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Warriors pull away in 3rd, quiet Beal to win in Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Orleans won its sev- up with the Celtics after
day after taking schoolkids enth straight after trailing halftime.
to a museum instead of by as many as 15 points. PISTONS 110, BUCKS 87
visiting President Donald San Antonio, which has DETROIT (AP) — Andre
Trump at the White House, been without superstar for- Drummond had 15 points
the Golden State Warriors ward Kawhi Leonard for all and 16 rebounds, and De-
won for the seventh time but nine games this season, troit dominated inside in a
in eight games by beating lost Aldridge to a sprained victory over Milwaukee.
the Washington Wizards right ankle late in the first The Pistons outscored Mil-
109-101 as Kevin Durant half. Aldridge landed awk- waukee 56-34 in the paint
scored 32 points, Stephen wardly while defending a and had 15 offensive re-
Curry added 25, and Klay driving hook shot by Davis bounds in the first half
Thompson limited Bradley with three minutes left in alone.
Beal to eight Wednesday the second quarter. Blake Griffin had eight
night. The injury would prove criti- points, nine rebounds and
Durant shot 12 for 20, cal down the stretch for the seven assists for Detroit,
Thompson scored 13, and Spurs, who’ve lost five of which won for only the sec-
Draymond Green contrib- their past six. The team did ond time in eight games.
uted 11 points and 11 as- not immediately disclose Eric Bledsoe scored 19
sists. how long Aldridge will be points for the Bucks, who
Otto Porter Jr. led Wash- out. have lost three straight. Mil-
ington with 29 points and CELTICS 134, HORNETS 106 waukee star Giannis Ante-
10 rebounds, and Kelly Ou- BOSTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving tokounmpo left with 10:08
bre Jr. scored 17 on 4-of- scored 34 points in the first remaining in the game with
16 shooting. Beal came in three quarters, and then an apparent injury around
averaging a team-leading sat out the fourth with the his right eye. He eventually
23.7 points but he missed rest of Boston’s starters as walked toward the locker
his first nine shots and had the Celtics routed Char- room.
zero points at halftime. His lotte. RAPTORS 117, MAGIC 104
first basket came with un- Aron Baynes had 12 points ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — De-
der 5½ minutes left in the and 10 rebounds and Jay- Mar DeRozan scored 21
third quarter. Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) dunks over len Brown scored 15, in- points and Kyle Lowry add-
Washington Wizards center Ian Mahinmi (28) during the first half
The Wizards were again of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Wash- cluding nine in the third ed 17 points, 11 assists and
without All-Star point guard ington. quarter as the Celtics shot seven rebounds to lead To-
John Wall, who sat out his Associated Press 60 percent and turned the ronto over Orlando.
14th game in a row after points in Houston’s domi- Tobias Harris led the Clip- game into a blowout. Terry Pascal Siakam had 14
surgery on his left knee, but nant first quarter, and the pers with 24 points, with Rozier and Greg Monroe points, including 10 in the fi-
they trailed only 58-56 af- Rockets rolled past Los An- Montrezl Harrell added 22. scored 14 points apiece for nal five minutes as the Rap-
ter two quarters Wednes- geles for their 14th consec- Lou Williams and Milos Teo- the Celtics, who won their tors pulled away for their
day. Golden State tends utive victory. dosic each scored 13. fourth straight and ended 11th win in 13 games. Ja-
to dominate third quar- The Rockets (48-13) PELICANS 121, SPURS 116 Charlotte’s five-game win- kob Poeltl added 13 points
ters, though, and this eve- matched their longest win- SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An- ning streak. and Fred Van Fleet had 12.
ning was no exception: It ning streak of the season thony Davis had 26 points Kemba Walker made his Evan Fournier and Mario
opened that period with and remained a half-game and 15 rebounds, and New first eight shots and led Hezonja scored 17 apiece
a 16-4 run that made it 74- ahead of Golden State for Orleans rallied in the final Charlotte with 23 points. for Orlando, which has lost
60 and was in control from the NBA’s best record. two minutes to beat San Dwight Howard had 21 seven straight games. Niko-
there. Clint Capela and Eric Gor- Antonio, adding to the points for the Hornets, who la Vucevic added 14 points
ROCKETS 105, CLIPPERS 92 don each scored 22 points Spurs’ misery after losing were coming off a victory and Aaron Gordon had 11
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James for the Rockets, who made LaMarcus Aldridge to an in- over Chicago on Tuesday points and 10 rebounds for
Harden scored 17 of his 25 13 3-pointers. jury in the first half. night and couldn’t keep the Magic. q

Cavs suspend guard J.R Smith

1 game for detrimental conduct

By TOM WITHERS but the team did not an- is shooting 36 percent on
AP Sports Writer nounce his suspension until 3-pointers.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cava- two hours before tip-off. The 14-year veteran has
liers guard J.R. Smith has “He was great this morn- struggled much of this sea-
been suspended one ing,” said Lue, who will start son, but he had been play-
game by the team for det- Rodney Hood in Smith’s ing better lately.
rimental conduct. place. “Something hap- Smith sat out the fourth
Coach Tyronn Lue gave pened after shootaround, quarter of Tuesday night’s
no further specifics about so, that’s all the details I’m win over Brooklyn.
the punishment. Smith will going to give to you. He’ll Smith was acquired in 2014
serve the penalty on Thurs- be ready for tomorrow and in a trade with the New
In this Feb. 3, 2018, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers’ J.R. Smith day night as the Cavs host be ready to go on Satur- York Knicks and has been
(5) drives past Houston Rockets’ Luc Mbah a Moute (12), the Philadelphia 76ers. day (against Denver).” a key contributor during
from Cameroon, in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Smith attended Thursday’s Smith has started 56 games, Cleveland’s run of three
Cleveland. morning shootaround, averaging 8.3 points, and straight NBA Finals.q
Associated Press