Warriors put end to Suns’ win streak
Trail Blazers fire president/GM
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry bounced back from one of the worst shooting nights of his career and scored 23 points, and the Golden State Warriors convincingly ended the Phoenix Suns’ 18-game win streak with a 118-96 victory on Friday night.
The Warriors (19-3) limited the Suns (19-4) to a season low for scoring and slipped past Phoenix for the best record in the NBA.
The Suns were within 83-74 following a dunk by JaVale McGee early in the fourth quarter but never got closer. Gary Payton II scored on consecutive possessions, added a breakaway twohanded dunk, then followed with a short jumper to put Golden State ahead by 20.
Three days after going 4 of 21 while missing 11 of 14 3-point tries in a 104-96 loss in Phoenix, Curry shot 8 of 20 with six 3s, five rebounds and five assists.
CLIPPERS 119, LAKERS 115: In Los Angeles, Luke Kennard scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half and hit two clutch 3-pointers in the final minutes, sending the Clippers to a victory over the Lakers.
Paul George scored 19 points for the Clippers, who never trailed and never pulled away in the Los Angeles rivals’ first meeting of the season.
CAVALIERS 116, WIZARDS 101: In Washington, Darius Garland had 32 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, and Cleveland went on a 19-0 run spanning part of each half in a rout of Washington.
Cleveland won its fourth straight game, and this streak has been pretty emphatic. The Cavaliers beat Orlando by 13, Dallas by 18 and Miami by 26.
HEAT 113, PACERS 104: In Indianapolis, Kyle Lowry scored a season-high 26 points with six 3-pointers as Miami beat Indiana.
The Heat was missing four regulars, including leading scorer Jimmy Butler, but compensated with 16-of-34 shooting from 3-point range.
76ERS 98, HAWKS 96: In Atlanta, Joel Embiid scored 28 points, including a jumper with 42 seconds remaining that gave Philadelphia a win over and Atlanta.
Embiid snapped a 96-all tie with the 13-foot jumper. Seth Curry then stole a pass from John Collins. Danilo Gallinari missed a potential winning 3-pointer as time expired.
JAZZ 137, CELTICS 130: In Salt Lake City, Donovan Mitchell had 34 points and six assists to lead Utah over Boston.
Mike Conley added 29 points and seven assists for the Jazz. Rudy Gobert tallied 18 points and 12 rebounds. Utah made a seasonhigh 27 3-pointers and shot 53% from long distance..
NETS 110, TIMBERWOLVES 105: In New York, Kevin Durant scored 30 points, including the clinching jumper with 11 seconds left, and Brooklyn held off Minnesota.
Durant was 12 of 13 on free throws and Patty Mills added 23 points for the Nets. PELICANS 107, MAVERICKS
91: In Dallas, Brandon Ingram scored 24 points and New Orleans beat Dallas two days after the Pelicans lost by 32 to the Mavericks at home.
ROCKETS 118, MAGIC 116: In Houston, Eric Gordon scored 24 points and his short jumper with 1.6 seconds left lifted Houston past Orlando for its fifth consecutive win.
Note
TRAIL BLAZERS: Portland fired Neil Olshey, the team’s president of basketball operations and general manager, on Friday after an investigation into workplace conduct.
The Blazers promoted director of player personnel Joe Cronin to interim GM.
The team said in a statement that Olshey was dismissed for violating its code of conduct.