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SPORTS Saturday 27 January 2018
Westbrook has

season-best 46 to lead

Thunder past Wizards

By The Associated Press huge comeback by Sacra-
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — mento, which rallied from
Russell Westbrook scored a 12-point, fourth-quarter
a season-high 46 points, deficit to beat Miami.
and the Oklahoma City The Kings outscored the
Thunder beat the Wash- Heat 17-4 in the final 5:46,
ington Wizards 121-112 on winning at Miami for the
Thursday night for their sixth first time since 2001.
straight victory. Buddy Hield scored 24
Westbrook made 19 of 29 points for Sacramento,
field goals in one of his most which got 14 from Fox, 11
efficient shooting perfor- from Bogdan Bogdanovic
mances of the season. Paul and 10 from Zach Ran-
George scored 18 points dolph.
and Steven Adams added Goran Dragic scored 23 Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) shoots as Washington Wizards guard John
12 points and 10 rebounds points for Miami, and he Wall (2) defends during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Thursday,
for Oklahoma City, which was the only Heat starter Jan. 25, 2018.
has won 20 of 28 after an to finish in double figures. Associated Press
8-12 start. The Thunder shot Wayne Ellington had 20
52 percent from the field. and Justise Winslow added
Bradley Beal scored 41 11 for the Heat.
points and Markieff Morris NUGGETS 130, KNICKS 118
added 20 for the Wizards, DENVER (AP) — Gary Harris
who committed 23 turn- scored 23 points, Trey Lyles
overs. had 21 and Denver beat
WARRIORS 126, TIMBER- New York.
WOLVES 113 Jamal Murray and Niko-
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — la Jokic added 18 points
Kevin Durant had 28 points, apiece for the Nuggets,
11 assists and 10 rebounds, who defeated the Knicks
and Golden State made a for the 10th time in a row
season-high 21 3-pointers in in Denver. New York hasn’t
a victory over Minnesota. won in the Mile High City
Stephen Curry and Klay since 2006.
Thompson each added 25 Seven Nuggets scored in
points for the Warriors, who double figures.
matched their previous Kristaps Porzingis, returning
season high of 18 3-point- to action after missing Tues-
ers by the end of the third day’s loss at Golden State
quarter. They made 57 per- with a sore knee, and Mi-
cent from behind the arc in chael Beasley each scored
the game, with Thompson 21 points for the Knicks.
hitting seven, Durant add- Enes Kanter had 20 and
ing six and Curry connect- Trey Burke 18.q
ing on five.
Durant hit two 3s and Curry
added a third in a 67-sec-
ond span late in the third
quarter, during which the
Warriors (39-10) went 8
of 11 on 3-pointers, lead-
ing Minnesota coach Tom
Thibodeau to throw up his
arms in frustration.
Karl-Anthony Towns led
Minnesota with 31 points
and 11 rebounds. Jamal
Crawford added 21 points
and Jeff Teague had 17
points and seven assists for
Minnesota, which played
its fourth straight game
without Jimmy Butler, who
has a sore right knee.
KINGS 89, HEAT 88
MIAMI (AP) — De’Aaron
Fox’s rebound dunk with
3 seconds left capped a