Friday 43 Sports Friday, December 22, 2017 Lakers end Rockets’ 14-game winning streak with a 122-116 upset victory Warriors limit Memphis to 10 field goals

LOS ANGELES: Rookie scored 38 thony Towns also scored 25 and grabbed 10 re- points, and the snapped the bounds, had 20 points and seven ’ 14-game winning streak with a assists, and Jeff Teague contributed 16 points 122-116 upset victory Wednesday night. Houston and eight assists for Minnesota, which overcame had its streak end despite pouring a 14-point deficit. Denver’s Nikola Jokic re- in 51 points and adding nine assists. The Rockets turned to the starting lineup after coming off the also lost for the first time with guard in bench the previous two games. He finished with their lineup. Paul de- 22 points but also com- parted early in the fourth mitted 10 turnovers. quarter with a sore left Jamal Murray led Denver leg and did not return Utah ends with 30 points, and after posting eight points, six-game Mason Plumlee had 13 five assists and five re- points and 10 rebounds. bounds over 25 minutes. road trip with Los Angeles snapped its SPURS 93, TRAIL three-game skid by another loss BLAZERS 91 torching Houston’s de- LaMarcus Aldridge fense, with Kuzma scor- had 22 points and eight ing 24 of his 38 points in rebounds, and Pau Gasol the first half on 9-for-9 shooting. The Lakers, play- collected 20 points, 17 rebounds and five assists as LOS ANGELES: Mike James #55 of the scores on a layup between Willie Reed #35, ing without starters Brook Lopez (ankle) and Ken- San Antonio seized a victory over Portland. Montrezl Harrell #5 and #7 of the LA Clippers during a 108-95 Clipper win at Staples tavious Caldwell-Pope (personal reasons), had six Aldridge sank 1 of 2 at the line to give the Spurs a in Los Angeles, California. —AFP double-digit scorers, with reserve forward Corey 93-91 advantage with 15.4 seconds left before CJ Brewer tallying a season-high 21 points. McCollum missed a pair of shots in the closing sec- Nikola Vucevic led the Magic with 18 points and missing Tuesday’s comeback win in Philadelphia onds. Damian Lillard scored 17 points for the Trail 10 rebounds while Elfrid Payton and D.J. Au- with an illness. Spencer Dinwiddie led the Nets WARRIORS 97, GRIZZLIES 84 Blazers, who lost for the fifth straight time at home. gustin finished with 14 points. Orlando was play- with 16 points while DeMarre Carroll added 15 Golden State limited Memphis to 10 field ing without three opening-night starters. as Brooklyn lost its fourth straight game. goals in the second half, allowing the defending MAVERICKS 110, PISTONS 93 NBA champs to gradually pull away for a hard- Dennis Smith Jr. scored 15 points in his return KINGS 104, NETS 99 RAPTORS 129, HORNETS 111 earned victory, their 10th win in a row. Klay to spark Dallas to a win over Detroit. Smith, who Zach Randolph scored 21 points and became DeMar DeRozan led the way with 28 points Thompson had a game-high 29 points and Kevin added five assists and five rebounds in 21 min- the 39th player in NBA history to get 10,000 ca- despite not playing in the fourth quarter, Serge Durant added 22 for the Warriors, but the duo utes, missed the previous six games with a hip reer rebounds as Sacramento nearly blew a 21- Ibaka scored 24, and Toronto routed Charlotte. combined for just nine points in the second half, strain, and the Mavericks had lost three straight. point lead before holding on for a victory over OG Anunoby added 20 points, including 6- when Golden State’s defense dominated the Mavs forward Harrison Barnes led all scorers Brooklyn. It was the second milestone this month of-7 shooting from 3-point range for the Rap- game. Memphis lost for the 16th time in 18 with 25 points. Anthony Tolliver paced Detroit, for Randolph, who shot 8 of 11 and finished with tors. Jeremy Lamb led the Hornets with a games. overcame 5-for-15 shooting which had won three straight, with 18 points. eight rebounds. On Dec. 2 at Milwaukee, he be- career-high 32 points. Kemba Walker and