McCollum, Blazers beat Lakers for 10th straight time
LOS ANGELES — C.J. McCollum scored 25 points and the Portland Trail Blazers used a dominant third quarter to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers for the 10th consecutive time, 108-87 on Tuesday night.
The Blazers trailed by two to start the second half, but held the Lakers to 21.7 percent shooting (5 of 23) and blocked four shots in the third quarter, outscoring Los Angeles 23-12.
Damian Lillard overcame an 0-for-8 start to finish with 20 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Portland. Al-Farouq Aminu had 15 rebounds, and Maurice Harkless scored 14 points.
• Raptors 114, Celtics 106 — At Toronto: DeMar DeRozan scored a seasonhigh 41 points, Kyle Lowry had 24 and the Toronto Raptors rallied to end the Boston Celtics’ four-game winning streak Tuesday night.
DeRozan added 13 rebounds for his second double-double of the season, and Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and a career-high 23 rebounds. The Raptors bounced back after losing to Chicago and Houston last weekend.
Toronto also kept itself above Boston in the Eastern Conference standings. A win would have pulled the Celtics even with the Raptors for second place behind Cleveland.
• Rockets 121, Hornets 114 — At Houston: James Harden had 40 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists for his second consecutive tripledouble, and Houston outlasted Charlotte for its ninth straight win.
• Jazz 100, Cavs 92 — At Salt Lake City: Gordon Hayward went toe-to-toe with LeBron James in the second half to help Utah beat Cleveland.
• Wizards 101, Bulls 99 — At Washington: John Wall scored 26 points, including a game-winning baseline jumper with 5.9 seconds left, and added 14 assists as Washington moved above .500 by defeating Chicago.
• Bucks 109, Spurs 107 — At San Antonio: Michael Beasley scored a season-high 28 points in place of an ill Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Milwaukee rallied to beat San Antonio.
• Hawks 117, Nets 97 — At New York: Dennis Schroder had 19 points and 10 assists, Dwight Howard added 14 points and 16 rebounds, and Atlanta beat skidding Brooklyn to win its season-high seventh straight.