SPORTS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015 Thomas, Celtics beat Kings in Mexico City MEXICO CITY: Prior to the game, Isaiah Toronto Raptors 106-105 and end an Thomas said he was disappointed when eight-game losing streak. Forward Darrell he saw Boston’s schedule this season Arthur added 19 points for the Nuggets, showed no visits to Sacramento. while center Joffrey Lauvergne scored 14 He still got to show off for his former points and grabbed 10 rebounds. team, though, scoring 21 points as the Celtics defeated the Kings 114-97 HEAT 97, THUNDER 95 Thursday night in the NBA*s third regular- Guard Dwyane Wade scored 28 points, season game played in Mexico. Thomas, including two game-winning free throws who played in Sacramento from 2011-14, with 1.5 seconds left, to lead the Miami finished with 21 points and nine assists Heat to a 97-95 victory over the Oklahoma helping the Celtics win for the fourth time City Thunder. Wade scored Miami’s final in their last five games. eight points to overshadow Oklahoma “I think I*m over it,” said Thomas, who duo Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant, was traded to Phoenix last year and then both of whom had 25 points for the dealt to Boston late in the season. “But Thunder. obviously you want to play good against your former team. But you also want to MAGIC 103, JAZZ 94 get the win, because winning is the most Forward Tobias Harris led six players in important thing and today we did it.” double figures and the Orlando Magic Kelly Olynyk added 21 points for the took advantage of center Rudy Gobert’s Celtics while Avery Bradley and Jae absence to beat the Utah Jazz. Harris Crowder each had 20. “It make us very scored 17 points and Nikola Vucevic hard to guard when everybody*s pitching added 16 points for Orlando, who won in,” Thomas said. “We have to be consis- their fifth successive game. Andrew tent in the offensive end and tonight Nicholson, Elfrid Payton, Victor Oladipo everybody*s confidence was high.” Rudy and Evan Fournier all contributed 14 Gay scored 18 points and DeMarcus points each. Forward Gordon Hayward Cousins added 16 for the Kings, who lost scored 24 points and guard Alec Burks for the third time in their last four games. totalled 21 for the Jazz. “I*m disappointed. I think we need to be more serious at the beginning of the SPURS 103, GRIZZLIES 83 games. I do not know if tonight it was the San Antonio forward Kawhi Leonard altitude or the tempo or Boston playing made a career-best seven three-pointers well but they hit us hard at the start and and scored a game-high 27 points as the we never recovered,” Sacramento coach Spurs defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 103- George Karl said. Rajon Rondo, playing 83 at FedExForum. Leonard scored 20 of against his former team for the second his points and hit six of his three-pointers time in his career, was sent off in the third in the second half. Overall, he shot nine- quarter after a double technical foul and for-13 from the floor and seven-for-nine finished with five points for the Kings. from long range. He also grabbed eight “It was a blow to our ability to mount a rebounds and added three assists, two comeback, because he has been our steals and a block. engine this season,” Karl said. Rondo also faced the Celtics last season, when he was TRAIL BLAZERS 123, PACERS 111 playing for the Dallas and scored 29 points Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum com- in a 119-101 win. bined for 47 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 123-111 victory over the NUGGETS 106, RAPTORS 105 Indiana Pacers at the Moda Center. Lillard Guard Will Barton scored 22 points and scored 26 points and McCollum added 21 forward Danilo Gallinari added 21 as the for the Trail Blazers (8-12), who lost three Denver Nuggets held on to defeat the of their previous four games. —Agencies NBA results/standings Miami 97, Oklahoma City 95; Denver 106, Toronto 105; Orlando 103, Utah 94; San Antonio 103, Memphis 83; Portland 123, Indiana 111; Boston 114, Sacramento 97. Eastern Conference Western Conference Atlantic Division Northwest Division W L PCT GB Oklahoma City 11 8 .579 - Toronto 12 8 .600 - Utah 8 9 .471 2 Boston 11 8 .579 0.5 Minnesota 8 10 .444 2.5 NY Knicks 9 10 .474 2.5 Portland 8 12 .400 3.5 Brooklyn 5 13 .278 6 Denver 7 13 .350 4.5 Philadelphia 1 19 .050 11 Pacific Division Central Division Golden State 20 0 1.000 - Cleveland 13 5 .722 - LA Clippers 10 9 .526 9.5 Chicago 11 5 .688 1 Phoenix 8 11 .421 11.5 Indiana 12 6 .667 1 Sacramento 7 13 .350 13 Detroit 10 9 .526 3.5 LA Lakers 3 15 .167 16 Milwaukee 7 12 .368 6.5 Southwest Division Southeast Division Miami 11 6 .647 - San Antonio 16 4 .800 - Orlando 11 8 .579 1 Dallas 11 8 .579 4.5 Memphis 11 9 .550 5 Atlanta 12 9 .571 1 MEXICO CITY: Sacramento Kings Rajon Rondo, right, goes to the basket under pressure Charlotte 10 8 .556 1.5 Houston 8 11 .421 7.5 from Boston Celtics’ Jae Crowder during a regular-season NBA basketball game in Mexico Washington 7 9 .438 3.5 New Orleans 4 15 .211 11.5 City, Thursday. — AP.