DAVIS UNRAVELS BEST GAME IN PELICANS WIN
NEW ORLEANS – Anthony Davis had 32 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks in his best game since spraining his right elbow nearly two weeks ago, and the New Orleans Pelicans ended a six-game skid with a 107-98 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
After missing four of his first five shots, Davis hit his next eight, including two 3s and a two-handed reverse alleyoop jam, while on his way to his first 30-plus point game since New Orleans beat the Los Angeles Clippers on Oct. 23.In Cleveland, Dennis Schroder scored a season-high 28 points in replacing injured star Russell Westbrook and Oklahoma City beat Cleveland, 95-86.
Westbrook sprained his left ankle Monday, but the Thunder withstood Cleveland’s fourth-quarter run without the two-time MVP to win its sixth straight game after starting the season 0-4.
Cleveland (1-10) rallied from an 11-point deficit early in the fourth quarter to go ahead. Oklahoma City led 78-67 before the Cavaliers went on a 13-0 run. J.R. Smith and Kyle Korver each hit two 3-pointers and the Cavaliers led 80-78 with 7:02 remaining.
In Miami, Hassan Whiteside had 29 points, 20 rebounds and an NBA seasonhigh nine blocked shots, and Miami snapped a four-year drought against San Antonio with a 95-88 victory.
In Indianapolis, Joel Embiid scored 20 points and Ben Simmons nearly had a triple double to lead Philadelphia past Indiana, 100-94, for its first road victory of the season.
Simmons had 16 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists to help Philadelphia end a five-game losing streak on the road. Indiana’s Victor Oladipo scored a season-high 36 points, and Domantas Sabonis had 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Elsewhere it was Utah 117, Dallas 102; New York 112, Atlanta 107; Memphis 89, Denver 87, Detroit 103, Orlando 96.