Sports FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013 47 Warriors outmuscle Mavericks Clippers win in Rivers’ emotional return to Boston

OAKLAND: made a pull-up jumper with 3 Smith scored 22 points and grabbed a career-high 16 seconds remaining to cap a sensational fourth quarter, rebounds for the Pelicans, who snapped a two-game rallying Golden State from 18 points down to beat Dallas. skid while handing Detroit its third straight loss. Curry scored 16 of his 33 points in the final period. He fin- Anderson finished with 22 points on 6-of-18 shooting, ished with nine assists, four rebounds and another big including 4 of 12 from 3-point range. added shot in a young career already full of them. With the clock 19 points and Al-Farouq Aminu had 11 points and 14 winding down, Curry dribbled on the perimeter, came off rebounds. New Orleans native Greg Monroe had 28 a screen and faked a shot to send Shawn Marion jumping points and 10 rebounds for Detroit, which led by 3 points past him. Curry then made a 19-footer to give Golden early in overtime before Anderson’s first 3 of the extra State the lead for good. Jose Calderon heaved a despera- session tied it. Brandon Jennings added 25 points and tion shot at the buzzer that was never close. Harrison Rodney Stuckey 20. Barnes scored 17 points, David Lee added 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Andrew Bogut grabbed a season-high SPURS 109, BUCKS 77 18 rebounds to help the Warriors overcome 18 turnovers had 21 points and 16 rebounds while and a sloppy start. Monta Ellis and each playing just 24 minutes and Tony Parker added 15 points scored 21 points, and Calderon had 18 as Dallas finished in San Antonio’s rout of Milwaukee. San Antonio had 2-2 on its road trip. lost three of its last six games after starting the season 13-1, but dominated from the opening tip, scoring the CLIPPERS 96 CELTICS 88 first nine points. An 8-0 run extended the Spurs lead to Jamal Crawford hit a pair of 3-pointers 23 seconds 27-10. The Bucks pulled within 41-30 in the second quar- apart to help the Clippers pull away in the last 3 minutes ter, but the Spurs responded with a 10-0 run. The Spurs and former Celtics coach won his first game led 63-40 at the half and extended it to 92-54 entering back in Boston when Los Angeles beat the Celtics 96-88 the final period. Kawhi Leonard scored 13 points, Marco Wednesday night. Crawford came off the bench to score Belinelli added 11, and Danny Green and Cory Joseph 21 points and had 22 points, nine assists and had 10 apiece for the Spurs, who shot 52.3 percent, seven rebounds. scored 18 points for the despite making only 4 of 17 3-point attempts. Rookie Clippers, who won for the seventh time in 10 games. Jeff guard Nate Wolters led the Bucks with a season-high 18 Green scored 29 points against his former coach, who point guard Tyreke Evans (1) drives to the basket against points. was traded to Los Angeles last summer for a first-round small forward (6) in the first half of an NBA draft pick. Jordan Crawford had 20 points and nine assists, MAGIC 92, BOBCATS 83 and Brandon Bass had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the game in New Orleans. —AP had 12 of his 17 points in the fourth Celtics, who lost their second in a row. Boston lost to the NBA’s worst record (5-20), shot 54 percent and scored help the Thunder to their fourth straight win and 12th in quarter and Orlando snapped a six-game losing streak on Tuesday night, kicking off a reunion more than 100 points for just the sixth time this season. 13 games. Neither Westbrook nor Durant played in the by beating Charlotte. added 17 points and 12 week of sorts by facing former Celtics and Alec Burks had 15 points and rookie point guard Trey fourth quarter, when the Thunder maintained a double- rebounds and Nikola Vucevic chipped in with 12 points . One night later, Rivers returned to the TD Burke added 11 points and nine assists for Utah. digit lead. Mike Conley had 20 points for the Grizzlies and and 14 rebounds. had 16 points. Nelson Garden, where the banner for the franchise’s unprece- DeMarcus Cousins had 17 of his 21 points in the second Zach Randolph and reserve Jon Leuer scored 17 apiece. came up with a big 3-pointer late for the Magic, and also dented 17th NBA title hangs from the rafters. The half and added 11 rebounds for the Kings, who had their Memphis ended a season-long six-game homestand with had seven rebounds and six assists while outplaying fel- Clippers continue his reunion week Thursday night when two-game winning streak snapped. the loss. low point guard Kemba Walker. The Bobcats shot 37 per- against Garnett and Pierce in Brooklyn. cent from the field to see their two-game win streak THUNDER 116, GRIZZLIES 100 PELICANS 111, PISTONS 106, OT come to an end. Al Jefferson led Charlotte with 10 KNICKS 83, BULLS 78 Russell Westbrook scored 27 points and Ryan Anderson shook off an unusually poor shooting points and 11 rebounds. Walker, who had 31 points had 30 points and 10 rebounds, added 18 to lead Oklahoma City over Memphis. Reserve night from long range, hitting two clutch 3-pointers in against Stephen Curry on Monday night, was held to 10 and New York pulled out the victory over Chicago after guard added a career-high 18 points to overtime that carried New Orleans past Detroit. Jason points on 4 of 18 shooting. —AP blowing a 23-point lead. Amare Stoudemire made the tiebreaking jumper with 2:35 left and finished with 14 points and nine rebounds for the Knicks, who ended a two-game losing streak but made it harder on them- selves than necessary with some sloppy second-half offense. Mike Dunleavy Jr scored 20 points for the Bulls, who have lost three straight and five of six. They are hav- ing a dreadful time scoring, topping out at 75 points in their previous two games and barely surpassing that in this one. had 12 points and 11 rebounds in his return after missing a game with a bruised right thigh, but Luol Deng missed his third straight game with a sore left Achilles.

TIMBERWOLVES 106, 76ERS 99 Kevin Love had 26 points, 15 rebounds and five assists, and Minnesota rallied from a 19-point deficit to beat slumping Philadelphia. Ricky Rubio had 21 points, seven assists and five rebounds, Nikola Pekovic added 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Robbie Hummel hit a cou- ple of big shots for the Wolves in the fourth quarter to key the comeback. had 20 points and six rebounds for the Sixers, who led 39-20 after a tremen- dous first quarter and still held a 13-point advantage at halftime. But they turned the ball over 26 times and shot 14 free throws to Minnesota’s 29. Hummel scored all 10 of his points in the fourth, including a 3-pointer that started the deciding 13-3 run.

JAZZ 122, KINGS 101 Richard Jefferson scored 20 points and Utah halted a four-game skid by cruising past Sacramento. The Jazz led by 24 points heading into the fourth quarter, five points more than their previous largest lead after a quarter this season. Derrick Favors and Gordon Hayward scored 17 points apiece for the Jazz, who established season highs NEW YORK: The Rockettes perform during a timeout in the first half of the NBA basketball game Chicago for assists (35) and points scored. Utah, which has the Bulls at Madison Square Garden in New York. —AP