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Durant's 32 points send Warriors past Cavs 118-108

By The Associated Press his old team. "M-V-P!" chants from Bucks
CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Buoyed by Williams' 13th fans in attendance for the
Durant scored 32 points, straight game of 20 or annual Martin Luther King
Stephen Curry added 23 more points, the Clippers Jr. Day matinee in Wash-
and the Golden State won their fifth in a row. ington.
Warriors extended their Paul had 19 points, six re- Eric Bledsoe had 23 points
road winning streak to 13 bounds and seven assists. for the Bucks in outduel-
games with a 118-108 Mar- Things got testy with 3½ ing former University of
tin Luther King holiday vic- minutes to go. Griffin Kentucky teammate John
tory Monday night over the scored under the basket Wall, who led the Wizards
Cleveland Cavaliers, their and Paul was called for with 27 points. Washington
struggling NBA Finals foes. a foul. Paul ran over to committed 23 turnovers,
Durant scored 16 in the the referees in disbelief, tying a season high; 17 of
third quarter for the de- while Rockets coach Mike them came in the first half.
fending champions, who D'Antoni appeared to un- The Bucks, who came in
haven't lost outside Oracle leash expletives in Griffin's ranked 28th in the NBA in
Arena since Nov. 22. direction. 3-point shooting at 34.6
LeBron James scored 32 The referees reviewed vid- percent, made half of
points and Kevin Love 17 eo of the play and con- their attempts against the
for Cleveland, which had firmed the foul on Paul, league leaders in 3-point
its home winning streak while also assessing double defense.
stopped at 13. Isaiah technicals to Griffin and GRIZZLIES 123, LAKERS 114
Thomas, getting his first D'Antoni. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Dil-
taste of the Warriors-Cav- BUCKS 104, WIZARDS 95 lon Brooks matched his
aliers rivalry, had 19 points WASHINGTON (AP) — Gi- season best with 19 points
in a season-high 32 minutes annis Antetokounmpo and eight Memphis players
as he works his way back scored 27 points and finished in double figures.
from a hip injury. grabbed a career-high 20 Marc Gasol had 17 points
It was Golden State's sec- rebounds as Milwaukee and seven rebounds for
ond straight win over the beat Washington for the Memphis, while Tyreke Ev-
Cavs, who have dropped second time in 10 days. ans had 15 points and 12
eight of 10 dating to a loss Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James blocks a shot by Golden Like it was on Jan. 6, it was assists. Wayne Selden and
to the Warriors on Christ- State Warriors' Stephen Curry, left, in the second half of an NBA tight late before Antetok- James Ennis III added 13
mas Day. basketball game, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Cleveland. ounmpo took over. He led points each.
CLIPPERS 113, ROCKETS 102 Associated Press Milwaukee on an 11-0 run The Lakers ended a four-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lou in the final minutes and fin- game winning streak.
Williams scored 31 points, fore his ejection, and Los Chris Paul's heated return ished 9 of 23 from the field, cause of a left ankle
Blake Griffin added 29 be- Angeles beat Houston in to Staples Center against dribbling out the clock to sprain.q

NBA opens investigation into Rockets-Clippers events

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Citing anonymous NBA ton's Trevor Ariza were lat- tion against players. Paul
NBA is planning to speak sources, ESPN reported er ejected after another is also the president of the
with players from both the several Rockets players incident. Postgame, nei- National Basketball Players
Houston Rockets and Los headed toward the Clip- ther team offered specif- Association, which did not
Angeles Clippers to de- pers' locker room after- ics on what happened, if immediately respond to a
termine the specifics of ward, seeking a confron- anything, in the Clippers' request for comment Tues-
late-game and postgame tation, but were escorted locker room. day morning.
events involving the teams. away by security before "We were where we were Both teams are off Tues-
NBA spokesman Tim Frank anything got physical. supposed to be," Grif- day, which means the
said Tuesday that the There were late-game inci- fin said. "We were in our NBA will have some time

Los Angeles Clippers forward league would look into the dents as well in Chris Paul's locker room." Paul was to sort out all the various
Blake Griffin, left, and Hous- matter. Tempers boiled first game in Los Angeles asked postgame about messes. The Clippers next
ton Rockets forward Trevor over Monday night late in since he was traded to the what happened, and play Wednesday against
Ariza have words before both the Clippers' 113-102 vic- Rockets this past summer. dodged the question. "I Denver, and Houston is off
of them were ejected in the tory , to the point where Clippers star Blake Griffin don't know," Paul said. "We until it plays host to Min-
closing seconds of an NBA several security guards appeared to bump Hous- took our loss. Tough loss." nesota on Thursday. Clip-
basketball game, Monday,
Jan. 15, 2018, in Los Angeles. were needed outside the ton coach Mike D'Antoni, It seems almost inevitable pers coach Doc Rivers also
The Clippers won 113-102. Houston locker room post- and they exchanged that the NBA will have to said his team was in its own
Associated Press game. words. Griffin and Hous- take some disciplinary ac- locker room.q