Friday 45 Sports Friday, February 15, 2019 Russell lifts Brooklyn Nets over Cavaliers in 3 OTs Blazers run away to win, end Warriors’ streak

CLEVELAND: D’Angelo Russell took over in the TIMBERWOLVES 121, ROCKETS 111 third overtime, scoring 14 of his 36 points, and the Jeff Teague produced a double-double while short-handed Brooklyn Nets outlasted the host Karl-Anthony Towns led a dominant performance Cleveland Cavaliers for a wild 148-139 victory on in the paint by Minnesota, which used a balanced Wednesday. Russell began the game by missing scoring attack to thwart James Harden and Hous- 10 of his first 11 shots, but he was 6 of 6 in the third ton in Minneapolis. Rookie provided overtime and finished 13 of 30 from the floor. After a spark by scoring 16 points and playing energetic the Nets forced a third overtime on a buzzer- defense on Harden, who still extended his streak beating 3-pointer by DeMarre Carroll, Russell of 30-point games to 31 with 42 points, matching made a handful of plays to help the Nets snap a Wilt Chamberlain for the second-longest streak four-game road losing streak in their last game in NBA history. Harden has recorded 22 40-point before the All-Star break. Cleveland’s Jordan games this season. Teague paced seven Timber- Clarkson scored a game-high 42 points, hitting 7 wolves in double figures with 27 points and added of 17 3-point attempts. a game-high 12 assists. Towns paired 25 points with a team-best nine rebounds. Chris Paul added BUCKS 106, PACERS 97 16 points and eight assists for Houston while Ken- Giannis Antetokounmpo produced 33 points, neth Faried chipped in 12 points and 11 rebounds. 19 rebounds and 11 assists for his fifth triple- double of the season as Milwaukee rallied for a HEAT 112, MAVERICKS 101 victory over Indiana in Indianapolis. Malcolm Dwyane Wade played his final game at long- Brogdon scored 17 points and Khris Middleton time nemesis Dallas and made it a memorable one added 15 as Milwaukee won for the 14th time in with a game-high 22 points, and Miami rode a its past 16 games. The Bucks (43-14) own the dominant third quarter to a victory. Wade, 37, led best record in the NBA heading into the All-Star the Heat past the Mavs in the 2006 NBA Finals. break. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 20 points for Five years later, Dallas and Dirk Nowitzki repaid PORTLAND: Klay Thompson #11 of the shoots the ball against the Portland the Pacers, who had a six-game winning streak Wade by winning the Finals in six games on Trail Blazers on Wednesday at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. — AFP halted. recorded 14 points Miami’s home floor. After Wednesday’s game, and nine rebounds. Nowitzki, who is also nearing the end of his ca- BULLS 122, GRIZZLIES 110 utive contest as he finished with 15 points on reer, exchanged jerseys with Wade. Nowitzki, Otto Porter Jr. scored a career-high 37 7-for-12 shooting. NUGGETS 120, KINGS 118 40, who has yet to officially announce that this, points on 16-for-20 shooting, and Chicago Nikola Jokic had 20 points, 18 rebounds and 11 his 21st season, will be his last, finished with 12 pulled away for a win over visiting Memphis. CLIPPERS 134, SUNS 107 assists, and he tipped in his own miss with 0.3 sec- points in 17 minutes, but he was nowhere near Robin Lopez contributed a season-high 25 Lou Williams scored 17 of his game-high 30 onds left to give host Denver a win over Sacra- his efficiency level of seasons past, shooting 5 of points on 10-for-15 shooting for the Bulls, points in the first half as Los Angeles built a big mento. Paul Millsap finished with 25 points and 13 14 from the floor and just 2 of 10 from beyond who won for only the fourth time in their past lead on visiting Phoenix and coasted to a victory. rebounds, and Isaiah Thomas scored eight points the 3-point arc. 22 games. Lauri Markkanen finished with 21 The win was the Clippers’ 12th straight over the in 13 minutes during his Denver debut. The points and 10 rebounds for his eighth dou- Suns dating to April 2016. Phoenix, led by Kelly Nuggets won despite coach Michael Malone and 76ERS 126, KNICKS 111 ble-double in the past nine games. Memphis Oubre Jr. with a season-high 28 