30-point streak hits 30 as Harden sinks late 3

James Harden scored 31 points to mark his 30th straight 30-point game, leading Houston to a 120-104 victory over Dallas.

Harden, who had eight rebounds and seven assists, seemed to be a bit slowed early by a strained left shoulder that he injured Saturday against Oklahoma City, making just one of his first seven shots. But he warmed up after that and finished 9 of 23, capped by his sixth 3-pointer with less than a minute left to put him over 30 and keep the streak going.

He’s now just one game from tying Wilt Chamberlain for the second-longest streak of 30-point games in NBA history. Chamberlain also holds the top 30-point game streak with 65 in a row.

At Oklahoma City, Russell Westbrook set an NBA record with his 10th straight triple-double, Paul George scored 47 points, and the Thunder beat Portland.

Westbrook broke a tie with Wilt Chamberlain, who had nine straight

triple-doubles in 1968.

At Cleveland, Collin Sexton scored 20 points, and the Cavaliers held off a late rally and sent New York to its franchiserecord 17th straight loss.

At Toronto, Kawhi Leonard banked home the tiebreaking basket with 4.2 seconds remaining for Toronto.

At Chicago, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points and 17 rebounds, and Milwaukee outlasted the Bulls. At

Denver, Nikola Jokic had 23 points and 12 rebounds, and the Nuggets snapped a three-game skid.

At Minneapolis, Derrick Rose scored 22 points to help lift Minnesota past Los Angeles.

At Detroit, Andre Drummond had 32 points and 17 rebounds, and the Pistons extended their winning streak to four.

At Indianapolis, Myles Turner scored 16 points to help Indiana hold off Charlotte.