Gordon fuels late surge by Rockets
Eric Gordon scored 17 of his season-high 33 points in the fourth quarter to power a huge run that put the Houston Rockets on top, and they cruised to their 14th straight win, 120-99 over the Utah Jazz on Monday night.
Houston used a 15-0 run early in the fourth to take the lead and was up by four midway through the quarter after a layup by Joe Ingles. The Rockets then scored 11 points in a row, capped by two 3-pointers from Gordon to make it 11196 with about three minutes to go.
Rodney Hood had 26 points for the Jazz, which has lost six of seven. CELTICS 112, PACERS 111 >> Terry Rozier’s steal and dunk with 1.5 seconds left capped a frantic comeback that gave Boston a victory over Indiana.
Kyrie Irving scored 30 points for Boston, which trailed 107-102 after Victor Oladipo’s basket with 31 seconds remaining.
Oladipo scored 12 of his 38 points in the final two minutes.
THUNDER 95, NUGGETS 94 >> Russell Westbrook scored 16 of his season-high 38 points in the fourth quarter, including the tiebreaking free throw with 2.3 seconds left, to lift Oklahoma City over Denver.
Gary Harris scored 17 points and Trey Lyles added 15 for the Nuggets, who led by 10 points early in the fourth quarter. TIMBERWOLVES 108, TRAIL BLAZERS 107 >> Jimmy Butler scored 37 points and made two free throws that gave Minnesota the lead with 2.5 seconds left in its victory over Portland.
Jamal Crawford pitched in a season-high 23 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter, to spur a rally from 10 points down with 7 minutes remaining.
C.J. McCollum scored 20 points for the Blazers. HORNETS 109, KNICKS 91 >> Frank Kaminsky scored 15 of his 24 points in the first half to give Charlotte a jolt off the bench in a victory over New York.
Kaminsky didn’t miss a shot until the fourth quarter, finishing 10 of 13 overall and 4 of 6 on 3-pointers.
Michael Beasley scored 23 points for New York, which was again without leading scorer Kristaps Porzingis because of a sore left knee.
BULLS 117, 76ERS 115 >> Nikola Mirotic and Kris Dunn each scored 22 points to help Chicago beat Philadelphia for its sixth consecutive victory.
Ben Simmons had 19 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for the Sixers, who lost for the sixth time in seven games. Dario Saric scored 20 of his 27 points in the second half.
SPURS 109, CLIPPERS 91 >> LaMarcus Aldridge scored 19 points and Tony Parker had 16 points and seven assists in San Antonio’s victory over Los Angeles.
The Clippers were without five players, including leading scorers Blake Griffin and Lou Williams. Rookie Jamil Wilson had a season-high 13 points. DeAndre Jordan also had 13 points to go with 14 rebounds.
SUNS 97, MAVERICKS 91 >> Alex Len had 14 points and 14 rebounds to help Phoenix rally past Dallas, which lost its third straight game and has only one win in its last seven.
Harrison Barnes had 26 points and Devin Harris added 14 for the Mavericks. HAWKS 110, HEAT 104 >> Taurean Prince scored 24 points and Dennis Schroder added 23 in Atlanta’s victory over Miami, which had just nine healthy players available.