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By The Associated Press finished with 25 points after Hassan Whiteside finished
HOUSTON (AP) — James halftime. with 17 points and 13 re-
Harden had 50 points, 11 Gordon Hayward scored bounds for the Heat, while
rebounds and 10 assists, 19 points for the Celtics, Kelly Olynyk chipped in 12
scoring 10 straight Houston who rested Kyrie Irving points and 11 rebounds.
points down the stretch to and Al Horford on the sec- Goran Dragic had 10
help the Rockets beat the ond night of back-to-back points and 10 assists.
Sacramento Kings 119-108 games after a big victory The Heat have won six of
on Saturday. over Indiana a night earlier. their last eight games and
Harden had his 42nd ca- PISTONS 99, TRAIL BLAZERS hold a half-game lead
reer triple-double and third 90 over Orlando for the eighth
50-point game in the last DETROIT (AP) — Reggie and final spot in the East-
six. He made seven 3-point- Jackson scored 28 points, ern Conference.
ers to become the ninth Andre Drummond had 22 RAPTORS 124, BULLS 101
player in NBA history to points and 19 rebounds, CHICAGO (AP) — Serge
reach 2,000 career 3s. and Detroit ended Port- Ibaka had 23 points and
Clint Capela added 24 land’s six-game winning 12 rebounds, Fred VanV-
points and 15 rebounds, streak. leet also scored 23 and
and Chris Paul had 22 The Pistons were miss- Toronto routed Chicago
points. Houston has won ing Blake Griffin, who was despite playing without
four of five. scratched moments be- Kawhi Leonard and Pascal
Bogdan Bogdanovic had fore game time with a sore Siakam.
24 points for the Kings. They left knee, but were able to Marc Gasol had 17 points, Houston Rockets guard James Harden, left, shakes hands with
have lost two straight and maintain a half-game lead eight rebounds and six as- Chris Paul after Harden’s 2,000th career 3-point basket, during
the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the
fell to 0-3 against Houston over the Brooklyn Nets for sists as Toronto won its third Sacramento Kings, Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Houston.
this season. the sixth seed in the Eastern straight.q Associated Press
76ERS 118, TIMBERWOLVES Conference. Detroit has
109 won 11 straight at home.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —Tobias Damian Lillard scored 23
Harris scored 25 points for points and Enes Kanter
Philadelphia in Jimmy But- added 20 points and 15 re-
ler’s jeer-filled return to Min- bounds for Portland, which
nesota, helping the 76ers fell a half-game behind the
hang on and move one Houston Rockets for the
step closer toward solidify- third seed in the Western
ing the No. 3 seed for the Conference.
Eastern Conference play- MAGIC 121, PACERS 116
offs. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Aar-
Ben Simmons pitched in on Gordon had 23 points,
20 points, 11 rebounds 10 rebounds and seven as-
and nine assists for the Six- sists, and Orlando racked
ers (49-27), who stretched up a season-high 37 assists
their lead over Boston and in a win over Indiana to
Indiana to 4½ games with keep pace in the Eastern
eight games to go. They’re Conference playoff race.
still four games behind sec- Coming off a blowout loss
ond-place Toronto. at Detroit that snapped a
Rookie Jonah Bolden filled six-game win streak, Or-
in for Joel Embiid and post- lando got back on track
ed a career-best 19 points with a relentless attack.
for the Sixers, who over- The Magic shot 51 percent
came the precautionary from the field and finished
absence of their All-Star with only seven turnovers.
center and a quiet night by Orlando remained a half-
Butler (12 points on 4-for-17 game behind Miami for the
shooting with 13 rebounds final Eastern Conference
and five assists) to start a playoff spot after the Heat
three-game road trip with beat the New York Knicks.
a quality win. Darren Collison posted 24
NETS 110, CELTICS 96 points and nine assists for
NEW YORK (AP) — D’Angelo the Pacers, who shot 53
Russell scored 20 of his 29 percent from the field but
points in another blistering committed 15 turnovers in
third quarter against Bos- losing to the Magic for the
ton, leading Brooklyn over third time this season.
the short-handed Celtics. HEAT 100, KNICKS 92
Back from a seven-game NEW YORK (AP) — Dion
trip that lasted more than Waiters scored 28 points,
two weeks, the Nets had Dwyane Wade added 16
a happy homecoming in his last game at Madison
thanks largely to Russell, Square Garden, and Miami
who added 10 assists and beat New York.