to score a team-high 21 points for the Grizzlies. came the 11th active player with 18,000 points. Dwight Howard finished with 15 points apiece Pacers 105, Hawks 95 George Hill led the Kings with 22 points after for Charlotte, which has lost 11 of 14. —Reuters HEAT 90, CELTICS 89 Bojan Bogdanovic, who made the errant pass Kelly Olynyk scored a career-high 32 points that cost Indiana a victory against NBA East- to lead undermanned Miami to a stunning upset leading Boston on Monday, scored 19 points in of Boston. Celtics star Kyrie Irving missed an the win over Atlanta. The Pacers were led Victor NBA results/standings open 20-foot jumper at the buzzer. He helped Oladipo with 23 points, including three 3-point- Golden State 97, Memphis 84; LA Clippers 108, Phoenix 95; San Antonio 93, Ortland 91; Min- Boston recover from a late 11-point deficit and ers. Oladipo scored 13 points in the second half. nesota 112, Denver 104; Dallas 110, Detroit 93; Chicago 112, Orlando 94; LA Lakers 122, Hous- finished with 33 points. Olynyk, who had 25 added 20 points. The Hawks were ton 116; Oklahoma City 107, Utah 79; Indiana 05, Atlanta 95; Miami 90, Boston 89; points in the second half, played the first four led by rookie John Collins with 18 points and Sacramento 104, Brooklyn 99; Toronto 129, Charlotte 111. years of his NBA career with the Celtics before nine rebounds. Marco Belinelli and Kent Baze- signing a four-year, $50 million contract with the more each scored 13. Eastern Conference Western Conference Heat. added 19 points for the Atlantic Division Northwest Division Heat, who were playing without four starters. CLIPPERS 108, SUNS 95 W L PCT GB Minnesota 19 13 .594 - Austin Rivers scored 21 points, while Lou Boston 26 8 .765 - Portland 16 15 .516 2.5 THUNDER 107, JAZZ 79 Williams had 18 off the bench as Los Angeles ran Toronto 21 8 .724 2.5 Oklahoma City 16 15 .516 2.5 Russell Westbrook finished three assists shy away with a victory over Phoenix. The Clippers NY Knicks 16 14 .533 8 Denver 16 15 .516 2.5 of his 11th triple-double of the season — 24 held Phoenix to 31.9 percent shooting in the first Philadelphia 14 16 .467 10 Utah 14 18 .438 5 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists-and Okla- half and 36.1 percent for the game. Los Angeles’ Brooklyn 11 19 .367 13 homa City defeated Utah to move over .500 for DeAndre Jordan hauled down 20 rebounds and Pacific Division the first time since Halloween. Carmelo Anthony added 12 points. TJ Warren finished with 22 Central Division Golden State 25 6 .806 - and Paul George finished with 18 points each for points and 10 rebounds, while Josh Jackson had Cleveland 23 9 .719 - LA Clippers 12 18 .400 12.5 the Thunder, whose eight wins through the first 17 for the Suns, who saw their two-game win Indiana 18 14 .563 5 LA Lakers 11 18 .379 13 three weeks of December match their total streak end. They have yet to win three consec- Milwaukee 16 13 .552 5.5 Sacramento 11 20 .355 14 through the first two months of the season. Rod- utive games this season. Detroit 17 14 .548 5.5 Phoenix 11 22 .333 15 ney Hood scored 17 points to lead the Jazz, who Chicago 10 20 .333 12 have lost seven of eight. Utah ended a six-game BULLS 112, MAGIC 94 Southwest Division road trip with another loss-its 13th in 16 games Denzel Valentine scored 16 points and Southeast Division Houston 25 5 .833 - away from home this season. grabbed 10 rebounds, Kris Dunn and Nikola Washington 17 14 .548 - San Antonio 22 10 .688 4 Mirotic each scored 15 points, and Chicago never Miami 16 15 .516 1 New Orleans 15 16 .484 10.5 TIMBERWOLVES 112, DENVER 104 trailed in defeating Orlando for its seventh Charlotte 11 20 .355 6 Jimmy Butler had 25 points, including nine straight win. The Bulls’ finished with Orlando 11 21 .344 6.5 Memphis 9 22 .290 16.5 during a key stretch of the fourth quarter, and 14 points, had 13, and Robin Lopez Atlanta 7 24 .226 10 Dallas 9 23 .281 17 the Minnesota rallied to beat Denver. Karl-An- scored 10. Mirotic also grabbed 10 rebounds.