Harden scores 59 in Rockets’ wild win

A bad night for Warriors: They lose to Suns at home and Curry breaks hand

WASHINGTON — James Harden scored 59 points and made one of two free throws with 2.4 seconds to play to give the Houston Rockets a 159-158 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

Bradley Beal scored 46 points for Washington, hitting three throws with 8.1 seconds left to tie it at 158.

Harden was 18 of 32 from the field, 6 of 14 from 3-point range, and made 17 of 18 free throws. He also had nine assists in 37 minutes.

Russell Westbrook had just three points in the first three quarters, then scored 14 in the fourth quarter and finished with his second triple-double of the season. He had 12 assists and 10 rebounds.

SUNS 121, WARRIORS 110: In San Francisco, Devin Booker scored 31 points and Aron Baynes had 24 to help Phoenix give Golden State its third loss in four games to start the season.

In more bad new for the Warriors, star guard Steph Curry broke his left hand on an awkward fall.

76ERS 117, TIMBERWOLVES 95:

In Philadelphia, Joel Embiid scored 19 points and got into a brawl with Karl-Anthony Towns that sent both players to the showers early as Philadelphia beat Minnesota to improve to 4-0.

The Sixers were leading 75-55 midway through the third quarter when Embiid and Towns went at it. The two big men have a history of talking trash to each other. After they got tangled under the basket, Embiid shoved Towns, who answered with a punch that missed as both fell to the floor. Ben Simmons jumped in and forcefully held Towns down as other players and coaches ran onto the court.

Embiid and Towns were ejected after a video review.

CELTICS 116, BUCKS 105: In Boston, Kemba Walker had 21 of his 32 points in the second half as Boston rallied to beat Milwaukee,

Jayson Tatum added 25 points, Gordon Hayward had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Marcus Smart finished with 19 points and six assists.

RAPTORS 125, PISTONS 113: In Toronto, Pascal Siakam scored 30 points, including 19 in the third quarter, and Fred VanVleet had 13 points and 11 assists in Toronto’s victory over Detroit.

Siakam made eight of 12 shots in the third, including three of four from 3-point range, as the defending NBA champions outscored Detroit 37-27 to take a 101-85 lead into the fourth.

CAVALIERS 117, BULLS 111: In Cleveland, Kevin Love had 17 points and 20 rebounds, and Tristan Thompson scored 23 points as the Cleveland beat Chicago.

Love’s basket on a goaltending call gave Cleveland a 91-90 lead early in the fourth quarter. His jumper from the left wing put the Cavaliers ahead 110-106 with just under a minute to play.

PACERS 118, NETS 108: In New York, Domantas Sabonis scored 29 points and Jeremy Lamb added 25 as Indiana beat Brooklyn for its first victory in five games this season.

Malcolm Brogdon added 21 points and 13 assists for Indiana.

Kyrie Irving led Brooklyn with 28 points.

TRAIL BLAZERS 102, THUNDER 99: In Oklahoma City, Damian Lillard had 23 points and 13 assists to help Portland hold off Oklahoma City.

Lillard made 4 of 15 shots the first three quarters, but he made three 3-pointers in an 86-second flurry in the fourth that turned a three-point deficit into a five-point lead. The Trail Blazers led the rest of the way.

MAGIC 95, KNICKS 82: In Orlando, Fla., Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and 14 rebounds as Orlando rallied to beat New York.

Aaron Gordon scored 10 of his 15 points final 5:35 to help Orlando snap a two-game losing streak.

HORNETS 118, KINGS 111: In Sacramento, Calif., P.J. Washington scored 23 points to lead seven Charlotte players in double figures as the Hornets rallied from 14 down to beat winless Sacramento.

Terry Rozier had 22 points for Charlotte.

JAZZ 110, CLIPPERS 96: In Salt Lake City, Mike Conley scored 29 points to lead Utah past Los Angeles.