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SPORTS Thursday 1 March 2018

LeBron’s triple-double

lifts Cavaliers over Nets

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron the fourth quarter, and the hitting a clutch 3-pointer
James scored 31 points Heat won a game where and a free throw down the
and finished a month av- they never led by more stretch, to help the Wizards
eraging a triple-double for than three. Goran Dragic hang on for a victory over
the first time in his career, scored 21 for the Heat, the Bucks. Otto Porter Jr.
and the Cleveland Cava- who got 16 points from Ty- added 17 points and Mar-
liers defeated the Brooklyn ler Johnson and 15 points kieff Morris 14 for Washing-
Nets 129-123 on Tuesday and 11 rebounds from Has- ton which stayed hot after
night. san Whiteside. Joel Embiid snapping the Philadelphia
James had 12 rebounds scored 23 points for Phila- 76ers’ seven-game win-
and 11 assists for his 12th delphia, which got 21 from ning streak Sunday with a
triple-double of the season Dario Saric. The 76ers led 109-94 victory. The Bucks
and 67th of his career. He by as many as 10 in the lost a chance at clinch-
also reached 8,000 assists fourth and had a chance ing the season series with
and became the first play- to win at the buzzer, but JJ the Wizards who hold the
er in NBA history to reach Redick’s wide-open 3-point fourth spot in the Eastern
that milestone, along with try bounced off the rim. Conference. Washington
30,000 points and 8,000 re- Redick finished with 15 for improved to 2 1/2 games
bounds. Rodney Hood’s the 76ers. ahead of the sixth-place
three-point play with 40 HORNETS 118, BULLS 103 Bucks. The road team won
seconds remaining gave CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — both games of the series.
Cleveland a 123-121 lead. Kemba Walker scored 31 Giannis Antetokounmpo
James and George Hill hit points and Dwight Howard scored 23 points and
two free throws each in added 24 after returning grabbed 13 rebounds and
the final 16 seconds to seal from a first-quarter back in- Jabbari Parker had a sea- Cleveland Cavaliers’ Rodney Hood (1) shoots over Brooklyn Nets’
the win. Jarrett Allen’s two jury as the Hornets knocked son-high 19 points for Mil- Jarrett Allen (31) late in the second half of an NBA basketball
free throws gave Brooklyn off the Bulls to win their waukee. game Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won
a 119-117 lead with 1:18 season-best fifth game in a CLIPPERS 122, NUGGETS 120 129-123.
to play. Jordan Clarkson’s row. DENVER (AP) — Lou Williams Associated Press
3-pointer put Cleveland Zach LaVine led seven Bulls scored 25 points and Bo- stretched their lead to 19 four-game winning streak
ahead, but Allen Crabbe’s players in double-digits with ban Marjanovic added a points on a layup by Har- matched the team’s lon-
runner in the lane put the 21 points as Chicago (20- season-high 18 as the Clip- ris but the Clippers fought gest of the season.
Nets up 121-120. 41) dropped its fifth con- pers overcame a 19-point back to within seven points Zach Randolph had 20
Hood hit a jumper from the secutive game. deficit in the third quarter going into the fourth quar- points for the Kings, who lost
wing and made the foul The Hornets improved to to beat the Nuggets. ter, outscoring the Nuggets their fifth straight overall.
shot that gave Cleveland 28-33 as their suddenly hot Austin Rivers added 17 18-6 over the last 4 1-2 min- Sacramento has dropped
a two-point lead. D’Angelo shooting helped them con- points and Montrezl Har- utes of the third. 10 straight games at Port-
Russell attempted to draw tinue their push to make rell had 15 for the Clippers, TRAIL BLAZERS 116, KINGS land’s Moda Center.
a foul but barely got off a the playoffs. In all, Char- whose bench outscored 99 With just 18 wins, Sacra-
wild shot from the corner, lotte sank 53.7 percent of Denver’s reserves 54-4 in PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Da- mento is in second-to-last
which led to James’ foul its field-goal attempts, and the second half. mian Lillard had 26 points place in the West, above
shots. 42.9 percent from 3-point Gary Harris had 23 points and 12 assists, and the Trail only the Phoenix Suns. The
HEAT 102, 76ERS 101 range. to lead the Nuggets, who Blazers won their fourth Kings have lost four straight
MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Walker hit 11-of-19 at- lost consecutive games at straight with a victory over and six of their last seven.
Wade scored a season- tempts -- including 6-of-10 home for the first time this the Kings. The Kings were playing
high 27 points, the last of of 3-pointers -- while How- season. Paul Millsap had Jusuf Nurkic added 17 the second of a back-to-
those coming on a jumper ard missed only two shots in nine points and seven re- points and nine rebounds back, after losing to Min-
that gave Miami its only 12 attempts. Nicolas Batum bounds in 23:26 minutes for Portland, which sits in nesota 118-100 on Monday
lead of the fourth quarter also added 10 points, 12 as- of play in his return from fifth place in the Western night. Randolph sat out
with 5.9 seconds left, and sist and seven rebounds. a left wrist injury that had Conference — a game that game but returned
the Heat rallied to beat the WIZARDS 107, BUCKS 104 sidelined him for the last back of San Antonio — af- against the Blazers. Ran-
76ers. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brad- three months. Leading by ter winning five of its last dolph played six seasons in
Wade had 15 of his points in ley Beal scored 21 points, six at the half, the Nuggets six games. The current Portland.q