Spurs extend their home winning streak
Kawhi Leonard scored 26 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 93- 85, on Saturday night for their 41st straight home victory, the third- longest streak in NBA history.
The Spurs avenged a seasonopening loss to the Thunder and made it 32 straight wins to open this season at home, where they haven’t lost in the regular season since last March.
LaMarcus Aldridge added 24 points and Tim Duncan had 11 for San Antonio, which extended its lead over Oklahoma City ( 44- 22) to 12 games for the second seed in the Western Conference.
Kevin Durant had 28 points for the Thunder.
at Golden State 123, Phoenix 116: Stephen Curry scored 15 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter and the Warriors rallied from a ninepoint deficit over the f inal 12 minutes to beat the Suns.
at Toronto 112, Miami 104 ( OT): DeMar DeRozan matched his season high with 38 points and added 10 rebounds as the Raptors beat the Heat.
Indiana 112, at Dallas 105: Monta Ellis scored 17 points in his return to Dallas, Paul George had 18 of his 20 in the second half and the Pacers extended the Mavericks’ longest losing streak of the season to f ive games.
at Charlotte 125, Houston 109: Kemba Walker scored 17 of his 26 points in the second half, and the Hornets used a 27- 8 run to open the fourth quarter and beat the Rockets for their seventh straight win.
Detroit 125, at Philadelphia 111: Kentavious Caldwell- Pope scored 23 points, Tobias Harris added 21 and the Pistons used a big second half to beat the 76ers.
at Atlanta 95, Memphis 83: Paul Millsap scored 21 points, and the Hawks beat the depleted Grizzlies. Al Horford had 19 points and Jeff Teague scored 18 for Atlanta.
at Milwaukee 103, New Orleans 92: Khris Middleton scored 19 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 18 and the Bucks beat the Pelicans.
at Denver 116, Washington 100: Jusuf Nurkic scored all of his seasonhigh 17 points in the second half and the Nuggets rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Wizards.
at Portland 121, Orlando 84: Damian Lillard scored 19 points and had 10 of Portland’s season- high 34 assists as the Trail Blazers beat the short- handed Magic.