Rockets romp as Harden rests; Spurs’ Aldridge injures knee
Wade leads Miami to rout of Cleveland
HOUSTON — Eric Gordon scored 31 points and tied a career high with eight 3-pointers on a night James Harden sat out to rest as the Houston Rockets got their 10th straight win with a 118-86 rout of the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night.
Trevor Ariza added 21 points and Chris Paul had 13 points and 10 assists in his return after missing the last three games with a sore hamstring.
The NBA-leading Rockets became the first team since San Antonio in the lockoutshortened 2011-12 season to have three winning streaks of at least 10 games in a season.
WIZARDS 116, SPURS 106: In Washington, Markieff Morris shot 7-for-7 from the floor for 15 points and Otto Porter Jr. added 14 as Washington beat San Antonio to snap a three-game losing streak.
San Antonio lost for just the second time in eight games but may have been dealt a more serious blow with a left knee injury to star LaMarcus Aldridge, who was the game’s leading scorer with 13 points before he limped off late in the second quarter. He is scheduled to have an MRI.
HEAT 98, CAVALIERS 79: In Miami, Kelly Olynyk scored 19 points and Dwyane Wade blocked a pair of shots by LeBron James as part of a stifling defensive effort by Miami as the Heat routed Cleveland.
Josh Richardson and James Johnson each scored 15 points for Miami, which led 54-34 at halftime and has won 10 of its last 11 home games. Wade finished with 12 against the team he spent part of this season with before getting traded back to Miami. TRAIL BLAZERS 107, PELICANS 103: In New Orleans, Damian Lillard scored 20 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter as Portland beat New Orleans.
Lillard hit his first six shots of the fourth quarter, including two 3-pointers, to push Portland into its first lead since early in the first quarter. He made two free throws with 1.3 seconds left to seal the victory. RAPTORS 114, NUGGETS 110: In Toronto, DeMar DeRozan, Jonas Valanciunas and Fred VanVleet each scored 15 points as Toronto beat Denver.
Jakob Poeltl scored all of his 12 points in the fourth quarter, including eight straight for Toronto at one stretch. MAVERICKS 103, KINGS 97: In Sacramento, Calif., Harrison Barnes had 20 points, six assists and five rebounds as Dallas beat Sacramento while protesters forced a lockdown of Golden1 Center for the second time in six days.
Outside the arena, demonstrators gathered to protest the March 18 fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark, an unarmed 22-year-old black man who was in his grandparents’ backyard. PACERS 92, WARRIORS 81: In Oakland, Calif., Victor Oladipo scored 24 points to lead Indiana past Golden State.
The Pacers rallied from a 15-point deficit in the first half. They outscored the Warriors 24-11 in the final quarter.
CLIPPERS 105, BUCKS 98: In Los Angeles, Tobias Harris had 19 points and DeAndre Jordan had 12, including 16 rebounds, as Los Angeles defeated Milwaukee.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had a team-leading 24 points for the Bucks.