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SPORTS Friday 9 March 2018
Rockets beat Bucks 110-99 for 17th straight victory

By The Associated Press Nikola Jokic had 36 points
MILWAUKEE (AP) — James and 13 rebounds for the
Harden scored 26 points Nuggets, who lost for the
and the Houston Rockets second straight night. They
beat the Milwaukee Bucks dropped a costly game at
110-99 on Wednesday Dallas on Tuesday as they
night for their 17th straight try to cling to a playoff spot.
victory. PELICANS 114, KINGS 101
The Rockets passed the SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)
Boston Celtics for the lon- — Anthony Davis scored 17
gest winning streak in the points before rolling his left
NBA this season. Houston ankle and leaving in the
hasn't lost since Jan. 26 at third quarter, and New Or-
New Orleans. leans beat Sacramento to
Eric Gordon scored 18 match a franchise record
points for Houston and had with its 10th straight win.
two momentum-swinging Davis went down after bat-
3-pointers in the third quar- tling Kosta Koufos for a re-
ter. Chris Paul had 16 points bound. The five-time All-Star
and 11 assists. winced and grabbed at his
Giannis Antetokounmpo ankle before slowly getting
scored 30 points for Mil- to his feet. Davis remained
waukee. in the game briefly before
RAPTORS 121, PISTONS 119, being taken to the Pelicans
OT locker room with 3:11 left in
DETROIT (AP) — DeMar the third. He did not return.
DeRozan scored 42 points, X-rays were negative. Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo is fouled by Houston Rockets' James Harden during
then fed Fred VanVleet Nikola Mirotic scored 26 the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Milwaukee.
for the tiebreaking jumper points on 10-of-12 shooting Associated Press
from the left corner with 1.1 to go with 10 rebounds, Jrue
seconds remaining in over- Holiday had 23 points and center court, effectively onds to play for the Magic, throws.
time to lift Toronto past De- eight assists, and E'Twaun preventing the Magic from who trailed 106-97 before Gordon added 14 re-
troit. Moore added 15 points. getting a final chance to scoring 10 straight points. bounds, while Nikola
The Raptors became the Buddy Hield had 20 points win. Lopez drew a foul while Vucevic had 24 points and
first NBA team to clinch a while Zach Randolph add- Aaron Gordon scored 28 backing into the low post 12 rebounds for the Magic,
playoff berth this season. ed 19 points and five re- points and made a driving, with 0.6 seconds left, and who have lost nine of 11.
With the score tied late in bounds for Sacramento. go-ahead layup with 5 sec- he coolly made both free q
overtime, Detroit's Reggie JAZZ 104, PACERS 84
Bullock missed from the pe- INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rudy
rimeter. DeRozan pushed Gobert had 23 points and
the ball up the court and 14 rebounds, and Donovan
found VanVleet open in Mitchell added 20 points
the corner. His shot from just and six assists in Utah's vic-
inside the 3-point line gave tory over Indiana.
Toronto the lead. Blake Grif- The Jazz improved to 15-2
fin had 31 points for Detroit. over their last 17 games.
CAVALIERS 113, NUGGETS Ricky Rubio gad 18 points
108 and seven assists for Utah,
DENVER (AP) — LeBron and reserve Jae Crowder
James scored 39 points, added 16 points.
including nine down the Myles Turner led Indiana
stretch, and dished out 10 with 24 points.
assists as Cleveland beat LAKERS 108, MAGIC 107
Denver after squandering LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brook
a 16-point lead. Lopez scored 27 points and
James made one off-bal- hit two free throws with 0.6
anced shot after another in seconds to play, and Los
the waning minutes to turn Angeles blew a nine-point
back the Nuggets, who lead in the final 90 seconds
didn't take their first lead of before rallying back to
the game until 8:35 remain- beat Orlando.
ing on a driving layup by The game ended with a
Mason Plumlee. Jeff Green curious officiating decision.
gave Cleveland the lead When the Magic inbound-
for good with a 3-pointer ed the ball at midcourt
on a play set up by James after Lopez’s free throws,
after he tapped a loose the Staples Center clock
ball out to him. apparently started before
James wound up two re- anyone had touched the
bounds shy of a triple-dou- ball. But after video review,
ble as the Cavs began a the officials ruled the teams
six-game trip in fine fashion. must have a jump ball at