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sports Wednesday 20 december 2017

KD lifts Warriors over Lakers in OT on Kobe’s night

By The Associated Press season-high 23 points, includ-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin ing 16 in the fourth quarter
Durant scored 36 points and to spur a rally from 10 points
hit a tiebreaking 22-foot down with 7½ minutes re-
jumper with 7.3 seconds left maining.
in overtime, and the Golden The Wolves completed their
State Warriors beat the Los third comeback win this sea-
Angeles Lakers 116-114 Mon- son from a double-digit defi-
day night for their ninth con- cit.
secutive victory. C.J. McCollum scored 20
Klay Thompson had 17 points points for the Blazers, whose
and 10 rebounds as the de- three-game winning streak
fending NBA champions pre- ended when Damian Lillard’s
dictably dampened a celebra- 3-point heave at the buzzer
tory night for the Lakers, who fell short. Jusuf Nurkic had 20
retired Kobe Bryant’s two points and Lillard added 17
jersey numbers during a half- points and 13 assists, among
time ceremony. six Blazers in double digits.
Perhaps in tribute to Bryant, HORNETS 109, KNICKS 91
Durant and Thompson never CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) —
stopped shooting even when Frank Kaminsky scored 15
they weren’t making many. of his season high-tying 24
The duo combined to miss 31 points in the first half to give
of its first 40 shots, but Du- Charlotte a jolt off the bench
rant went 4 for 4 in overtime, in a victory over New York.
capped by that pure go-ahead Former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant poses with his family during an NBA basketball game Kaminsky didn’t miss a shot
between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 18,
jumper in OT. 2017. The Lakers retired Bryant’s No. 8 and No. 24 jersey during a halftime ceremony. until the fourth quarter, fin-
The Lakers had a chance Associated Press ishing 10 of 13 overall and 4
at the end, but David West layup by Joe Ingles. The Rock- half-minute that gave Boston the second, and the Nug- of 6 on 3-pointers to provide
blocked Lonzo Ball’s shot and ets then scored 11 points in a the victory. gets called timeout with 1.7 a boost for a Hornets bench
Brandon Ingram couldn’t beat row, capped by two 3-point- But Irving made a pair of seconds left. Denver’s Gary that has struggled so much
the buzzer. ers from Gordon to make it 3-pointers, and following Harris missed short on an off- lately that interim head coach
Kyle Kuzma scored 25 points 111-96 with about three min- an inbound pass with nine balance 3-pointer as time ex- Stephen Silas has shortened
in a reserve role and Ingram utes to go. seconds left, Boston was at- pired. the playing rotation.
added 19 for the Lakers, who James Harden added 26 tempting to trap Indiana’s Westbrook also had nine re- Michael Beasley scored 23
have lost three straight and points, Clint Capela had 24 Bojan Bogdanovic along the bounds and six assists for points for New York, which
eight of 10. Ball had 16 points, points and 20 rebounds and sideline. Bogdanovic threw the Thunder, who have won was again without leading
six assists and six rebounds. Gordon finished with a sea- a high pass intended for Ola- seven of 10 to even their re- scorer Kristaps Porzingis be-
Stephen Curry missed his fifth son-high seven 3-pointers. dipo near midcourt but Ro- cord at 15-15. Oklahoma City cause of a sore left knee.
straight game with a sprained The Rockets struggled from zier intercepted it and had an survived, despite just eight BULLS 117, 76ERS 115
ankle, and Draymond Green long range for most of the open court to his slam. points from Paul George and CHICAGO (AP) — Nikola
sat out for the fourth time in night, making just nine of 31 Oladipo scored 12 of his 38 four from Carmelo Anthony. Mirotic and Kris Dunn each
five games with right shoul- 3-pointers in the first three points in the final two min- Harris scored 17 points, Trey scored 22 points, and Chicago
der soreness. Durant and the quarters. The found their utes, including a 3-pointer Lyles had 15 and Torrey Craig topped Philadelphia for its
Warriors still had enough to groove in the final period, that gave Indiana its first lead added a career-high 14 for sixth consecutive victory.
handle the Lakers. when they made eight of 12 of the game with 53 seconds the Nuggets, who led by 10 Mirotic and Dunn each hit
ROCKETS 120, JAZZ 99 with five from Gordon to pull to play. points early in the fourth huge shots down the stretch
HOUSTON (AP) — Eric Gor- away for their 20th win in 21 THUNDER 95, NUGGETS 94 quarter. as Chicago rallied past the
don scored 17 of his season- games. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Rus- TIMBERWOLVES 108, TRAIL 76ers with a big finish in the
high 33 points in the fourth Rodney Hood had 26 points sell Westbrook scored 16 of BLAZERS 107 fourth quarter.
quarter to power a huge run off the bench for the Jazz, his season-high 38 points in MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmy Mirotic also grabbed 13 re-
that put Houston on top, and who have lost six of their last the fourth quarter, including Butler powered through a re- bounds, helping the Bulls
the Rockets cruised past Utah seven games. the tiebreaking free throw cent bout of back spasms to remain unbeaten since he
for their 14th straight win. CELTICS 112, PACERS 111 with 2.3 seconds left, to lift score 37 points, sinking two returned Dec. 8 after missing
Houston used a 15-0 run early INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Terry Oklahoma City over Denver. free throws that gave Minne- the start of the season with fa-
in the fourth to take the lead Rozier’s steal and dunk with Westbrook made the first of sota the lead with 2.5 seconds cial fractures after he got into
and was up by four midway 1.5 seconds left capped a two free throws to put the left in a victory over Portland. a fight with teammate Bobby
through the quarter after a frantic comeback in the final Thunder ahead. He missed Jamal Crawford pitched in a Portis during practice.q