Warriors conquer Clippers for 7th straight time
LeBron, Cavs crush Knicks at MSG Triple-double from Giannis paces Bucks Hawks back to winning ways
Klay Thompson scored 24 points and Draymond Green added 22 as the Golden State Warriors routed the Los Angeles Clippers 115-98 on Wednesday night.
Stephen Curry tallied 19 points, seven steals and six assists for the Warriors, though he missed all eight of his threepoint attempts. Kevin Durant collected 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Golden State.
Jamal Crawford led the Clippers with 21 points. Chris Paul recorded 15 points, six rebounds and five assists for Los Angeles.
Clippers forward Blake Griffin managed just 12 points on 5-of-20 shooting. Griffin also had nine rebounds.
Cavaliers 126, NY Knicks 94
Kyrie Irving continued his mastery over New York at Madison Square Garden, scoring 28 points in Cleveland’s blowout win.
Irving is averaging 28.4 points in six games at MSG, his highest scoring average among all NBA arenas.
LeBron James added 25 points and Kevin Love contributed 21 points for the Cavs.
Kings 120, Mavericks 89
DeMarcus Cousins flirted with a triple-double to lead Sacramento past Dallas.
The game was over before the fourth quarter, as the Kings, up just 56-52 at halftime, raced out to as much as a 23-point lead in the third.
Cousins scored 24 points and made 14 rebounds, to go along with seven assists, while Rudy Gay scored 19 on 8-of-14 shooting in 31 minutes.
Israel’s Omri Casspi had 10 points, five rebounds and three assists for the Kings.
Bucks 115, Trail Blazers 107
Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his second triple-double of the season and Jabari Parker scored 27 points as Milwaukee rallied in the second half for a conquest of Portland.
Antetokounmpo scored 15 points to go along with 12 rebounds and 11 assists in 40 minutes.
Parker scored 10 of his points in the third quarter as the Bucks took a nine-point lead into the fourth.
Rockets 134, LA Lakers 95
Eric Gordon scored 26 points in 23 minutes off the bench and James Harden added 25 points and eight assists as Houston throttled Los Angeles.
Gordon made 9-of-13 shots from the field and a career-high eight three-pointers to pace the onslaught.
The Rockets torched the short-handed Lakers’ defense, which offered little resistance save for one fleeting stretch in the second quarter.
All five Rockets starters scored in double figures, with guard Patrick Beverley posting a double-double of 10 points and 12 assists.
Hawks 103, Heat 95
Dwight Howard posted his 16th double-double with 23 points and 17 rebounds to help Atlanta end their seven-game losing streak with victory over Miami.
Howard shot 9-for-11 from the floor and was 5-for-6 at the line. Seven of his rebounds came on the offensive glass while he had four assists and two blocks.
He was also instrumental in helping Atlanta limit Miami’s Hassan Whiteside to only eight points – 10 below his season average.
Atlanta also got 21 points and nine rebounds from Paul Millsap and 17 points and seven assists from Dennis Schroder.
Celtics 117, Magic 87
Avery Bradley scored 23 points in leading Boston over Orlando.
The Celtics were without leading scorer Isaiah Thomas, who missed the game with a groin strain, but they still dominated the second half as the Magic never got closer than 12 points in the fourth quarter.
Reserve guard Terry Rozier scored 16 points and grabbed five rebounds. Amir Johnson scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds. Jae Crowder had 15 points and a team-high 10 rebounds.
D.J. Augustin led the Magic with 15 points, but failed to score in the second half.
Pacers 109, Suns 94
Paul George scored 25 points and Indiana pulled away late to beat Phoenix.
Myles Turner had 20 points and Jeff Teague added 19 for the Pacers.
Eric Bledsoe had 15 points and Devin Booker had 13 for the Suns, who have lost five of their last six games. (Reuters)