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SPORTS A19
Wednesday 23 December

NBA Roundup:

Spurs extend perfect home record, beat Pacers 106-92

assists in another classic free throws to put Houston Magic to a 107-99 win at
duel with Westbrook. up 94-91 with 31.6 seconds New York.
A third straight loss equaled left. Harden made 16 of 19 Vucevic had a pair of bas-
the Clippers’ longest skid free throws and secured kets and Evan Fournier
of the season. Houston’s Houston’s third straight win added a 3-pointer and
James Harden scored 36 by making two with 13.9 another basket in an 11-2
points as the Rockets es- seconds remaining. spurt after the Knicks had
caped a late fade-out and Kemba Walker led the Hor- cut it to 93-92 with 3:25 left.
beat Charlotte 102-95. nets with 14 points. Lance Thomas was 9 for 9
The game was tied be- Orlando’s Vucevic tied and tied his career with 24
fore Harden drove into the his season high with 26 points for the Knicks, who
lane and was fouled as he points and grabbed nine had won their previous
made a layup. He hit the rebounds, powering the four.q

San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard dunks during the first
half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers,
Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, in San Antonio. The Spurs beat the Pac-
ers 106-92.

(AP Photo/Darren Abate)

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San lotte, and Nikola Vucevic
Antonio extended its per- led Orlando to a road win
fect home record and at New York.
notched the second-best San Antonio’s Kawhi Leon-
season start in franchise his- ard had 24 points and Tony
tory when it beat Indiana Parker scored 15 points for
106-92 on Monday. the Spurs, who have won
The Spurs are 16-0 at home six straight.
and 21 of their 24 wins this George Hill and Jordan Hill
season have been by dou- each had 15 points for In-
ble figures. diana.
They moved eight games Oklahoma City’s Durant
clear atop the Southwest hit a go-ahead jump shot
Division while Northwest with 5.8 seconds left be-
leader Oklahoma City re- fore blocking a potential
tained its six-game break game-winning 18-footer by
by edging the Los Angeles Chris Paul as time expired,
Clippers thanks to a couple giving the Thunder a 100-99
of big plays by Kevin Du- win against the Clippers.
rant in the closing seconds. Russell Westbrook scored
Also Monday, Houston 33 points and Serge Ibaka
squandered a big lead in added 17 for Oklahoma
the fourth quarter before City.
recovering to defeat Char- Paul had 32 points and 10