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SPORTSThursday 3 March 2016
NBA Capsules
GS wins again, this time without Stephen Curry
The Associated Press Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green reacts after scoring against the Atlanta Hawks during The Suns had five players
OAKLAND, California (AP) overtime of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. Golden State won score in double figures in
— Draymond Green hit an 109-105 in overtime. their 16th consecutive road
off-balance 3-pointer as loss. Alex Len had 18 points
the shot clock expired with Associated Press and 12 rebounds, and Mirza
40.2 seconds remaining in Teletovic scored 17 points.
overtime, and the Golden March 30, 1995, to April 4, HEAT 129, BULLS 111 McCollum had 21 of his 25 Charlotte led by 26 points
State Warriors escaped with 1996, when the Warriors MIAMI (AP) — Hassan Wh- in the second half and Port- at halftime and opened its
a 109-105 win against the host Oklahoma City on iteside scored a career- land earned its sixth straight biggest lead at 115-72 on
Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday Thursday. high 26 points and grabbed road victory. Troy Daniels’ 3-pointer with
night while Stephen Curry 14 rebounds, and Miami The Blazers followed a fan- 7:56 left in the fourth quar-
watched in street clothes set a franchise record by tastic February with a blis- ter.
with an injured ankle. shooting 67.5 percent while tering start to March, win- MAVERICKS 121, MAGIC
Andrew Bogut saved the rolling past Chicago. ning for the 18th time in 108
ball from going out of Joe Johnson added 24 their last 22 games. DALLAS (AP) — Wesley
bounds, and then Green points in his Miami home Lillard reached the 30-point Matthews scored 21 points,
got the shot off just in time debut. The previous Heat mark for the eighth time in and Dallas beat Orlando
while avoiding Kent Ba- record for shooting per- nine games and had 14, for its third straight win.
zemore’s diving steal at- centage in a regular-sea- nearly half of them, in the The Mavericks made a sea-
tempt. son game was 63.4 percent final 4:25 of the first half. son-high 56 percent of their
Klay Thompson made a on Dec. 16, 2013, against Carmelo Anthony had 23 field goal attempts (43 for
go-ahead 3 with 2:54 left Utah. points and 10 rebounds for 77).
and another big basket at Chicago was within 108-102 the Knicks, so hopeless in Zaza Pachulia had his 24th
the 11.4-second mark. He with 5:14 left, before Miami their 15th loss in 18 games double-double of the sea-
finished with 26 points. The finished on a 21-9 run. No that fans spent much of son with 17 points and
Warriors won their second team had shot better in an the fourth quarter chanting 10 rebounds. Dirk Nowit-
straight overtime game NBA game this season than for Jimmer Fredette, who is zki scored 19 points, and
and got a franchise-best the 61.8 percent posted by nearing the end of his 10- Chandler Parsons and J.J.
43rd straight regular-season San Antonio against Phila- day contract. The former Barea each had 17.
home victory and 25th in a delphia on Dec. 7. college player of the year Ersan Ilyasova scored 22
row this season. Derrick Rose returned from finally got in for the final points for the Magic. Nikola
Golden State (54-5) can a three-game absence be- 3:13 and finished with four Vucevic had 18, all in the
tie the Bulls’ 44-game un- cause of injury and scored points. first half, and Elfrid Payton
beaten mark at home from 17 points for Chicago, HORNETS 126, SUNS 92 and Dewayne Dedmon
which lost for the 17th time CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — added 12 apiece.
in 25 games and fell to the Kemba Walker scored 26 LAKERS 107, NETS 101
No. 9 spot in the Eastern points, leading the Hornets LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Conference race. Pau Ga- to the runaway win. D’Angelo Russell scored
sol had 15 points, nine re- Al Jefferson had 19 points 39 points and hit two of his
bounds and six assists. and seven rebounds for eight 3-pointers in the final
TRAIL BLAZERS 104, KNICKS Charlotte, which has won minute to lead Los Angeles
85 nine of 12. Nicolas Batum over Brooklyn.
NEW YORK (AP) — Damian and reserve Jeremy Lamb While Kobe Bryant sat out
Lillard scored 30 points, CJ scored 15 points apiece. with a sore right shoulder,
the Lakers snapped their
eight-game losing streak
with a spectacular game
from the 20-year-old Russell,
who scored 16 points in the
fourth quarter and went 14
for 21 from the field.
Brook Lopez had 23 points
before fouling out with 2:43
left for the Nets, who fell to
2-3 on their nine-game trip
with back-to-back losses at
Staples Center.
Russell hit a 3-pointer with
53 seconds left and an-
other with 30 seconds to
play, capping a spectacu-
lar night for the No. 2 over-
all pick in the draft. His 39
points were the most by a
rookie this season.
Los Angeles hung on for
its first victory since Feb. 4
and just its fourth win in 26
games since Jan. 3.
