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SPORTS Thursday 13 February 2020
Harden scores 42, Rockets cool off Celtics with 116-105 win

By The Associated Press Playing 28 minutes in just ley Beal scored 30 points,
HOUSTON (AP) — James his ninth NBA game, Wil- and the Wizards held off
Harden scored 42 points, liamson used his 6-foot-6, Zach LaVine and the Bulls
Russell Westbrook had 36 285-pound frame, quick for the victory.
and the Houston Rockets feet and explosive vertical LaVine scored 19 of his 41
snapped Boston’s seven- to have his way with every points in the fourth quar-
game win streak with a defender Portland tried ter as the Bulls whittled an
116-105 victory over the against him. 18-point deficit down to six
Celtics on Tuesday night. JJ Redick scored 20 and points. Tomas Satoransky
Houston broke it open with Josh Hart had 17 points for added 19 points for Chi-
a 15-2 run that made it New Orleans, which trailed cago, which enters the All-
116-98 with about two min- by as many as 16 in the first Star break on a six-game
utes left. Harden scored six quarter before taking com- losing streak. The Bulls had
points during the decisive mand en route to a third won four straight versus
stretch, and Danuel House straight victory. Washington.
had five. Portland star Damian Lillard SPURS 114, THUNDER 106
Boston had two turnovers scored 20 points — less than OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Houston Rockets' James Harden (13) drives toward the basket
as Boston Celtics' Kemba Walker defends during the first half of
and missed numerous half of his 42-point average LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in Houston.
shots to allow the Rockets over his previous 10 games. points and 14 rebounds, Associated Press
to turn the close game But his playing time was lim- and the Spurs stopped a
into a one where coach ited in the fourth quarter five-game slide. low reserve Derrick White its second straight after a
Mike D’Antoni cleared the when the Pelicans, who led Dejounte Murray also finished with 17. stretch of nine wins in 10
bench for the last min- by as many as 26, had put scored 25 points for San An- Led by Aldridge and Mur- games. Chris Paul scored
ute with the game well in the game out of reach. tonio, which had dropped ray, the Spurs made 25 of 31 points for the Thunder,
hand. WIZARDS 126, BULLS 114 eight of 10 overall. Patty 27 foul shots. and Shai Gilgeous-Alexan-
Harden had eight re- WASHINGTON (AP) — Brad- Mills had 20 points, and fel- Oklahoma City dropped der had 17.q
bounds and seven assists,
and Westbrook finished
with 10 rebounds and five
assists.
Gordon Hayward had 20
points in Boston’s first loss
since Jan. 26. Jaylen Brown
scored 19, and Jayson
Tatum had 15 on 5-for-15
shooting.
76ERS 110, CLIPPERS 103
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ben
Simmons had 26 points, 12
rebounds and 10 assists,
pushing the Sixers to the
win.
Joel Embiid also scored
26 points and Tobias Har-
ris added 17 points and 12
boards for Philadelphia,
which has the NBA’s best
home record at 25-2. Josh
Richardson scored 17 of his
21 points in the fourth quar-
ter.
Kawhi Leonard led Los An-
geles with 30 points, and
reserve Landry Shamet
scored 19 against his for-
mer team.
Richardson nailed his third
3-pointer of the quarter to
give Philadelphia a 102-94
lead with 4:44 left. Then he
scored on a driving left-
handed layup and made
the free throw to complete
the 3-point play, extending
the lead to 11.
PELICANS 138, TRAIL BLAZ-
ERS 117
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion
Williamson scored a sea-
son-high 31 points, power-
ing New Orleans to the vic-
tory.