Houston Chronicle

Westbrook guides Thunder by Kings

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook scored 17 points and notched his 20th triple-double of the season to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Sacramento Kings 106-101 on Monday night.

Westbrook had 10 rebounds and 11 assists in the 99th triple-double of his career.

Paul George and Carmelo Anthony each scored 21 points for Oklahoma City, which moved into fourth place in the Western Conference standings.

Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 19 points for Sacramento.

George had 14 points and Anthony 13 for Oklahoma City, which led 46-40 at halftime.

BUCKS 121, GRIZZLIES 103

Khris Middleton scored 24 points, and Giannis Antetokoun­mpo added 20 as visiting Milwaukee sent Memphis to its 18th consecutiv­e loss.

Brandon Jennings, signed to a 10-day contract by the Bucks on Saturday, finished two rebounds short of a triple-double with 16 points and 12 assists. Eric Bledsoe added 14 points, including a trio of baskets to stem a fourthquar­ter Memphis rally.

Marc Gasol led the Grizzlies with 17 points.

TRAIL BLAZERS 115 HEAT 99

Damian Lillard had 32 points and 10 assists, and Jusuf Nurkic totaled 27 points and 16 rebounds in Portland’s victory over visiting Miami.

ODDS AND ENDS

Dallas guard Wesley Matthews has a broken bone in his lower right leg and likely will miss the rest of the season. Matthews, 31, was injured in the first quarter against Memphis on Saturday. The injury was announced as a fracture to the right proximal fibula, just below the knee. Matthews is averaging 12.7 points. … Atlanta guard Kent Bazemore will miss the remainder of the season with a bone bruise in his right knee. Bazemore, tied for second on the team with his average of 12.9 points per game, left Sunday’s loss to Chicago in the second quarter after landing awkwardly.

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