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SPORTS Saturday 25 February 2017

NBA Capsules

Lou Williams helps Houston

crush New Orleans 129-99

The Associated Press — Stephen Curry scored 17 troit to cut into the lead.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Re- of his 35 points in a 3-point Walker scored 34 points.
serve Lou Williams hit seven flurry over the final 3:37 of Tobias Harris had 25 for the
3-pointers and scored 27 the third quarter, and the Pistons.
points in his Rockets debut two-time reigning MVP also TRAIL BLAZERS 112, MAGIC
after a trade from the Lak- had seven rebounds, five 103
ers, helping Houston crush assists and four steals as the ORLANDO, Florida (AP) —
New Orleans 129-99 on Warriors used a big second Damian Lillard scored 33
Thursday night in DeMarcus half to beat the Los Ange- points, C.J. McCollum add-
Cousins’ first game with An- les Clippers. ed 22 and Portland beat
thony Davis. Curry’s four-point play with Orlando to snap a three-
Davis had 29 points, and 30.7 seconds left in the third game losing streak.
Cousins finished with 27 and buzzer-beating 3 to After trailing for much of
points and 14 rebounds af- punctuate the one-sided the game, the Trail Blazers
ter he was acquired from period propelled Golden rallied in the fourth quarter
Sacramento during the State. Curry and Kevin Du- behind Lillard’s 17 points.
break. But New Orleans rant combined for eight of Recently acquired center New Orleans Pelicans forward DeMarcus Cousins (0) blocks a
turned the ball over 20 their team’s nine 3-pointers Jusuf Nurkic also had 12 shot by Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) during the
times couldn’t keep pace in the third. points and 12 rebounds first half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Thursday,
with the firepower of the The Warriors scored 50 during the much-needed Feb. 23, 2017.
Rockets, who hit 20 3-point- points in the quarter after win for the Portland.q Associated Press
ers. trailing 61-49 at halftime. It
Eric Gordon scored 19 was the NBA’s first 50-point
points and Ryan Anderson quarter since the Lakers
added 17 in both players’ had 51 against the Knicks
first game in New Orleans on March 25, 2014.
since leaving the Pelicans. Durant scored 15 of his 25
James Harden had 13 points in the third and also
points and 14 assists. contributed 15 rebounds
Houston led by as many as and seven assists as the
35 points when Gordon’s NBA-best Warriors (48-9)
free throws made it 100-65 began the stretch run with
late in the third quarter. a downright dominant sec-
CAVALIERS 119, KNICKS 104 ond half.
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeB- PISTONS 114, HORNETS 108,
ron James recorded his OT
48th career triple-double AUBURN HILLS, Michi-
and Kyrie Irving scored 23 gan (AP) — Kentavious
points, leading Cleveland Caldwell-Pope scored
over the New York Knicks, 33 points, including three
who hung on to superstar 3-pointers late in the fourth
Carmelo Anthony and quarter during a pulsating
Derrick Rose at the trade Detroit rally, and the Pistons
deadline. outlasted Charlotte.
James scored 18 points Caldwell-Pope scored De-
and had 13 rebounds with troit’s last 11 points of reg-
15 assists for his sixth triple- ulation, and his 3-pointer
double of the season. with 18.2 seconds to play
Anthony, the subject of tied the game at 100. Kem-
trade rumors because of ba Walker scored Char-
a strained relationship with lotte’s final nine points of
Knicks President of Basket- the fourth, but the Pistons
ball Operations Phil Jack- forced him to give up the
son, scored 20 points, go- ball on the last possession,
ing 9 of 25 from the field. and Marco Belinelli missed
Kyle Korver scored 20 points a 3-pointer that could have
for Cleveland, which is 8-1 won it. Detroit, which was
in February and has beaten behind by 18 in the third
New York 10 straight times. quarter, never trailed in the
Courtney Lee had 25 points overtime. Caldwell-Pope’s
for New York, which has 3-pointer with 55 seconds
lost six of seven and is 12th remaining put the Pistons
in the Eastern Conference up 110-102.
playoff race. Charlotte led 85-70 at
WARRIORS 123, CLIPPERS the start of the fourth but
113 missed 14 of its first 15 shots
OAKLAND, California (AP) in the period, enabling De-