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SPORTS Thursday 2 March 2017
Warriors lose Durant to

injury and game to Wizards

The Associated Press his third triple-double of the en assists and seven steals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin season as Denver rode a for the Pistons. The backup
Durant injured his left knee second-half surge to beat point guard was scoreless
and departed after only Chicago. heading into the fourth
93 seconds before Gold- Danilo Gallinari scored 22 quarter but gave Detroit a
en State’s Stephen Curry points and Wilson Chandler huge lift down the stretch.
missed a potential go- added 20 as Denver, which Damian Lillard had 34
ahead 3-pointer late in the entered the game fourth in points and 11 rebounds for
game as the Washington the NBA in scoring (110.6 Portland while falling an as-
Wizards beat the Warriors points per game), posted sist shy of his first triple-dou-
112-108 on Tuesday night. a 70-48 advantage in the ble. He had only one assist
Durant hyperextended second half to erase a half- after the start of the fourth,
his knee and will have an time deficit. however, and the Trail Blaz-
MRI exam after teammate Gary Harris and Will Barton ers were eventually done
Zaza Pachulia was pushed had 15 points apiece for in by their inability to take
into him by Washington the Nuggets. care of the ball.
center Marcin Gortat. The Dwyane Wade and Ra- C.J. McCollum scored 25
2014 NBA MVP and Golden jon Rondo had 19 points points for Portland.
State’s leading scorer and apiece for Chicago, which GRIZZLIES 130, SUNS 112
rebounder exited with zero had its four-game winning MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP)
points, ending his streak of streak snapped. Jimmy But- — Mike Conley scored 29
562 regular-season games ler finished with just eight points and Marc Gasol
with at least 10 points. points on 3-for-13 shooting. added 28 while making all
John Wall got a career PISTONS 120, TRAIL BLAZERS five of his 3-point shots to
high-tying 19 assists for 113, OT lead Memphis past Phoe-
the Wizards while Bradley AUBURN HILLS, Michigan nix. Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) walks to the
Beal scored 25 points and (AP) — Marcus Morris Zach Randolph finished bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against
Markieff Morris added 22, scored a career-high 37 with 23 points and eight the Washington Wizards, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Washington.
including a pair of free points, including Detroit’s rebounds, while Tony Allen Associated Press
throws after Curry’s 3 was first seven in overtime, as had 11 points as Memphis
off-target in the final 10 the Pistons rallied from a shot 56 percent, including phis, which won its second 16 and Randolph was 10 of
seconds. 13-point, third-quarter defi- 12 of 25 from outside the straight. 15 as Memphis shot a sea-
THUNDER 109, JAZZ 106 cit to beat Portland. arc. The 130 points were Conley was 10 of 19 from son-best percentage from
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Ish Smith had 12 points, sev- a season high for Mem- the field. Gasol shot 10 of the fieldq
Russell Westbrook scored
12 of his 43 points in the fi-
nal 2:05 to help Oklahoma
City beat Utah.
Westbrook also had 11 re-
bounds and 10 assists for
his 30th triple-double of the
season and 67th of his ca-
reer.
Doug McDermott scored
16 points and Enes Kanter
added 15 points and nine
rebounds for the Thunder,
who trimmed Utah’s North-
west Division lead to two
games.
Westbrook scored and was
fouled on a transition layup
with 15.5 seconds to play.
He completed the three-
point play to give the Thun-
der a 108-106 lead. After
Jerami Grant hit one of
two free throws with a sec-
ond left, Gordon Hayward
missed a 3-pointer at the
buzzer that could have
forced overtime.
He led the Jazz with 19
points.
NUGGETS 125, BULLS 107
CHICAGO (AP) — Nikola
Jokic had 19 points, 16 re-
bounds and 10 assists for