The Denver Post

OKC’S WESTBROOK SCORES 41 IN 29TH TRIPLE-DOUBLE

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oklahoma city» Russell Westbrook scored 41 points in his 29th triple-double of the season to help the Thunder beat the Pelicans 118-110 on Sunday night.

Westbrook had 21 points in the fourth quarter. He shot 7-for-19 from the field the first three quarters and was 7-for-10 in the fourth. He also had 11 rebounds and 11 assists in the 66th tripledoub­le of his career.

Enes Kanter had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Steven Adams added 13 points and 10 boards for the Thunder, which won its third straight.

Anthony Davis scored 38 points and DeMarcus Cousins had 31 points and 10 rebounds, but he played just 22 minutes and fouled out while getting dunked on by Westbrook. The Pelicans fell to 0-3 since acquiring Cousins in a trade with Sacramento.

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Jaylen Brown sank a 3-pointer from the right corner while being fouled with 37.6 seconds remaining, part of a five-point possession for Boston that lifted the Celtics to a 104-98 victory over the Pistons. Isaiah Thomas led the Celtics with 33 points. … DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points, Serge Ibaka added 18 and the Raptors beat the Trail Blazers 112-106. Damian Lillard scored 28 points for the Trail Blazers. … Gordon Hayward scored 30 points, Rudy Gobert added 15 points and 20 rebounds, and the Jazz beat the Wizards 102-92. … Giannis Antetokoun­mpo scored 28 points, Tony Snell made a clinching 3-pointer from the corner in the closing seconds and the Bucks held off the Suns 100-96. TJ Warren led the Suns with 23 points. … Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points and the Spurs routed the Lakers 119-98 in Los Angeles’ first home game since Magic Johnson took over the franchise’s basketball operations. Pau Gasol added 15 points against his former team. … Kemba Walker missed his second free throw with two seconds left and the Clippers beat the Hornets 124-121 in overtime.

FOOTNOTES

Jazz’s Gobert fined $25,000. Jazz center Rudy Gobert was fined $25,000 for making physical contact with an official. … Willie Reed will not travel with the Heat for Monday’s game at Dallas because of bursitis in his right ankle. … The Mavericks signed rookie forward Ben Bentil to a 10-day contract to fill one of the two spots from a roster shake-up that came at the trading deadline. The Associated Press

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