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Rondo gets 25 assists as
Pelicans beat Nets 128-113
By The Associated Press Carter had missed the pre- Butler scored Minnesota’s
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ra- first 11 points in overtime.
jon Rondo set a franchise vious three games due to a Then, with the game tied
record with a career-high at 125 and 50 seconds to
25 assists in just 30 minutes rib injury and coach’s deci- go, he found Jamal Craw-
on the court, Anthony Da- ford for an 18-foot jump
vis had 33 points, 11 re- sion. The 40-year-old former shot.
bounds and six blocks, and GRIZZLIES 109, LAKERS 99
the New Orleans Pelicans dunk king gave the Cava- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyreke
beat the Brooklyn Nets 128- Evans scored 32 points and
113 on Wednesday night. liers all kinds of problems in the Grizzlies handed the
DeMarcus Cousins had 27 Lakers their fourth consec-
points and 14 rebounds, his return, shooting 10 of 12 utive loss.
and Jrue Holiday scored 23 Jarell Martin added 20
points for the Pelicans, who in 30 minutes. points for Memphis, which
have won three straight. had lost four of five and
Currently sitting on the Cleveland was coming off was coming off a 99-97 loss
edge of the Western Con- in Phoenix a night earlier
ference playoff picture, a 99-92 loss at Golden State on Tyson Chandler’s dunk
the Pelicans entered their with 0.4 seconds left.
current three-game home- on Christmas Day, stop- Brandon Ingram scored 23
stand looking to string points for the Lakers, and
together some victories ping the Cavs’ 26-game Jordan Clarkson had 22.
against teams that have Los Angeles shot 37.6 per-
struggled on the road. streak with 100 points or cent from the field and
They got off to a solid start was just 21 of 33 from the
against Brooklyn, leading more. Cleveland had not free-throw line.
by as many as 16 in the first HAWKS 113, WIZARDS 99
quarter, 23 in the second dropped consecutive ATLANTA (AP) — Dennis
and 33 in the third. Schroder scored 21 points,
Caris LeVert scored 22 games since a four-game Ersan Ilyasova added 20
points for the Nets, and Nik and the Hawks won con-
Stauskas had 21. slide from Oct. 25-Nov. 1. secutive games for the first
THUNDER 124, RAPTORS 107 time this season.q
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — LeBron James had 16
Russell Westbrook had 30
points, 13 assists and eight points, 10 rebounds and
rebounds, and Oklahoma
City earned its sixth straight 14 assists for the Cavs,
win.
Paul George scored 33 and Kevin Love scored 23
points, helping Oklahoma
City improve to 12-3 in De- points.
cember. Carmelo Anthony
and Steven Adams had 18 WARRIORS 126, JAZZ 101
points apiece.
The Thunder won despite OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
being on the wrong end
of a 23-2 run in the first half, Kevin Durant scored 21
during which the Raptors
built a 12-point lead. points, and Golden State
C.J. Miles led Toronto with
20 points. won for the 13th time in 14
Jonas Valanciunas had 16
and DeMar DeRozan fin- games.
ished with 15 points.
Toronto entered the game It was the first game be-
as the hottest team in the
Eastern Conference, but tween the teams since the
lost its second game in as
many nights and fell to 10-3 Warriors’ four-game play- New Orleans Pelicans guard Rajon Rondo (9) shoots over
in December. Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert (22) in the second half of an
KINGS 109, CAVALIERS 95 off sweep in the Western NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Wednesday, Dec. 27,
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 2017. The Pelicans won 128 - 113.
— Vince Carter scored Conference semifinals last
a season-high 24 points, Associated Press
and Sacramento hand- spring, winning each game
ed Cleveland its second
straight loss. by double digits.
Golden State’s Draymond
Green had 14 points, eight
rebounds and eight assists
in just three quarters, two
nights after tying the fran-
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