Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Spurs snap Rockets’ 11-game win run
Cavs tame Mavs
SAN ANTONIO, April 2, (RTRS): LaMarcus Aldridge posted a doubledouble and received complementary scoring from Rudy Gay in the San Antonio Spurs’ 100-83 win over the visiting Houston Rockets on Sunday.
The Spurs averted a season series sweep and snapped the Rockets’ 11-game winning streak in the process, holding Houston to 33.8 percent shooting.
Aldridge finished with 23 points and
Marco Belinelli added a team-best 22 points on 9-of-10 shooting off the bench for the Sixers, who completed a fourgame sweep of the season series with Charlotte.
Trail Blazers 113, Grizzlies 98 Portland outscored visiting Memphis 43-24 in the third quarter, breaking open a tight game and then cruising to victory.
Damian Lillard scored 27 points and CJ McCollum added 20 points for the Trail Blazers, who won for the 17th time in 20 outings. Rookie Dillon Brooks scored 28 points for the Grizzlies.
Pacers 111, Clippers 104 Victor Oladipo scored 30 points and delivered a season-high 12 assists to lead visiting Indiana past Los Angeles.
Oladipo hit 11 of 17 shots. Myles Turner scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Pacers, who won their fifth consecutive game, including three in a row on the road.
Pistons 108, Nets 96 Reggie Jackson scored 12 of his season-high 29 points in the fourth quarter as Detroit withstood Andre Drummond’s ejection and beat host Brooklyn.
Drummond posted his 59th doubledouble of the season with 13 points and 14 rebounds. He missed a chance for a league-leading eighth 20-20 game after getting ejected for an incident with Quincy Acy.
With 21 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Detroit’s Ish Smith missed a short jumper, and before Brooklyn’s Joe Harris could get the rebound, Drummond and Acy jostled for position. Drummond took exception and shoved the Brooklyn forward. After officials reviewed the incident, both players were tossed, and Drummond ripped off his jersey as he headed toward the locker room.
Bulls 113, Wizards 94 Lauri Markkanen scored 23 points, and Chicago won its second game in a row, topping Washington, which was without John Wall.
Wall returned from a two-month absence Saturday and helped the Wizards clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Hornets. Washington’s All-Star guard missed 27 games recovering from a knee injury. He had 15 points and 14 assists against the Hornets but was given Sunday off.
Kings 84, Lakers 83 Buddy Hield scored 19 points, and his tiebreaking dunk with 37 seconds left led Sacramento past host Los Angeles.
Bogdan Bogdanovic added 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting for the Kings, who halted a four-game slide. De’Aaron Fox had 14 points and six assists and Willie Cauley-Stein contributed 11 points and seven rebounds for Sacramento.
Julius Randle scored 19 points for the Lakers, who fell for the seventh time in their past nine contests.
Hawks 94, Magic 88 Dewayne Dedmon, Mike Muscala and John Collins each had double-doubles as Atlanta held off visiting Orlando in a battle between the two teams with the worst records in the Eastern Conference.
Dedmon finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Collins had 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Muscala came off the bench to score 13 points and grab 10 rebounds for the Hawks, who snapped a five-game losing streak. Tyler Dorsey scored a team-high 19 points.