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SPORTS Wednesday 14 March 2018

Harden's big 3rd quarter helps

Rockets beat Spurs 109-93

By The Associated Press points and 10 assists, and City beat Sacramento.
HOUSTON (AP) — James Portland beat Miami for its Westbrook had 10 re-
Harden scored 16 of his 10th straight victory. bounds and 11 assists in
28 points in the third quar- Jusuf Nurkic added 27 the 99th triple-double of his
ter to allow the Houston points and 16 rebounds career.
Rockets to build a huge for the Blazers, who have Paul George and Carmelo
lead and sail to an easy the longest current win- Anthony each scored 21
109-93 victory over the San ning streak in the NBA and points for the Thunder, who
Antonio Spurs on Monday a two-game lead over moved into fourth place in
night. Oklahoma City for the No. the Western Conference
The NBA's leading scorer 3 seed in the Western Con- standings.
took a little while to get ference. Thunder center Steven Ad-
going a night after sitting Lillard scored 21 points af- ams left the game in the
out against Dallas with a ter halftime. He leads the third quarter with a left hip
sore left knee and had just league in second-half scor- contusion and did not re-
12 points at halftime. ing. turn. Just two days earlier
Despite his slow start, the Goran Dragic scored 23 against San Antonio, he
Rockets had a comfort- points for the Heat, who hurt his left ankle in the third
able lead in the third and were without two key play- quarter and did not return.
were still up by 13 after a ers in starting center Has- Bogdan Bogdanovic
basket by San Antonio's san Whiteside and sixth scored 19 points and Gar-
Dejounte Murray with man Dwyane Wade. rett Temple and Justin San Antonio Spurs' Derrick White (4) has his shot blocked by
about eight minutes left BUCKS 121, GRIZZLIES 103 Jackson each added 15 Houston Rockets' Clint Capela, top, during the second half of
an NBA basketball game Monday, March 12, 2018, in Houston.
in the quarter. It was then MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — for the Kings.q Associated Press
that Harden took over, Khris Middleton scored 24
scoring the next eight points, Giannis Antetok-
points to start a 16-4 run ounmpo added 20 and
that extended the lead to Milwaukee sent Memphis
82-57 with about 3 1/2 min- to its 18th consecutive loss.
utes left in the third and Brandon Jennings, signed
had coach Gregg Popo- to a 10-day contract by
vich calling for a timeout. Milwaukee on Sunday, fin-
Harden had a 3-pointer ished two rebounds short
and made three free of a triple-double with 16
throws after being fouled points and 12 assists. Eric
on a 3-point attempt to Bledsoe added 14 points,
propel that spurt. He didn't including a trio of baskets
return in the fourth quarter to stem a fourth-quarter
with the game in hand. Memphis rally.
The Spurs, who were with- Marc Gasol led the Grizzlies
out leading scorer LaMar- with 17 points, while Jarell
cus Aldridge, got 14 points Martin, Dillon Brooks and
each from Bryn Forbes and Ben McLemore scored 16
Derrick White. They lost for apiece.
the fifth time in six games THUNDER 106, KINGS 101
as they fight for a playoff OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
spot. Russell Westbrook scored
TRAIL BLAZERS 115, HEAT 99 17 points and notched his
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — 20th triple-double of the
Damian Lillard had 32 season to help Oklahoma

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