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Harden first NBA player to score 60 in triple double

HOUSTON (AP) — James sell Westbrook to 13 and Porzingis scored 28 points,
Harden became the first stopped Oklahoma City’s Enes Kanter had 20 points,
player in NBA history to eight-game win streak. 20 rebounds and five assists,
score 60 points as part of a Bradley Beal had 21 points and the Knicks completed
triple-double and the short- and nine assists for Wash- a New York City sweep of
handed Houston Rockets ington, which announced the Nets with a victory.
beat the Orlando Magic about 7 1/2 hours before The Knicks returned home
114-107 on Tuesday night. tipoff that Wall will have from their longest road trip
Harden scored 18 points in arthroscopic surgery on his of the season in new uni-
the fourth quarter to eclipse left knee Wednesday. forms but their same old
the 57 points Calvin Mur- Paul George had 28 points dominance of the Nets,
phy scored in 1978 to break for Oklahoma City, but zero with their fourth victory in
Houston’s single-game in the fourth quarter. Car- four tries this season. They
scoring record. After Hard- melo Anthony scored 19, dominated the interior
en broke the record, cam- but he missed three shots again and swept the se-
eras in the arena showed a in the final 30 seconds. ries for the first time since
shot of Murphy, who works Westbrook wound up with 2010-11 — before the rivals
on the television broadcast 10 assists, six rebounds and shared the same city.
team, smiling and clapping seven turnovers and made DeMarre Carroll scored 13
for the Beard, who also had only 5 of 18 shots. points for the Nets, who lost
10 rebounds and 11 assists. Wall, picked for his fifth All- their fourth straight game.
The game was tied at 107 Star game last week, is sec- RAPTORS 109, TIMBER-
after a basket by Marreese ond on the Wizards in scor- WOLVES 104
Speights with just under ing, averaging 19.4 points, TORONTO (AP) — DeMar
four minutes to play. Nei- and is second in the league DeRozan scored 23 points,
ther team scored for more with 9.3 assists per game. Jonas Valanciunas had 18
than two minutes after that In July, he agreed to a $170 points and 11 rebounds
before Harden took over, Houston Rockets guard James Harden drives to the basket as million, four-year contract and the Raptors rallied
Orlando Magic guard Elfrid Payton, left, defends during the
scoring the next six points first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, in extension that starts next from a 13-point deficit to
to make it 113-107 with 45 Houston. season. beat the Timberwolves.
seconds left. Associated Press JAZZ 129, WARRIORS 99 Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka
He set the scoring mark Love to a potentially sea- career-high 26 points. LeB- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ricky each scored 15 points and
when he stepped back son-altering hand injury. ron James scored 21 points Rubio scored 23 points and Jakob Poeltl had six of his
and made a 3-pointer be- Love exited in the first quar- for the Cavs, but Cleveland handed out 11 assists as the 12 points in the fourth quar-
fore crashing to the court ter with a broken left hand, was listless early and out- Jazz stunned the Warriors. ter as the Raptors won their
after being fouled by Ma- and the Pistons took ad- played late — and the re- The loss ended a three- 14th straight home meeting
rio Hezonja. He then made vantage of his absence, sult felt secondary to Love’s game winning streak for with the Timberwolves.
the free throw to give him snapping an eight-game health. The team said he the Warriors, who had won Minnesota has not won in
60 points and bringing the losing streak despite a ros- had a non-displaced frac- seven of eight before fac- Toronto since Jan. 21, 2004,
crowd to its feet. ter that was depleted by ture in his fifth metacarpal ing the Jazz. It was their when current Timberwolves
Hezonja and Speights their blockbuster trade for and his status would be largest loss of the season. star Andrew Wiggins was
scored 17 points each for Blake Griffin. Detroit gave updated after additional Warriors coach Steve Kerr eight years old. Toronto is
the Magic, who dropped up three players to get Grif- examination Wednesday in seemed to waive the white 19-4 at home this season,
their third straight. fin, and neither he nor the Cleveland. flag with more than six min- the second-best record in
PISTONS 125, CAVALIERS other two players the Pis- WIZARDS 102, THUNDER 96 utes left in the game, pull- the NBA behind San An-
114 tons received in return were WASHINGTON (AP) — Be- ing his starters. Klay Thomp- tonio (21-4). Jimmy Butler
DETROIT (AP) — Andre available against Cleve- ginning what could be a son led Golden State with scored 25 points, Wiggins
Drummond had 21 points land. Drummond — whose significant stretch without 27 points and six rebounds had 15 and Jeff Teague
and 22 rebounds, and the own status was in question All-Star point guard John while Kevin Durant finished and Gorgiu Dieng each
short-handed Detroit Pis- because of an illness — Wall, the Washington Wiz- with 17. finished with 14 but the Tim-
tons beat Cleveland af- had a huge game, and ards got 25 points from KNICKS 111, NETS 95 berwolves lost for the fourth
ter the Cavaliers lost Kevin Stanley Johnson added a Otto Porter Jr., limited Rus- NEW YORK (AP) — Kristaps time in five games.q

Ex-NBA player Rasual Butler, wife die in Los Angeles crash

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For- a concrete wall and then phia. He played for eight people we have ever had
mer NBA forward Rasual flipped over twice. The ve- NBA teams during his 13- play for us; a great play-
Butler and his wife were hicle came to rest inside a year career, including the er, teammate and better
killed in a single-vehicle shopping mall parking lot. Los Angeles Clippers, Chi- person.” Indiana Pacers
rollover crash in Los Ange- Butler, 38, and Leah La- cago Bulls and San Anto- President Kevin Pritchard
les early Wednesday. Belle Vladowski, 31, were nio Spurs. expressed a similar senti-
The Range Rover crashed pronounced dead at the He had career averages ment. “In his one season
around 2:30 a.m. in the scene, said Ed Winter, of 7.5 points and 2.4 re- with us, Rasual was the
Studio City area and left a assistant chief investiga- bounds. consummate team player
swath of damage along a tor with the Los Angeles Butler’s death sent shock- and a great role model
major thoroughfare. County coroner’s office. waves through the NBA. for our younger players on
In this May 20, 2014, file Los Angeles police said Autopsies were pending. “This is beyond a sad day how a professional should
photo, Indiana Pacers’ in a statement that Butler Butler was drafted in 2002 for the Miami Heat Family,” prepare and act, while
Rasual Butler gestures during
the NBA basketball Eastern was speeding before his by the Miami Heat out team President Pat Riley being a positive influence
Conference finals. vehicle jumped a curb, hit of LaSalle University in his said in a statement. “Rasu- on everyone who associ-
Associated Press three parking meters and hometown of Philadel- al was one of the greatest ated with him,” he said.q