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Wednesday 2 March 2016

Westbrook gets triple-double as Thunder beat Kings

SACRAMENTO, California Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James (23) drives against Indiana Pacers’ Myles Turner (33) in the second half of an NBA basketball
(AP) — Russell Westbrook game Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 100-96.
had 20 points, 15 rebounds
and 13 assists, leading the Associated Press
Oklahoma City Thunder to
a 131-116 victory over the James was rested on Sun- points in the fourth quarter, his second career triple- for the Grizzlies, and Mario
Sacramento Kings on Mon- day by coach Tyronn Lue helping the Wizards rally for double with 18 points, 17 Chalmers finished with 15.
day night. and the Cavs were lethar- the win. rebounds and 11 assists, Memphis won its fifth in a
Kevin Durant finished with gic in a 113-99 loss at Wash- Wall and Marcin Gortat and the Bucks outlasted row against the Nuggets,
27 points, 10 rebounds and ington. But with James combined for 14 points dur- the Rockets. Jabari Parker including three meetings
six assists as Oklahoma City back on the floor, Cleve- ing a 16-0 fourth-quarter scored a career-high 36 this season.
bounced back from a dif- land played with much run in Washington’s sixth points for Milwaukee, and Kenneth Faried had 16
ficult stretch. The Thunder more energy and again victory in eight games since Khris Middleton had 30 points and 11 rebounds for
had dropped four of five, looked like a team with the All-Star break. Gortat points. The Bucks nearly the Nuggets, who have lost
including a heartbreaking NBA championship aspi- finished with 18 points and blew a late 13-point lead five of six. Gary Harris add-
overtime loss to Golden rations. Matthew Dellave- a career-high 20 rebounds. after the Rockets put to- ed 15 points. Newly signed
State on Saturday night. dova hit a tying 3-pointer Markieff Morris added 16 gether a 9-0 run. After forc- JaKarr Sampson started in
Oklahoma City shot 57 for the Cavs with 1:13 left points and 13 rebounds in ing a turnover, Houston’s place of injured forward
percent (47 for 82) from before Thompson made it his first double-double with Trevor Ariza was whistled Danilo Gallinari, the Nug-
the field, including a 14- 96-94 with a layup. Thomp- Washington. Philadelphia for a 5-second violation on gets’ leading scorer who
for-34 performance from son then blocked a shot by played without rookie cen- inbounds pass with 20 sec- is sidelined indefinitely af-
3-point range. Enes Kanter Indiana’s George Hill with ter Jahlil Okafor, who was onds remaining. ter severely spraining his
scored 23 points on 11-for- 18 seconds left. sidelined by a right shin Dwight Howard had 30 right ankle Friday at Dallas.
11 shooting. Monta Ellis scored 28 points bruise. But the 76ers had points and 13 rebounds for Sampson finished with sev-
Sacramento has lost three and Paul George had 23 six players score in double Houston, while Ariza had 20 en points.
in a row heading into a for the Pacers, who lost their figures, led by Ish Smith’s 25 points and 11 assists. CELTICS 100, JAZZ 95
four-game road trip. De- third straight but played points. The 76ers were out- GRIZZLIES 103, NUGGETS 96 BOSTON (AP) — Jae
Marcus Cousins had 35 much better than in a loss rebounded 53-32 in their DENVER (AP) — Zach Ran- Crowder had 22 points,
points and 12 rebounds, to Portland on Sunday. ninth straight loss. dolph scored 22 points, and the Celtics extended
and Rajon Rondo finished WIZARDS 116, 76ERS 108 BUCKS 128, ROCKETS 121 leading Memphis to the their home win streak to 11.
with 11 points, 12 assists WASHINGTON (AP) — John MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis road win. Isaiah Thomas added 18
and nine rebounds. Wall scored 16 of his 37 Antetokounmpo recorded Matt Barnes had 16 points points and nine assists.
CLIPPERS 105, NETS 95
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamal
Crawford scored 26 points,
and the Clippers beat the
Nets to win their second in
a row after alternating wins
and losses in their previous
six games.
Chris Paul had 23 points
and 12 assists for Los Ange-
les, and J.J. Redick scored
19 points.
Brook Lopez had 25 points
and 10 rebounds for Brook-
lyn, which was going for
its first three-game win-
ning streak of the season.
Instead, the Nets lost their
fifth straight to the Clippers
at Staples Center.
CAVALIERS 100, PACERS 96
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron
James scored 33 points af-
ter sitting out a game and
Tristan Thompson made
two huge plays in the final
minute, leading Cleveland
to the victory.