Westbrook's 20th triple-double leads Thunder past Kings

OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook scored 17 points and notched his 20th tripledouble of the season to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Sacramento Kings 106101 on Monday night (Tuesday, PHL time).

Westbrook had 10 rebounds and 11 assists in the 99th tripledouble of his career.

Paul George and Carmelo Anthony each scored 21 points for the Thunder, who moved into fourth place in the Western Conference standings.

Thunder center Steven Adams left the game in the third quarter with a left hip contusion and did not return. Just two days earlier against San Antonio, he hurt his left ankle in the third quarter and did not return.

Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 19 points and Garrett Temple and Justin Jackson each added 15 for the Kings.

Oklahoma City led 46-40 at halftime. George had 14 points and Anthony 13 for the Thunder. Temple's tipin in the closing seconds of the third quarter gave Sacramento a 79-78 lead.

The Thunder led 8885 in the fourth quarter when Westbrook checked back in after a brief rest. He got his 10th assist on a pass to Jerami Grant for a layup and his 10th rebound with just over three minutes to play. Westbrook's lob to Grant for a dunk put the Thunder up 102-92 with just under three minutes to play.

Sacramento cut its deficit to 104-101 on a pair of free throws by Bogdanovic with 23 seconds left, but Brewer made two free throws with 17 seconds left to put it out of reach.

In Houston, James Harden scored 16 of his 28 points in the third quarter to allow the Houston Rockets to build a huge lead and sail to an easy 109-93 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night (Tuesday, PHL time).

The NBA's leading scorer took a little while to get going a night after sitting out against Dallas with a sore left knee and had just 12 points at halftime.

Despite his slow start, the Rockets had a comfortable lead in the third and were still up by 13 after a basket by San Antonio's Dejounte Murray with about eight minutes. AP