Thursday, January 26, 2017
Celtics 120, Rockets 109
BOSTON
Isaiah Thomas had 38 points and nine assists, Jae Crowder scored 23 and Boston beat Houston. It was Thomas’ 15th game this season with at least 30 points and his 29th consecutive outing with 20 or more. Crowder grabbed 10 rebounds and Al Horford totaled 20 points and nine assists for Boston (27-18), which had lost three straight games. James Harden finished with 30 points and 12 assists.
Heat 109, Nets 106
NEW YORK
Dion Waiters scored 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, including the clinching 3 with 6.8 seconds left, and Miami overcame an 18-point deficit in the final period to beat beleaguered Brooklyn. Wayne Ellington had 22 points and Goran Dragic added 17 for the streaking Heat, who have won a season-best five straight games. Brook Lopez scored 33 for the Nets.
Grizzlies 101, Raptors 99
MEMPHIS, TENN.
Marc Gasol scored a career-high 42 points, including the deciding two free throws with 36 seconds left, as Memphis sent Toronto to its fifth straight loss. Gasol’s final free throws ended a 12-0 run by the Raptors that tied the game at 99-all. Kyle Lowry’s fadeaway 28-footer from the left wing bounced off the rim as time expired, saving Memphis from wasting Gasol’s career effort.
Warriors 113, Hornets 103
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
Kevin Durant scored 16 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter, Stephen Curry added 28 points on six 3-pointers in his annual homecoming game and Golden State rallied to beat Charlotte. Klay Thompson had 19 points for the Warriors, who avenged a 105-102 loss to the Miami Heat on Monday.
Hawks 119, Bulls 114
CHICAGO
Dennis Schroder scored 24 points, Paul Millsap added 21 and Atlanta ended the game on a 19-4 run to beat Chicago. Thabo Sefolosha scored 18 and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 17, hitting four of his team’s 17 3-pointers as the Hawks pulled out their seventh straight win against Chicago. Jimmy Butler led the Bulls with 40 points. Dwyane Wade scored 33.
Thunder 114, Pelicans 105
NEW ORLEANS
Russell Westbrook had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, passing Larry Bird with his 60th career triple-double, and Oklahoma City beat New Orleans. Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis left late in the second quarter after re-aggravating a right thigh injury that kept him out of New Orleans’ upset of Cleveland on Monday night.
76ers 114, Bucks 109
MILWAUKEE
Despite playing without leading scorer Joel Embiid for the second consecutive game, Philadelphia held off Milwaukee to win for the fifth time in six games. Gerald Henderson led the 76ers with 20 points, Ersan Ilyasova and Dario Saric added 17 apiece, and the 76ers scored a season-high 72 points in the first half.
Associated Press