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SPORTS Saturday 10 december 2016

NBA Capsules

Spurs fall to Bulls 95-91 after

winning first 13 road games

CHICAGO (AP) — Dwyane a season-high 19. scoring the game’s final
Wade scored 20 points, 76ERS 99, PELICANS 88 six points to seal Mem-
and the Chicago Bulls NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Er- phis’ fifth straight victory.
handed San Antonio its san Ilyasova scored 23 CJ McCollum led the Trail
first road loss after a 13-0 points, Sergio Rodriguez Blazers with 24 points, and
start, hanging on to beat added 16, and Philadel- Damian Lillard had 19 on
the Spurs 95-91 on Thurs- phia snapped a franchise 6-of-18 shooting. Evan
day night. record-tying 23-game Turner had 15 points and
San Antonio fell one win road losing streak, beating 10 rebounds.
shy of matching the NBA’s New Orleans. WIZARDS 92, NUGGETS 85
best road start set by the The Pelicans became the WASHINGTON (AP) —
Golden State Warriors last first team to lose at home Bradley Beal scored 26
season. The Spurs cut an to the Sixers since last sea- points and Washington
18-point deficit midway son when Orlando fell to overcame a sluggish start
through the third quar- Philadelphia on Jan. 20. in front of a sparse, silent
ter to four in the closing Joel Embiid had 14 points, crowd and with a mal-
minutes, only to come up four blockes and three functioning scoreboard.
short. steals. Nik Stauskas also John Wall scored only
Kawhi Leonard scored 24 scored 14 points. 15 points one game af-
for San Antonio. Patty Mills Anthony Davis had 26 ter a career-best 52, but
added 16 points, hitting 4 points and 11 rebounds, nine came in the fourth
of 6 3-pointers. Former Bull and Langston Galloway quarter for Washington. Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade (3) is defended by San An-
Pau Gasol had 13 points added 19 points for New The Wizards trailed by as tonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge (12) during the first quar-
ter of an NBA basketball game in Chicago, Thursday, Dec. 8,
and 10 rebounds in his first Orleans. The Pelicans la- many as 14 in the first half. 2016.
game in Chicago since bored through shooting Nikola Jokic had 17 points Associated Press
signing with San Antonio in droughts and made only for Denver.q
the summer, but the Spurs 12 of 40 shots during the
lost a road game for the second half.
first time since Oklahoma
City knocked them out in RAPTORS 124, TIMBER-
the Western Conference WOLVES 110
semifinals last season. TORONTO (AP) — DeMar
Jimmy Butler scored all DeRozan had 27 points,
of his 13 points for Chi- Kyle Lowry added 25 and
cago in the second half. the Raptors handed Min-
Rajon Rondo added 12 nesota its 13th straight loss
points, nine assists and 10 in Toronto.
rebounds, and Chicago Lowry was 5 of 7 from
picked up the win after 3-point range and had 11
dropping three in a row assists, and Jonas Valan-
and six of nine. ciunas had 20 points and
The Spurs hadn’t dropped 10 rebounds for his team-
a regular-season road leading sixth double-dou-
game since Denver beat ble of the season.
them on April 8. Zach Lavine scored 29
points for the Timber-
WARRIORS 106, JAZZ 99 wolves, and Toronto-area
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — native Andrew Wiggins
Stephen Curry scored 26 had 25. Center Karl-An-
points and Golden State thony Towns added 17
controlled Utah from start points and 11 rebounds.
to finish. The Timberwolves last won
Curry had 14 points during at the Air Canada Centre
a 29-1 run that made it 29- on Jan. 21, 2004.
5. The Jazz’s only lead of
the game was 4-2. GRIZZLIES 88, TRAIL BLAZ-
Kevin Durant added 21 ERS 86
points and 11 rebounds for MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) —
Golden State. Marc Gasol scored 36
Jazz center Rudy Gobert points and Toney Douglas
had 20 points and 17 re- made two free throws with
bounds, Joe Ingles scored less than a second left to
a career-high 21 points, lift Memphis past Portland.
and Shelvin Mack added Douglas had 11 points,