Lakers fall on road
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — DeMarcus Cousins had 31 points, 16 rebounds and five assists, and the Sacramento Kings used a big third quarter to send the slumping Los Angeles Lakers to a seventh straight defeat with a 116-92 win Monday night in a game featuring seven technical fouls.
After five straight points by Cousins during one sequence, Darren Collison hit consecutive 3-pointers late in the third as the Kings outscored the Lakers 3913 in the quarter. Collison wound up with 20 points.
First-year Lakers coach Luke Walton was ejected at the 4:14 mark of the first quarter after two technicals in succession for arguing, and he had to be held back by his players near midcourt as he became enraged after Cousins knocked over Julius Randle with no foul called.
Randle also received a T on the play and associate head coach Brian Shaw took over. D’Angelo Russell, Shaw, Cousins and Lou Williams also had technicals.
CLIPPERS 121, TRAIL BLAZERS 120
The Los Angeles Clippers held on for a close win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night at Staples Center.
Blake Griffin led the Clippers with 26 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Chris Paul followed with 21 points and 14 assists.
J.J. Redick (18 points), Jamal Crawford (14 points), Ray Felton (10) and Luc Mbah a Moute (10) also finished with double-figure scoring.
HEAT 112, WIZARDS 101
MIAMI (AP) — Goran Dragic scored a season-high 34 points, Hassan Whiteside had 17 points and 16 rebounds and the Miami Heat beat the Washington Wizards on Monday night to snap a five-game slide.
Dragic scored 13 points in the fourth for the Heat, who opened a six-game homestand. James Johnson scored 14 off the bench for Miami, which won for only the third time in 11 games at home.
RAPTORS 122, BUCKS 100
TORONTO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points, Terrence Ross added 25 and Toronto beat Milwaukee for the sixth straight time.
Jonas Valanciunas had 13 rebounds and 11 points for his team-leading seventh double-double of the season as the Raptors won for the 12th time in the last 13 meetings with the Bucks.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had a teamhigh 30 points and Jabari Parker chipped in with 27 as Milwaukee lost its
third straight.
PACERS 110, HORNETS 94
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George and Myles Turner scored 22 points each to lead Indiana past Charlotte.
Jeff Teague had 16 points, 11 assists and five rebounds, and Rodney Stuckey added 14 points for the Pacers, who have won two straight since returning home from a five-game road trip.
Marco Belinelli scored 14 points for the Hornets, Marvin Williams and Nicolas Batum each had 13 and Kemba Walker added 12.
C.J. Miles made the go ahead 3-pointer with 5.6 seconds remaining in the third quarter to start an 11-1 run by the Pacers.