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Curry breaks 3-point record as Warriors win at Magic
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) —
Stephen Curry scored 51
points and set an NBA re-
cord with a 3-pointer in his
128th consecutive game as
the Golden State Warriors
beat the Orlando Magic
130-114 on Thursday night.
A night after scoring 42 in
a six-point victory at Mi-
ami, Curry made 20 of 27
shots from the field, going
10 of 15 on 3-pointers. The
Warriors pulled away in the
closing minutes of the third
quarter, with Curry bank-
ing in a 44-foot shot at the
buzzer for a 99-91 lead.
The reigning MVP topped
50 points for the third time
this season, the first player
to do it that many times
since LeBron James and
Dwyane Wade in 2008-09.
Curry surpassed Kyle Kor-
ver’s mark of 127 straight
games with a 3, which he
tied while making six 3s
at Miami on Wednesday
night.
The Warriors improved to
52-5, the best 57-game start
in league history. The 1995-
96 Chicago Bulls won 51 of
their first 57 on the way to
finishing 72-10.
Evan Fournier led Orlan-
do with 20 points. Nikola
Vucevic had 17 points and
nine rebounds.
ROCKETS 119, TRAIL BLAZ-
ERS 105
Stan Wawrinka from Switzerland returns the ball to Franko Sku-
gor from Croatia during the 3rd day of Dubai Tennis Champion-
ships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. who came from a set down
SANDRA HARWITT
Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emir-
ates (AP) — Stan Wawrinka
will play for his second title Nick Kyrgios retired with a
of the year when he faces
Orlando Magic guard Elfrid Payton (4) and forward Ersan Ilyasova, right, take the ball away from
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, center, during the second half of an NBA basketball
game in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. The Warriors won 130-114.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Howard’s dunk.
James Harden scored 46 The Rockets pushed with
points and Houston over- lead to 106-98 with 2:59
came a 21-point, third- left and Portland couldn’t
quarter deficit to snap Port- catch up. Harden’s layup
land’s six-game winning and a pair of free throws
streak. stretched the lead to 112-
Dwight Howard added 19 102 and out of reach.
points and 13 rebounds for Damian Lillard had 23
Houston, which had lost points for the Blazers, who
four of five. But the Rockets had won 15 of their last 18
proved resilient against the to move into playoff posi-
Blazers, rallying to tie it at 95 tion in the Western Confer-
on Harden’s layup with 7:40 ence. CJ McCollum added
left, then taking the lead on 20 points.
Wawrinka to meet Baghdatis
in Dubai Championships final
6-4, 3-0 in the semifinals.
The Swiss player will meet
the unseeded Baghdatis,
to beat sixth-seeded Felici-
Associated Press ano Lopez 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1.
“He’s an unbelievable
Marcos Baghdatis in the player,” Baghdatis said of
final of the Dubai Tennis Wawrinka, who won his third
Championships. straight Chennai Open title
Wawrinka advanced when last month. “I think he has a
better percentage of win-
back injury while trailing ning tomorrow, that’s for
sure. He’s having his best
years of his life. Winning two Kyrgios is the second sig-
Grand Slams, that’s amaz-
ing.” For the second day
in a row, Kyrgios received
treatment on his back dur-
ing a match. On Friday,
the physiotherapist came
to the court during the sev-
Saturday 27 February 2016
Associated Press 44 points and Kevin Du-
PELICANS 123, THUNDER 119
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An-
thony Davis scored 30
points and blocked four
shots, three Pelicans re-
serves combined for 60
points, and New Orleans
beat Oklahoma City.
Ryan Anderson scored 26
points in a little less than
26 minutes off the bench,
while Jrue Holiday added
22 points, also in fewer
than 26 minutes. Backup
point guard Toney Douglas
enth game changeover.
Last week, the 20-year-old
Kyrgios became the young-
est active player to win an
ATP Tour title in Marseille.
“It’s been bothering me the
last couple of days,” Kyrgios
said. “I had a bit of a hip in-
jury at the start of Marseille.
That was still sort of both-
ering me a little bit. I have
been feeling so bad every
day, like I’ve got some viral
infection, as well.”
nificant retirement in two
days after Novak Djokovic
retired from his quarterfinal
match with an eye infec-
tion on Thursday.
Wawrinka took a 4-1 lead
in the first set, but Kyrgios
scored 12 points in 14 min-
utes, with 10 points coming
in the fourth quarter.
Russell Westbrook scored
rant 32 for Oklahoma City,
which trailed by 12 with a
little more than 3 minutes
left but got as close as two
on Durant’s 3 with 13 sec-
onds left.
Holiday, who also had
nine assists, made a pair of
clutch free throws shortly
after for the final margin.
SPURS 96, JAZZ 78
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —
Kawhi Leonard scored 29
points and San Antonio
shut down Utah for its fourth
straight road victory.
The Jazz played well early
and led by seven in the
first quarter, but the No.
1-ranked scoring defense
in the NBA cranked it up
in the second quarter and
held Utah to its lowest point
total of the season.
Two baskets by Leonard
highlighted a 9-0 run that
put the Spurs up 35-31. San
Antonio never trailed again
and held the Jazz to just 12
second-quarter points.
Tim Duncan had 14 points
and 11 rebounds, while
Tony Parker finished with 16
points.
Derrick Favors led the Jazz
with 25 and Rodney Hood
added 12. q
fought back to even the
score at 4-4. Wawrinka won
the final five games before
the Australian’s retirement.
“He wasn’t really there
from the beginning, wasn’t
serving his best,” Wawrin-
ka said. “You never know
what to expect, because
again, as you see when he
broke me back at 3-4, he
was playing really well.”
The Swiss player was two
points away from losing in
the first round against Ser-
giy Stakhovsky of Ukraine.
“If you look from the be-
ginning of the week I was
not playing great at all,”
Wawrinka said. “But I could
still improve, and I’m happy
I did.”q