points, lost its guard being ejected. Beasley fin- New York erased much of a 26-point, third- lost for the second consecutive game after 15th in a row and has dropped 11 straight on the ished with 21 points before getting tossed. Buddy quarter deficit but could not complete the come- falling short by one point to the San Antonio road. Los Angeles scored its second-most points Hield had 25 points and Harrison Barnes finished back against visiting Philadelphia, which extended Spurs on Tuesday night. Avery Bradley led of the season, with Danilo Gallinari contributing with 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Kings. the Knicks’ franchise-record, single-season losing the Grizzlies in scoring for a second consec- 20 and Montrezl Harrell adding 19. — Reuters streak. The Knicks have dropped 18 straight, two TRAIL BLAZERS 129, WARRIORS 107 shy of the franchise’s all-time record, a 20-game Damian Lillard scored 29 points and Portland streak that spanned the 1984-85 and 1985-86 NBA results/standings used a late 16-0 run to blow away visiting Golden seasons. The skid is the longest in the NBA since State. added 17 points off the bench the Memphis Grizzlies dropped 19 straight last Minnesota 121, Houston 111; Portland 129, Golden State 107; LA Clippers 134, Phoenix 107; Dallas as eight players scored in double figures for the season. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 26 101, Miami 112; Boston 118, Detroit 110; New York 111, Philadelphia 126; Toronto 129, Washington Trail Blazers, who snapped Golden State’s five- points and 14 rebounds. Tobias Harris scored 25 120; Denver 120, Sacramento 118; Chicago 122, Memphis 110; Cleveland 139, Brooklyn 148 (OT); game win streak. Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry points, his top total in four games since being ac- Indiana 97, Milwaukee 106. each scored 32 points for the Warriors, who had quired by the 76ers on Feb. 6. Allonzo Trier scored won 16 of their previous 17 contests. Golden State 19 points to lead an impressive performance by Eastern Conference Western Conference played without center DeMarcus Cousins and key Knicks reserves, who accounted for 74 points. W L PCT GB Golden State 41 16 0.719 - reserves Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston to Milwaukee 43 14 0.754 - Denver 39 18 0.684 2 give them some rest. RAPTORS 129, WIZARDS 120 Toronto 43 16 0.729 1 Oklahoma City 37 19 0.661 3.5 scored 19 of his career-best 44 Indiana 38 20 0.655 5.5 Portland 34 23 0.596 7 CELTICS 118, PISTONS 110 points in the third quarter and grabbed 10 re- Boston 37 21 0.638 6.5 Houston 33 24 0.579 8 Jayson Tatum led six Boston players in double bounds as Toronto defeated visiting Washington Philadelphia 37 21 0.638 6.5 Utah 32 25 0.561 9 figures with 19 points as the home team ended and entered the All-Star break with a six-game Brooklyn 30 29 0.508 14 Detroit’s four-game winning streak. Gordon winning streak. The Raptors trailed by as many as San Antonio 33 26 0.559 9 Charlotte 27 29 0.482 15.5 LA Clippers 32 27 0.542 10 Hayward contributed 18 points and eight assists, 12 points in the third quarter but scored 44 points Miami 26 30 0.464 16.5 Sacramento 30 27 0.526 11 while Al Horford supplied 17 points, 14 rebounds in the period to take a 10-point lead entering the Detroit 26 30 0.464 16.5 LA Lakers 28 29 0.491 13 and eight assists. had 17 points and fourth. OG Anunoby had 10 points in the third Orlando 26 32 0.448 17.5 seven rebounds, Marcus Smart added 16 points quarter and finished with a career-best 22 points Washington 24 34 0.414 19.5 Minnesota 27 30 0.474 14 and five assists, and Marcus Morris chipped in for Toronto, which was without Kawhi Leonard Atlanta 19 38 0.333 24 Dallas 26 31 0.456 15 11 points. Blake Griffin led Detroit with 32 points, because of a sore left knee. Bradley Beal led Chicago 14 44 0.241 29.5 New Orleans 25 33 0.431 16.5 eight rebounds and five assists. Andre Drum- Washington with 28 points and 11 assists, Jeff Cleveland 12 46 0.207 31.5 Memphis 23 36 0.390 19 mond had 21 points, 17 rebounds and four steals Green added 23 points, and Jabari Parker had 22 New York 10 47 0.175 33 Phoenix 11 48 0.186 31 for the Pistons. points and nine rebounds.