George leads OKC past Minnesota
Durant gets ejected but Golden State still crushes host Orlando
OKLAHOMA CITY — Paul George had 35 points and nine assists as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 111-107 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak.
Steven Adams had a careerhigh 27 points on 11-for-11 shooting from the field and Russell Westbrook added 15 points, 14 assists and nine rebounds for Oklahoma City.
The Thunder shot 51.9 percent from the field and outrebounded the Timberwolves 42-26. It was Oklahoma City’s first victory of the season by fewer than nine points. WARRIORS 133, MAGIC 112: In Orlando, Fla., Klay Thompson scored 27 points, Kevin Durant had 25 and Steph Curry 23 to help
Golden State rout Orlando.
Durant was ejected for arguing with 4:52 left. Jordan Bell added 16 points, Draymond Green 12 and Omri Casspi 11 for Golden State, which expanded a 13-point lead after Durant left.
JAZZ 114, PELICANS 108: In Salt Lake City, rookie Donovan Mitchell scored a career-high 41 points and powered Utah’s fourth-quarter rally against New Orleans,
New Orleans star Anthony Davis went down with a left groin injury at the beginning of the fourth quarter, hitting the ground under the Jazz basket and remaining there until trainers came to help.
RAPTORS 120, PACERS 115: In Toronto, DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points, Jakob Poeltl made all eight of his field goal attempts and had a career-high 18 points as Toronto beat Indiana.
Serge Ibaka added 15 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 13 and Kyle Lowry and Fred VanVleet each had 11 for the Raptors. SPURS 95, GRIZZLIES 78: In Memphis, Tenn., LaMarcus Aldridge had 22 points, Rudy Gay added 18 and San Antonio handed Memphis its 10th straight loss.
San Antonio controlled most of the game, leading by as many as 25 in the fourth quarter. WIZARDS 109, PISTONS 91: In Washington, Markieff Morris scored 23 points, Tomas Satoransky added a career-high 17 off the bench, and Washington beat Detroit.
The Wizards are 2-2 without AllStar point guard John Wall since he received injections in his swollen left knee. KINGS 107, BULLS 106: In Chicago, Zach Randolph had 25 points and 13 rebounds, Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 19 points and Sacramento extended Chicago’s losing streak to eight games. HEAT 105, HORNETS 100: In Miami, Josh Richardson scored a career-high 27 points to help Miami beat Charlotte.