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Irving lifts Cavaliers past Wizards 140-135 in OT

The Associated Press arm away as tempers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyrie flared, and all three players
Irving scored 11 of his 23 were given technicals.
points in overtime, includ- GRIZZLIES 89, SPURS 74
ing a tiebreaking 3-pointer MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP)
with 35 seconds left, as — Marc Gasol and Zach
the Cleveland Cavaliers Randolph scored 15 points
edged the Washington each, Mike Conley added
Wizards 140-135 in a play- 12 points and nine assists
off-type atmosphere Mon- and Memphis held San
day night. Antonio to a season low in
The loud, sellout crowd was points.
standing, and so were the The game was close un-
players on both benches, til Memphis stretched the
when James somehow margin to double digits
missed a gimme layup late just past the midway point
in the fourth quarter. Mo- of the fourth quarter and
ments later, he banked in maintained the cushion
a maximum-degree-of- the rest of the way.
difficulty, step-back 3 with The Spurs ended a three-
0.3 seconds left to send the game winning streak and
game overtime, where he suffered through the ab-
fouled out and Irving took sence of leading scorer
over for Cleveland. Kawhi Leonard, a late
James finished 32 points Washington Wizards guard John Wall, left, dives for a loose ball against Cleveland Cavaliers guard scratch with a quad con-
and a career-high 17 as- Kyrie Irving, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Wash- tusion. David Lee led the
ington.
sists. Kevin Love had 39 Associated Press Spurs with 14 points, con-
points and 12 rebounds for verting all six of his shots. La-
the Eastern Conference straight victory. in the final 8.5 seconds. the second half, Wade Marcus Aldridge added 13
leaders, who ended surg- Hassan Whiteside had 19 The Heat led by as many hit a tiebreaking 20-footer points, connecting on only
ing Washington’s winning points and 13 rebounds, as 14 points — the ninth to put them ahead for 4 of 19 shots. Danny Green
streaks of 17 in a row at and the Heat shot 53.6 straight game they have good, 109-107, with 13 and Manu Ginobili finished
home and seven in a row percent (15 for 28) from led by double digits — and seconds left. Then he stole with 12 points each for San
overall. 3-point range. Miami made now own the second-lon- the inbounds pass follow- Antonio, which began an
Bradley Beal had 41 points 10 more 3s than Minnesota gest winning streak in the ing a timeout and went eight-game road trip.
and eight assists for the Wiz- and held on late after a fu- NBA this season. Golden the length of the court for PACERS 93, THUNDER 90
ards, but he missed a po- rious comeback attempt State won 12 in a row in a dunk to make it a four- INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul
tential tying 3 with about 5 by the Wolves. November. point margin. George had 21 points
seconds left in overtime. Karl-Anthony Towns had BULLS 112, KINGS 107 Wade added a free throw and eight rebounds, Jeff
HEAT 115, TIMBERWOLVES 35 points and eight re- SACRAMENTO, California with a second to play fol- Teague scored 17 points
113 bounds for the Timber- (AP) — Dwyane Wade lowing the second techni- and Indiana rallied from an
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — wolves, who have lost four scored 31 points, including cal foul of the night on a 11-point halftime deficit to
Goran Dragic scored 33 straight games. Andrew the final seven for Chicago furious DeMarcus Cousins, beat Oklahoma City.
points and hit a career- Wiggins added 27 points, in a victory over Sacramen- who thought he was fouled Indiana has won seven
high seven 3-pointers to but missed two shots with to. After the Bulls squan- on a 3-point attempt. straight games — its lon-
lead Miami to its 11th chances to win the game dered a 27-point lead in Cousins was ejected after gest winning streak in al-
picking up his 16th techni- most two years.
cal of the season, a total Russell Westbrook led Okla-
that triggers an automatic homa City with 27 points, a
one-game suspension. season-high 18 rebounds
Just after the third quar- and nine assists, falling just
ter ended, a minor fracas short of his 26th triple-dou-
broke out that involved ble this season.
Cousins, teammate Matt The Thunder struggled
Barnes, Bulls assistant head mightily in the second
coach Jim Boylen and Chi- half, giving away a 52-41
cago forward Taj Gibson. halftime lead by midway
Cousins shoved Boylen’s
through the third quarter.q