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SPORTSFriday 26 February 2016
NBA Capsules
Curry too hot for Heat as Warriors win 118-112
MIAMI (AP) — Stephen
Curry scored 42 points
and made the go-ahead
3-pointer with 38 seconds
left, Klay Thompson scored
17 of his 33 points in the
fourth quarter and the
Golden State Warriors beat
the Miami Heat 118-112 on
Wednesday night.
Harrison Barnes scored 11
and Draymond Green had
10 points and 11 rebounds
for the Warriors, who trailed
by 12 in the early going
and improved to 51-5 on
the season.
Dwyane Wade scored a
season-high 32 points for
Miami, which got 21 points
and 13 rebounds from Has-
san Whiteside and 16 points
and 11 rebounds from Luol
Deng. Rookie Josh Richard-
son added 15 points for Mi-
ami.
CAVALIERS 114, HORNETS
103
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeB-
ron James and Kyrie Irving
each scored 23 points and
Cleveland beat Charlotte.
The Cavaliers bounced
back from a home loss
Monday to Detroit in which
James tied a season low
with 12 points.
Kemba Walker had 20
points for Charlotte, which
had won four straight on
the road and five straight
overall.
Cleveland used a 40-point
second quarter to build a
63-52 halftime lead and
dominated the second
half, pushing the lead to 24
points in the fourth quarter.
BULLS 109, WIZARDS 104
CHICAGO (AP) — Taj Gib-
son and E’Twaun Moore
each scored 17 points,
Tony Snell added 16 and
a thrown-together roster
of Chicago backups beat
Washington.
Three of the Bulls’ top four
scorers missed the game
and the fourth was sick.
Derrick Rose was a last-min-
ute scratch with right ham-
string tendinitis.
Pau Gasol, who missed
practice on Tuesday and
was playing with the flu,
narrowly missed a triple-
double, finishing with 15
rebounds, 10 points and
nine assists in the Bulls’ third
straight victory.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) hits a 3-point
shot over Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside (21) during the
final minute of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 24,
2016, in Miami. The Warriors defeated the Heat 118-112.
Bradley Beal led the Wiz-
ards with 19 points. Gar-
rett Temple scored 18 and
Ramon Sessions and John
Wall added 16. Markieff
Morris had 10 rebounds for
the Wizards.
SPURS 108, KINGS 92
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)
— Tony Parker scored 12
of his 25 points in the fourth rant and Russell Westbrook
quarter and San Antonio
beat Sacramento for its
third straight victory.
The Spurs took the lead for
good with just over 4 min-
utes left in the third quar-
ter, then pulled away in
the fourth in winning for the
ninth time in 10 games. San
Antonio continued its dom-
inance against the Kings,
beating Sacramento for
the 35th time in 39 games.
Kawhi Leonard had 18
points and Danny Green 16
for the Spurs. Kyle Anderson
scored 14, while LaMarcus
Aldridge struggled offen-
sively but played solid de-
fense on DeMarcus Cous-
ins, and finished with nine
first 5 minutes of the fourth,
the last on a dunk to finish
Oklahoma City’s 15-0 run
for a 102-81 lead.
Dirk Nowitzki had a sea-
Associated Press son-high 33 points to lead
the Mavericks, who went
rebounds and five blocks. 0-4 against a possible first-
Cousins had 21 of his 22 round playoff opponent.
points in the second half PACERS 108, KNICKS 105
and added 10 rebounds INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul
for the Kings, who had their George scored 25 of his 27
three-game win streak points in the second half
snapped. to lead Indiana over New
THUNDER 116, MAVERICKS York.
103 Kristaps Porzingis missed a
DALLAS (AP) — Kevin Du- 3-point shot that would’ve
given the Knicks the lead
scored 24 points apiece with 1.9 seconds remaining.
and Oklahoma City com- Myles Turner then made
pleted a season sweep of one free throw at the other
Dallas. end.
Westbrook also had 13 as- George, who shot 1 of 9 in
sists and seven rebounds as the first half, had 10 points
the Thunder scored the first in the third quarter and 15
15 points of the fourth quar- in the fourth. He finished hit-
ter and weathered a 14-0 ting 10-of-23 shots.
Dallas run to avoid match- Porzingis led New York with
ing a season high with a 22 points and Jose Calder-
third straight loss in their on had 20. Calderon made
first game since a blowout all four of his 3-point at-
defeat at home against tempts.
Cleveland. RAPTORS 114, TIMBER-
The addition of David Lee WOLVES 105
didn’t help the Maver- TORONTO (AP) — DeMar
icks inside. Steven Adams DeRozan scored 31 points
scored 11 of his 15 points in and Kyle Lowry added 21
the third quarter and Enes as Toronto beat Minnesota
Kanter scored eight in the for a franchise record-tying
ninth straight home victory.
DeRozan had eight points
in the final quarter while
Lowry scored 12 as the Rap-
tors (38-18) pulled away
over the closing minutes
to match a home winning
streak set back in 1999.
The Raptors will have a
chance to better the
mark on Friday against the
Cleveland Cavaliers.
Andrew Wiggins had 26
points, four rebounds and
three assists for the Timber-
wolves (18-40), while Gor-
gui Dieng added 21 points
and eight rebounds.
GRIZZLIES 128, LAKERS 119
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) —
Matt Barnes scored a sea-
son-high 25 points as the
Grizzlies led from start to fin- losing streak.
ish, beating Los Angeles in
Kobe Bryant’s final game in
Memphis.
Six Grizzlies finished in dou-
ble figures as Memphis fin-
ished with season highs in
scoring and 3-pointers, go-
ing 13 of 27 from beyond
the arc. Barnes was 5 of 9
on 3s and P.J. Hairston, who
had 17 points, was 4 of 7.
Mike Conley scored 24
points and added eight
assists as Memphis won its
second straight and third in
the last four.
Jordan Clarkson scored 21
of his 28 points in the sec-
ond half to lead the Lak-
ers, who lost their seventh
straight. D’Angelo Russell
and Lou Williams added
22 points each, and Bryant
finished with 13 points, but
was 5 of 14 from the field —
including 2 for 7 on 3s.
NUGGETS 87, CLIPPERS 81
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken-
neth Faried had 21 points
and 11 rebounds, and Den-
ver beat the Clippers for its
first victory since the All-Star
break.
Gary Harris added 17 points
and Danilo Gallinari 16 for
the Nuggets, who snapped
a three-game skid while
improving to 7-13 on the
road against Western Con-
ference opponents. Nikola
Jokic matched Faried with
11 rebounds.
The Clippers were led by
J.J. Redick and Jamal
Crawford with 20 points
apiece, and Chris Paul
had 17 points and 10 as-
sists. They had won five of
seven, but were outclassed
in nearly every category by
the struggling Nuggets.
Denver outscored them 44-
22 in the paint and 19-9 in
fast-break points.
PISTONS 111, 76ERS 91
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP)
— Tobias Harris led a bal-
anced offense with 22
points and Andre Drum-
mond had 18 rebounds as
Detroit beat Philadelphia.
Playing in front of a tiny
crowd because of a snow-
storm in metro Detroit, the
Pistons led by 16 points
in the first quarter and
were never threatened
while winning their second
straight after a five-game
Hollis Thompson scored 19
points to lead the 76ers,
who lost their sixth straight.
Jahlil Okafor had 13 points,
but just two rebounds. No
other Philadelphia start-
er had more than eight
points.q