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SPORTS Saturday 2 March 2019
James Harden scores 58 points,

Rockets beat Heat 121-118

By The Associated Press ness in his right shoulder. back-to-back and with
HOUSTON (AP) — James MAGIC 103, WARRIORS 96 two of their guards out of
Harden had 58 points, 10 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Aar- the lineup. Utah led by as
assists and seven rebounds on Gordon had 22 points many as 18 points in the
and the Houston Rockets and 15 rebounds, Terrence third quarter, only to see
overcame a 21-point third- Ross added 16 points and the lead trimmed to five
quarter deficit to beat the Orlando rallied in the fi- with 8:41 remaining. Korver
Miami Heat 121-118 on nal three minutes to beat helped the Jazz on a 13-0
Thursday night. Golden State. run to gain some separa- Houston Rockets' James Harden (13) goes up for a shot as Mi-
Harden made 8 of 18 A night after they were tion and send them to their ami Heat's Josh Richardson defends during the second half of
3-pointers and was 16 of 32 stunned in Miami by Dwy- third straight victory. an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Houston.
overall from the field and ane Wade's buzzer-beat- Jamal Murray and Will Bar- The Rockets won 121-118. Associated Press
18 of 18 on free throws. er, the Warriors blew an ton each had 21 points for
He fell three points short of 11-point lead in the fourth Denver. All-Star big man
his career high set at New quarter and lost for the Nikola Jokic dealt with foul
York on Jan. 23, and had fourth time in six games. trouble but still finished with
the most point ever against D.J. Augustin scored 14 16 points, 13 rebounds and
the Heat — breaking Willie points and Nikola Vucevic seven assists.
Burton's mark of 53 for Phila- had 12 points and 13 re- PACERS 122, TIMBER-
delphia on Dec. 13, 1994. bounds to help Orlando WOLVES 115
Austin Rivers scored 17 end an 11-game losing INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bo-
points, and Chris Paul and streak to the Warriors. Or- jan Bogdanovic scored a
Gary Clark each had 14 to lando's last win over Gold- season-high 35 points and
help Houston win its fourth en State was on Dec. 14, Indiana overcame Karl-An-
straight game. The Rockets 2012. thony Towns' big night for
shot 49 percent, including Stephen Curry scored 33 Minnesota.
19 of 46 on 3-pointers. points, but was only 1 for 6 Towns had 42 points and 17
Kelly Olynyk and Goran in the fourth quarter. Klay rebounds, scoring 23 points
Dragic each had 21 points Thompson and DeMarcus and grabbing seven re-
for Miami, Justise Winslow Cousins each had 21 for bounds in the first quarter.
added 19 points and eight the Warriors. They played Tied at 107, the Pacers
assists, and Josh Richard- without Kevin Durant (rest) closed with a 15-8 run, with
son had 18 points. The Heat and Andre Iguodala (sick). Bogdanovic scoring 11
shot 52 percent, making 15 JAZZ 111, NUGGETS 104 points.
of 28 3-pointers. DENVER (AP) — Donovan CAVALIERS 125, KNICKS 118
Miami was coming off a Mitchell scored 24 points, NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin
home victory over Gold- including six in the final two Love scored 26 points, Jor-
en State on Wednesday minutes, and short-handed dan Clarkson and Collin
night on Dwyane Wade's Utah ended Denver's nine- Sexton each had 22 and
banked 3-pointer at the game home win streak. Cleveland overcame a
buzzer. Houston played at Kyle Korver added 22 as 14-point deficit in the fourth
Charlotte on Wednesday the Jazz showed plenty quarter to beat New York.
night. of energy despite playing Allonzo Trier scored 22
76ERS 108, THUNDER 104 on the second night of a points for the Knicks.q
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
Tobias Harris scored 32
points and Ben Simmons
had a triple-double to help
Philadelphia beat Oklaho-
ma City.
Harris had his highest point
total in eight games with
Philadelphia since coming
off in a trade with the Los
Angeles Clippers. Simmons
had 11 points, 13 rebounds
and 11 assists for his ninth
triple-double of the season.
Star center Joel Embiid
missed his fourth straight
game because of left knee
soreness.
Russell Westbrook had his
25th triple-double of the
season for Oklahoma City,
finishing with 23 points,
11 rebounds and 11 as-
sists. Thunder forward Paul
George sat out with sore-