Westbrook leads Thunder past Kings
Russell Westbrook didn’t get a fifth straight triple-double, but the Oklahoma City Thunder won their fifth straight game and that was all he cared about Saturday.
Westbrook had 28 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists to help the Thunder roll past the Sacramento Kings 110-94. Oklahoma City has the longest current winning streak in the NBA and it’s moved the Thunder into a tie for fifth in the Western Conference, pending the result of the Los Angeles Clippers’ game against Cleveland later Saturday.
“We’re getting it together, man,” Westbrook said. “We had new guys coming in fresh off trades. We just had to find ways to get guys going. It’s not always easy to be able to do that.”
Westbrook had a triple-double in each of the first four games of the streak to raise his season total to 34. He needs seven more in Oklahoma City’s final 13 games to tie Oscar Robertson for the NBA single-season record, set in the 1961-62 season.
TRAIL BLAZERS 113, HAWKS 97: Damian Lillard scored 27 points and the Portland Trail Blazers took control with a dominant opening quarter to beat the Atlanta Hawks. C.J. McCollum had 22 points and Allen Crabbe added 16 for Portland, which raced out to a 17-3 lead and never trailed. The Trail Blazers, who have won seven of nine, began the night 2½ games behind Denver for the Western Conference’s final playoff spot
HORNETS 98, WIZARDS 93: Cody Zeller scored 19 points and the Charlotte Hornets snapped a threegame losing streak with a victory over the Washington Wizards. Kemba Walker had eight of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, and Marvin Williams had 16 points and eight rebounds as the Hornets handed the Wizards their second straight defeat.