Sun Sentinel Broward Edition

Irving out at least 1 week with sprain in right knee

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Third quarter

SF: FG Gould 42, 9:29.

SF: Mostert 1 run (Gould kick),

Fourth quarter

KC: Kelce 1 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick), 6:13.

KC: D.Williams 5 pass

(Butker kick), 2:44.

KC: D.Williams 38 run (Butker kick), 1:12. 351 22-141 210 1-0 4-61 2-10 20-31-2 1-9 2-43.0 1-0 5-45 26:47 2:35. 397 29-129 268 0-0 3-58 2-1 26-42-2 4-18 2-50.0 3-0 4-24 33:13

Kyrie Irving will miss with a sprained medial right knee.

The Nets guard had an MRI exam Sunday that confirmed the team’s diagnosis after he was injured during Saturday against the Wizards.

Irving got hurt in the fourth quarter of the 113-107 road loss, when he and Wizards guard Bradley Beal got tangled battling for a loose ball and Irving’s knee twisted as he landed on the court. He stayed down for a couple minutes before remaining in the game for the jump ball — in which he didn’t jump — and then left the court and went to the locker room.

Irving had his highest-scoring game of the season the previous night, scoring 54 points in a victory over the Bulls.

The Nets said Irving will be reevaluate­d in a week. He will miss at least home games against the Suns and Warriors — whose point guard, D’Angelo Russell, he replaced on the Nets — as well as a road game against the Raptors.

Irving previously missed 26 games in his first season with the Nets due to a right shoulder injury. He also sat out one after returning with hamstring tightness and didn’t play Jan. 26 after learning of Kobe Bryant’s death at least a week ligament in his

Raptors tie team mark: Terence Davis scored a career-high 31 points and the Raptors tied a team record with their 11th straight win, beating the Bulls 129-102 on Sunday in Toronto.

The Raptors also won 11 straight January 2016, and again from Feb. 26 Mar. 16, 2018.

Pascal Siakam added 17 points, Serge Ibaka had 16, Chris Boucher 15 and Kyle Lowry 14 for the reigning NBA champions.

The Raptors outscored the Bulls 69-39 in the second half to win their 12th in to consecutiv­e game between the two teams.

The Raptors were without guard Norman Powell, who broke a finger during Friday’s win against the Pistons. Center March Gasol missed his third straight game because of a sore left hamstring. Both players are out indefinite­ly.

Layups: James Harden had 40 points and came an assist shy of a triple-double to lead the host Rockets to a 117-109 win over the Pelicans. Harden had 10 rebounds and nine assists. Rookie Zion Williamson tallied 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Pelicans, who had won three straight . ... Giannis Antetokoun­mpo had 30 points and 19 rebounds and fell one assist short of a second straight triple-double as the Bucks downed the visiting Suns 129-108 . ... Bruce Brown had 19 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists to help the host Pistons snap a five-game skid with a 128-123 OT win over the Nuggets. Nikola Jokic had a tripledoub­le (39 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds) for the Nuggets.

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