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Harden out-duels LeBron James as Rockets beat Cavs

The Associated Press Lin ended an 0-for-9 start
HOUSTON (AP) — James with a 3-pointer that halted
Harden had a triple-dou- a Knicks comeback, and
ble with 38 points, 11 assists Brooklyn beat New York
and 10 rebounds to out- for its first home victory of
duel LeBron James and 2017.
lead the Houston Rockets The Nets ended a 16-game
to a 117-112 victory over losing streak at Barclays
the Cleveland Cavaliers Center. They hadn’t won
on Sunday night. here since Dec. 26, when
The Rockets were up by six Lin strained his hamstring in
when Nene made a layup a victory over Charlotte.
before intercepting a bad Brook Lopez had 25 points
pass by James. Patrick Bev- for the Nets. Carmelo An-
erley made a 3-pointer on thony had 27 for the Knicks.
the other end to push the TRAIL BLAZERS 110, SUNS
lead to 116-107 with less 101
than two minutes left. PHOENIX (AP) — Damian
Kyrie Irving hit a 3-pointer Lillard scored 28 of his 39
with less than a minute to points in the first half and
go and added two free Portland recovered to
throws after that to get the beat Phoenix after blowing
Cavaliers within four. Hard- an 18-point second-half
en added a free throw to lead.
end Cleveland’s run and Lillard scored just four
secure the victory. points in the fourth quarter,
It was the 16th triple-dou- but fellow guard C.J. Mc-
ble this season for Harden Collum added 26. Portland
and his 31st game with at pulled within 1 1/2 games
least 30 points. of Denver for the eighth
James had 30 points for the and final Western Confer-
Cavaliers. They lost for the ence playoff spot.
fourth time in five games. Devin Booker led the Suns
CELTICS 100, BULLS 80 with 28 points, and Eric
BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah Bledsoe added 19.
Thomas scored 22 points 76ERS 118, LAKERS 116
and later joined fans doing LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rook-
the wave as it circled TD ie Dario Saric scored a
Garden, and Boston hand- career-high 29 points, and
ed Chicago its fifth straight Jahlil Okafor added 23 to
loss. help Philadelphia beat Los
The Celtics rushed to a 13-0 Angeles.
lead, shutting out Chica- The Lakers, who got a ca-
go until Dwyane Wade’s reer-best 30 points from
jumper nearly six minutes Jordan Clarkson, rallied
into the game. Houston Rockets’ James Harden, right, drives toward the basket as Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan from a 12-point deficit in
Thomas, the team’s lead- Thompson defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 12, 2017, in the second half to take a
ing scorer at 29.2 points per Houston. The Rockets won 117-112. lead late in the fourth quar-
game, played only 24 min- Associated Press ter. But T.J. McConnell’s 12-
utes and sat the entire final ing minutes of the blowout, cheer. Avery Bradley had Bulls with 13 points apiece. foot fall away jumper with
quarter. He had some fun taking part with teammate 17 points. Robin Lopez and NETS 120, KNICKS 112 50 seconds left gave the
with the fans in the clos- Jae Crowder in the crowd’s Denzel Valentine led the NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy 76ers the lead for good.q

Cavaliers waive Andrew Bogut, sign forward

Larry Sanders

CLEVELAND (AP) — Larry The 6-foot-11 shot blocker As expected, the Cavs waived Bogut, who
Sanders walked away from brings some needed front- sent well wishes to Sanders on Twitter by
the NBA. He’s coming back court depth to the strug- posting, “Best of luck @l8show_thegoat Will
to a team that needs his gling NBA champions, who be watching.”
help after Andrew Bogut’s are just 2-5 in March and With one month left in the regular season,
very short stint with Cleve- have been giving up way the Cavs remain a work in progress.q
land. too many easy baskets.
Sanders, who left the The Cavs have been in the In this Dec. 24, 2014, file photo, Milwaukee
league two years ago after market for a big man since Bucks’ Larry Sanders attempts a shot over
five seasons with Milwau- Bogut broke his left leg just Charlotte Hornets’ Al Jefferson during an NBA
kee, signed Monday with 58 seconds into his debut basketball game in Milwaukee.
Associated Press
the struggling Cavaliers. with Cleveland last week.