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Portland beats Brooklyn 112-104 for 6th straight win

The Associated Press Brooklyn Nets forward Thaddeus Young (30) fouls Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard as he drives to the basket during the
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. The Blazers won 112-104.
— Damian Lillard and C.J.
McCollum each scored 34 Associated Press
points as the Portland Trail
Blazers beat the Brooklyn Davis grabbed 20 more playoff race, a half-game DENVER (AP) — DeMarcus players score in double fig-
Nets 112-104 on Tuesday rebounds, but was held to ahead of the Rockets. Cousins scored 39 points for ures in their fourth loss in five
night for their sixth consec- just nine points on 3-for-9 The first tiebreaker for a two- Sacramento, including the games. Will Barton scored
utive victory. shooting. The All-Star for- way tie is head-to-head go-ahead free throws with 14 of his 18 points in the
Lillard became the first ward had 59 points and 20 winning percentage. The 48.3 seconds left. fourth quarter.
player to score at least 30 rebounds in a 111-106 vic- Rockets fell to 2-1 against Cousins came up big down MAGIC 124, 76ERS 115
points in five straight games tory against the Pistons on the Jazz this season. the stretch, scoring eight PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Niko-
for Portland since Geoff Sunday. James Harden scored 42 of the final 13 points for the la Vucevic scored a sea-
Petrie in the franchise’s in- Jrue Holiday had 20 points points for Houston and Ja- Kings, who blew a 17-point son-high 35 points against
augural 1970-71 season. and seven assists for New son Terry hit a tying 3-point- lead in the second half be- his former team, leading
McCollum added six assists Orleans, which had won er with 10.8 seconds re- fore rallying at the finish. Orlando to the road win.
and five rebounds. four of five. maining in regulation. The All-Star center stole the Vucevic, drafted 16th over-
The game was tied before JAZZ 117, ROCKETS 114, OT Rodney Hood made a 3 ball from D.J. Augustin and all by the 76ers in 2011, also
McCollum and Lillard hit SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gor- over Dwight Howard with was fouled on his way to had nine rebounds in a
consecutive 3-pointers to don Hayward scored 28 51.9 seconds left in OT to the basket. He made both “must-win” game accord-
make it 107-101 with 1:25 points as Utah defeated give the Jazz a 115-112 free throws to give the Kings ing to coach Scott Skiles
left. Lillard sealed the win Houston in a game with lead. Harden followed with a lead they wouldn’t relin- as the Magic try to gain
with four free throws in the significant playoff implica- a layup, but Derrick Favors quish. Cousins preserved ground in pursuit of their first
last 26.4 seconds. tions. pushed the margin to 117- the win by stripping the ball playoff berth in four years.
Mason Plumlee added 13 The victory moved the 114 with 11.8 seconds to away from Darrell Arthur in Vucevic was 13 for 21 from
rebounds as Portland (30- Jazz into the No. 8 spot in go. the final seconds. the field and 9 for 9 at the
27) won for the 11th time the Western Conference KINGS 114, NUGGETS 110 The Nuggets had eight line.q
in 12 games to move into
a tie with idle Dallas for the
sixth seed in the Western
Conference.
Brook Lopez had 36 points
and 10 boards for Brooklyn
(15-42), which has lost three
of four. Joe Johnson had 19
points and eight rebounds.
WIZARDS 109, PELICANS 89
WASHINGTON (AP) — John
Wall had 16 points, 12 re-
bounds, and 11 assists,
helping the Wizards beat
Anthony Davis and the Peli-
cans.
Marcin Gortat had 21
points and 11 rebounds for
Washington, which pulled
away in the second half
of its season-high fourth
straight home win. Jared
Dudley scored 18 points on
six 3-pointers and helped
hold Davis in check after his
monster game at Detroit.
Wall was 5 for 17 from the
field in his second triple-
double of the season and
fifth of his career. He also
had two steals in 31 1/2
minutes.