Curry drops 50 points but Warriors lose again on road
LOS ANGELES >> Stephen Curry draped a towel over his head as he sat on the bench with about a minute left of action Wednesday night.
His second 50-point performance of the season was spoiled by a 134-126 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
With 12 games and only 3 1/2 weeks remaining in the regular season, the Warriors still don’t have answers for their road issues.
Curry went 20 of 28 from the field and 8 of 14 from deep, and Golden State couldn’t get the job done as it suffered one of their most gut-wrenching defeats yet.
Shoddy perimeter defense, surrendering too many second-chance opportunities and committing turnovers (15) led to their demise in Los Angeles, the Warriors’ first stop of this five-city trip.
Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 30 points.
The Warriors have now lost nine straight road games, with their last win outside the Bay coming Jan. 30 in Oklahoma City. 76ERS 118, CAVALIERS 109 >> Joel Embiid had 36 points and 18 rebounds and played the final 4:12 after initially being called for his sixth foul, leading Philadelphia past Cleveland for its sixth straight victory.
James Harden added 28 points and Tyrese Maxey had 23 for the Sixers. They were up 108-101 when Embiid was whistled for an offensive charge on Evan Mobley while making a jumper.
As Cleveland fans began
to celebrate Embiid’s apparent disqualification, Sixers coach Doc Rivers immediately challenged the call, which was overturned after a replay review and the superstar was allowed to stay on the floor.
ROCKETS 114, LAKERS 110 >>
Kevin Porter Jr. scored 27 points and Houston beat short-handed Los Angeles.
It’s the second straight victory for the Western Conference-worst Rockets, who beat Boston on Monday
night.
Already without LeBron James because of an injury, the Lakers were also missing Anthony Davis against Houston.
HEAT 138, GRIZZLIES 119 >> Bam Adebayo scored 26 points, Tyler Herro added 24 and Miami enjoyed a rare easy victory, beating Memphis.
Jimmy Butler scored 23 points, Max Strus had 12, Caleb Martin 11 and Kevin Love and Gabe Vincent each had 10. The Heat set a season high for points.
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 25 for Memphis.
MAVERICKS 137, SPURS 128, OT >> Christian Wood had 27 points and 13 rebounds and Dallas overcame a series of blunders at the end regulation to beat San Antonio in overtime without injured
All-Stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving.
Dallas’ Maxi Kleber threw an inbounds pass out of bounds on a full-length heave with 1.8 seconds remaining in regulation. Keldon Johnson, who missed a pair of free throws with 1.8 seconds, tied it 121 on an alley-oop dunk off an inbounds pass from Malaki Branham.
Wood had five points in overtime as Dallas fights to remain in the top 10 in the Western Conference. CELTICS 104, TIMBERWOLVES 102 >> Jaylen Brown scored 35 points, Jayson Tatum added 22 and Bostons held on to beat Minnesota.
Malcolm Brogdon added 12 points off the bench for Boston, which overcame a tough shooting night to win for the third time in four games.