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SPORTS Tuesday 5 december 2017

Westbrook has triple-double,

Thunder beat depleted Spurs

By The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Stephen ROCKETS 118, LAKERS 95
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Curry scored 30 points in LOS ANGELES (AP) — James
Russell Westbrook had his 30 minutes, Kevin Durant Harden scored 36 points,
seventh triple-double of added 24 and the Golden Eric Gordon added 22 and
the season to help the State rode a big third-quar- Houston beat Los Angeles
Oklahoma City Thunder ter run to pull away and for its seventh consecutive
beat the short-handed San beat Miami. victory.
Antonio Spurs 90-87 on Sun- Klay Thompson scored 19 Kyle Kuzma led Los An-
day night. points for the Warriors, who geles with 22 points, and
Steven Adams added 19 started the second half on Brandon Ingram added 18.
points and 10 rebounds for an 18-3 run and outscored Rookie point guard Lonzo
Oklahoma City, which won Miami 37-17 in the third. Ball struggled again, miss-
even though No. 2 scorer Golden State’s lead was ing all four shots from the
Paul George had just eight only two at the half, then field and finishing with two
points on 2-for-17 shooting. ballooned to 99-77 going points and three assists.
Dejounte Murray had 17 into the fourth. MAGIC 105, KNICKS 100
points and Derrick White Goran Dragic scored 20 NEW YORK (AP) — Nikola
added 16 for San Anto- points for the Heat. They Vucevic scored 34 points
nio. With a chance to tie it led by eight in the early — eight straight in a deci-
at the end, Brandon Paul going and 36-33 after the sive 10-0 fourth-quarter run
missed a 3-pointer and the first quarter. The Heat then — and Orlando beat New
Thunder rebounded. scored 41 points in the next York.
Spurs starters LaMarcus Al- 24 minutes. With the score tied at 85
dridge and Tony Parker sat Starting with a layup by midway through the fourth Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook shoots over
out. San Antonio coach Curry late in the half, Gold- quarter, Vucevic made a San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills (8) during the first quarter
Gregg Popovich said Al- en State made 10 out of 11 short basket, a three-point of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Sunday, Dec. 3,
dridge rested with a minor shots in one stretch. Curry play and a 3-point shot 2017.
knee issue and Parker was had two 3-pointers in that in succession to give the Associated Press
“dinged-up.” The Spurs third-quarter barrage, and Magic the lead for good. 19, and Enes Kanter added The Wolves overcame a
still are waiting for forward his driving score pushed Evan Fournier had 20 points, 18 points and 16 rebounds. season-high 30 points from
Kawhi Leonard’s right the lead out to 80-63. At Jonathon Simmons added TIMBERWOLVES 112, CLIP- Austin Rivers, who matched
quadriceps injury to heal. that point, he had 30 points 16, and Elfrid Payton had PERS 106 his career best with sev-
San Antonio’s Kyle Ander- in the game’s first 28 1/2 15 for Orlando. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jim- en 3-pointers. Rivers’ final
son sprained his left knee minutes. He didn’t score Michael Beasley, who re- my Butler scored 20 of his 3-pointer gave L.A. a 92-91
with a minute remaining in again, didn’t even play in placed the injured Kristaps 33 points in the fourth quar- lead with 6:54 to play be-
the third quarter and did the fourth, and the Warriors Porzingis in the starting line- ter, Taj Gibson added 20 fore Butler scored nine in a
not return. didn’t need much more up, led the Knicks with 21 and Minnesota outlasted row to send the Clippers to
WARRIORS 123, HEAT 95 help anyway. points. Courtney Lee had Los Angeles. their third straight loss.q

Rose returns to Cavaliers to resume

rehab on sprained ankle

By TOM WITHERS, AP Sports ment. report to its Cleveland Clin-
Writer A frustrated Rose had left ic Courts training facility.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Der- the team on Nov. 22 to There is no timetable on
rick Rose ended his self-im- contemplate his future, but when he’ll play.
posed separation from the he’s back and working to- “This has been a very chal-
Cavaliers. ward a return to the floor. lenging and difficult time
The point guard, who Rose had been in contact for Derrick,” Altman said.
has been dealing with with coach Tyronn Lue and “We will continue to pro-
a sprained left ankle for general manager Koby Alt- vide him with support and
much of his first season man in recent days. have patience as he re-
with Cleveland, returned The conversations were joins his teammates and
to the Cavs on Monday to described as “positive,” works his way back on to
resume rehab and treat- and the team said he will the court.”q