Warriors overcome ejection of Green to hold off the Magic
Andrew Wiggins scored 23 points, Stephen Curry made the final two baskets of the game on an off shooting night and the visiting Golden State Warriors overcame Draymond Green's early ejection to beat the Orlando Magic 101-93 on Wednesday.
Green was ejected 3:36 in for disputing a foul call on Wiggins. It was Green's fourth ejection of the season.
Curry made a driving hook shot with 1:09 to go to make it 98-93 and added a 3-pointer with 34 seconds left for the final points. He had 17 points — going 6 of 18 from the field — and 10 assists.
Cole Anthony led Orlando with 26 points and eight rebounds.
The Warriors hold the 10th spot in the Western Conference and are a game ahead of hot Houston.
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Kevin Durant had 30 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks and visiting Phoenix won in Denver for the second time this month. The Suns moved a half-game ahead of Sacramento for the seventh spot in the Western Conference as they try to move up to sixth to avoid a play-in game. Dallas is No. 6, a halfgame ahead of Phoenix.
The Western Conferenceleading Nuggets (51-22) — a half-game ahead of Oklahoma City and Minnesota — struggled without starting point guard Jamal Murray (sprained left ankle). Denver's Nikola Jokic had 22 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists as he fought through lower back pain and left hip soreness.
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Jalen Green scored 37 points and visiting Houston won its 10th straight game, defeating Oklahoma City in overtime. Amen Thompson had 25 points and 15 rebounds for the Rockets.
Josh Giddey matched a career-high with 31 points for the Thunder.
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Naz Reid had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Jaden McDaniels added 20 points to help host Minnesota overcome a sluggish start to beat NBA-worst Detroit. Kyle Anderson scored 14 points off the bench for the Wolves (50-22).
Cade Cunningham scored 32 points for the Pistons (12-61).
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Miles McBride scored 29 points and visiting New York won for the seventh time in eight games. Gradey Dick scored a career-high 23 points for Toronto.