 points as Charlotte defeated the Trail Blazers in Portland
for the first time since March 29, 2008. The franchise was known as
the Bobcats when it last won in the Rose City.
Deandre Ayton recorded 26 points and 19 rebounds for Portland, which
lost its eighth consecutive game. Jerami Grant added 15 points and
Anfernee Simons had 10 but was just 4 of 21 from the field.
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