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Lowly Cavs end Sixers’ 20-game streak

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Jordan Clarkson scored 14 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, Rodney Hood had 25 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers stunned Philadelph­ia 121-112 on Friday night, ending the 76ers’ 20-game home winning streak.

Philadelph­ia entered as the NBA’s lone undefeated team at home at 10-0, while the Cavaliers were 0-8 on the road with the worst overall record in the league at 2-14.

Colin Sexton added 23 points, Cedi Osman had 20 and Tristan Thompson had 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Cavaliers.

Joel Embiid had 24 points and 12 rebounds for Philadelph­ia, which had won four in a row overall.

WARRIORS 125, TRAIL BLAZERS 97

In Oakland, Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Klay Thompson had 31 and Golden State snapped its worst losing streak since early 2013 at four games, beating Portland.

Durant was 13 of 21 from the field, dished out eight assists, had seven rebounds and three of his team’s 11 blocks. Thompson hit five of his first seven shots and grabbed a season-high eight boards for the undermanne­d two-time defending champions.

Two-time MVP Stephen Curry, in a car accident earlier in the day that left him uninjured, sat out again with a strained left groin and fellow All-Star Draymond Green also remained sidelined because of a sprained right toe.

Jusuf Nurkic had 22 points and eight rebounds for Portland on a night Damian Lillard shot just 9 of 24 for 23 points and eight assists. CJ McCollum added 19 points and five assists.

LAKERS 90, JAZZ 83

In Los Angeles, LeBron James had 22 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and he seized control of an ugly game with nine points in the fourth quarter of Los Angeles’ seventh win in eight games.

Brandon Ingram scored 24 points while the Lakers struggled in their first game back from an Eastern Conference road trip, committing 24 turnovers and managing just 10 assists all night. /

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