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Tuesday 23 February 2016

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Davis has record 59 points, Pelicans top Pistons 111-106

The Associated Press field and 11 for 12 at the lost their 11th in a row and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) dunks
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan free-throw line to match his 26th in the last 28 games. against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the third quarter of an
(AP) — Anthony Davis second-best scoring perfor- The Spurs improved to 47-9, NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016.
scored a team-record 59 mance of the season. a franchise-best through 56 Cleveland won 115-92.
points and added 20 re- LeBron James had 25 games.
bounds as the New Orleans points, 11 assists and sev- TRAIL BLAZERS 115, JAZZ 111 Associated Press
Pelicans beat the Detroit en rebounds for Cleve- PORTLAND, Oregon (AP)
Pistons 111-106 on Sunday. land, which earned its — C.J. McCollum scored his 13th double-double of Chicago’s second straight
The previous club record fifth straight victory. Tristan 31 points, including two the season. Cory Joseph win.
was 50 points by Jamal Thompson had 14 points clinching free throws with scored 14 off the bench to Mike Dunleavy and Bobby
Mashburn exactly 13 years and 14 rebounds. 2.7 seconds left, and Port- help the Raptors rebound Portis each scored 17. Bry-
earlier against the Grizzlies. Kevin Durant scored 26 land earned its fifth con- from consecutive losses at ant finished with 22 points
Davis went 24 of 34 from points and Russell West- secutive win. Minnesota and Chicago. on 8-for-20 shooting in 27
the floor and made his only brook had 20 points, 11 as- Damian Lillard had 30 It was the Raptors’ first minutes. Julius Randle also
two 3-pointers. He added sists and nine rebounds for points and five assists for home game since a Jan. had 22 points and Jordan
nine free throws in 10 tries. Oklahoma City, which lost Portland, which has won 30 victory over Detroit. To- Clarkson added 20 as Los
Davis also broke the scor- its second straight at home 14 of 17 overall. Reserve ronto hosted the NBA All- Angeles dropped its fifth in
ing record for the Palace of coming out of the All-Star Maurice Harkless scored Star Game last weekend. a row.
Auburn Hills, set by LeBron break. It was the Thunder’s 17 points. Lillard made a Zach Randolph had 18 TIn other NBA gsmes it was
James with 48 points in an most lopsided defeat of tiebreaking layup with 23.4 points and Mario Chalm- Cleveland 115, Oklahoma
Eastern Conference finals the season. seconds left and McCollum ers scored 17 for the Griz- City 92; New Orleans 111,
game on June 1, 2007. The SPURS 118, SUNS 111 hit two foul shots to give zlies. Vince Carter added Detroit 106; Boston 121,
star center joined Shaquille PHOENIX (AP) — Patty Mills Portland a 113-109 lead. Af- 16 against his former team. Denver 101; San Antonio
O’Neal and Chris Webber had 21 points, matching his ter Derrick Favors scored for BULLS 126, LAKERS 115 118, Phoenix 111; Toronto
as the only NBA players with career high with six 3-point- Utah, McCollum made two CHICAGO (AP) — Derrick 98, Memphis 85; Charlotte
50 points and 20 rebounds ers, and the Spurs pulled more free throws to clinch Rose and E’Twaun Moore 104, Brooklyn 96; Indiana
in a game since 1983. away for the victory. the win for the Trail Blazers. had 24 points apiece to 105, Orlando 102; Dallas
Jrue Holiday added 20 Tony Parker scored 22 for Favors paced the Jazz lead the Bulls to the victory 129, Philadelphia 103; Chi-
points for the Pelicans. He San Antonio, including a with 22 points and eight re- in Kobe Bryant’s final game cago 126, L.A. Lakers 115;
was the only other player spinning drive that made bounds. Gordon Hayward at the United Center. and Portland 115, Utah
to score in double figures it a seven-point game with scored 21 points, and Rod- Pau Gasol had 21 points in 111.q
for New Orleans. 1:03 to play. LaMarcus Al- ney Hood had 18.
Reggie Jackson led the Pis- dridge added 19 points RAPTORS 98, GRIZZLIES 85
tons with 34 points. and 10 rebounds. TORONTO (AP) — DeMar
CAVALIERS 115, THUNDER The Spurs played without DeRozan scored 21 points,
92 ailing All-Star Kawhi Leon- Kyle Lowry added 18 and
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — ard, who was sidelined by Toronto beat Memphis
Kevin Love scored 29 points tightness in his left calf. for its eighth consecutive
to help the streaking Cava- Alex Len had a career-high home win.
liers to the road win. 23 points and grabbed 13 Jonas Valanciunas had 10
Love shot 9 of 18 from the rebounds for the Suns, who points and 12 rebounds for

Varejao front with Marreese Spei- but dropped out of the
ghts being inconsistent all rotation in Cleveland. He
Continued on Page 21 season, James Michael played just 31 games, av-
eraging 2.6 points, 2.9 re-
Despite a 49-5 record, the McAdoo out since Decem- bounds and 10 minutes.
For his career, Varejao has
Warriors had a need for ber with a sprained toe averaged 7.6 points and
7.5 rebounds. He has also
another big body to play and rookie Kevon Looney played 71 playoff games
but missed last year’s post-
center. Starter Andrew having barely played all season for Cleveland be-
cause of a torn left Achilles.
Bogut missed Saturday’s season. Thompson averaged 2.1
points and 1.9 rebounds in
game with a strained right Golden State waived the 28 games this season.q

Achilles and key backup ineffective Jason Thomp-

Festus Ezeli is out until at son on Monday to make

least late March with an in- room for the 33-year-old

jured left knee. Varejao, who saw his play-

Coach Steve Kerr has few ing time dwindle signifi-

other proven options up cantly this season as he all