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SPORTS Saturday 7 March 2020

Curry scores 23 in return, but Raptors clinch playoff spot

By The Associated Press points, 11 rebounds and
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — eight assists.
Stephen Curry scored 23 Devonte Graham had 24
points for Golden State in points and seven assists for
his anticipated return af- the Hornets. P.J, Washing-
ter missing more than four ton added 20 points and
months with a broken left Terry Rozier had 19. Rozier’s
hand, but the Toronto Rap- 3-pointer at the buzzer
tors beat the Warriors 121- rimmed out.
113 Thursday night to clinch 76ERS 125, KINGS 108
a playoff spot. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)
After being sidelined 58 — Tobias Harris had 28 point
games, Curry led Golden and 14 rebounds and short-
State out of the tunnel to handed Philadelphia beat
a big ovation — as loud as Sacramento for its first road
his neon sneakers, one pink win in more than a month.
and one yellow. He missed Shake Milton scored 20
his first two shots but had points and Al Horford had
three quick assists, includ- 18 points, eight rebounds
ing a no-look, behind-the- and six assists for the Sixers,
back dish to Andrew Wig- who also won in Sacramen-
gins. He finished with seven to for the first time since
assists and seven rebounds 2015. Alec Burks added 17
in 27 minutes. points and Raul Neto had
The two-time MVP hit a 16.
17-footer for his first basket De’Aaron Fox had 23 points
early in the second quarter, and seven assists for Sacra-
then got a huge reaction Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after shooting a 3-point basket against the mento. Buddy Hield scored
Toronto Raptors during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Thursday, March
for a 3-pointer from well be- 5, 2020. 22.
yond the arc shortly before Associated Press Philadelphia ended its nine-
halftime. game road losing streak
He was 3 of 12 from 3-point rolled over Houston for its dating to Jan. 20. reach. while continuing to play
range and 6 of 16 overall sixth straight victory. Russell Westbrook led the NUGGETS 114, HORNETS 112 without Joel Embiid and
for the game. The Rockets were done in Rockets with 29 points and CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ben Simmons. Embiid sat
Norman Powell scored a by their shooting woes in 15 rebounds. James Hard- Jamal Murray hit a running, out a fourth straight game
career-high 37 points for a game that was billed as en was 4 of 17 and missed off-balance 13-footer from because of a left shoul-
Toronto, which clinched a a matchup of two of the all eight 3-pointers he at- the baseline with 5.1 sec- der sprain, while Simmons
playoff berth with the win top teams in the Western tempted to finish with 16 onds left and Denver over- missed his sixth straight with
in a rematch of last year’s Conference, but was a points. The two stars and came an eight-point fourth a nerve impingement in his
NBA Finals. The Raptors won rout almost from the start. most of the other starters quarter deficit to beat back.
that series in six games, Houston had a chance to on both teams didn’t play Charlotte. Philadelphia’s last road win
finishing with a victory in take the season series and for much of the fourth quar- Murray had 18 points, and before Thursday came in
Golden State’s final game secure the tiebreaker over ter with the game out of Nikola Jokic added 14 Brooklyn on Jan. 20.q
at its old arena in Oakland. the Clippers, but the loss
Kyle Lowry added 26 points left the teams tied 2-2.
and 10 assists, and Serge Houston made just 7 of 42
Ibaka had 13 points and 3-pointers to drop its sec-
13 rebounds for the Rap- ond straight game in em-
tors, who won at Phoenix barrassing fashion after los-
on Tuesday night to end a ing to the lowly New York
three-game losing streak. Knicks on Monday night.
CLIPPERS 120, ROCKETS 105 The Rockets ended their
Kawhi Leonard scored 25 streak of 18 straight games
points and Los Angeles with 10 or more 3-pointers