NBA roundup: Clippers cling 151 factors on Pacers

James Harden scored a season-high 35 factors and handed out 9 assists to assist the Los Angeles Clippers lengthen its profitable streak to eight video games with a 151-127 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night time in Indianapolis.

Harden shot 12 of 16 from the ground, together with 8 of 11 from 3-point distance. Kawhi Leonard scored 28 factors, Paul George had 27 factors, Ivica Zubac completed with 18 factors, 16 rebounds and three blocks for the Clippers.

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Leonard, who got here in averaging 33.8 factors and capturing 64.8 p.c from the ground over the earlier 5 video games, hit 12 of 18 field-goal makes an attempt in opposition to Indiana. Los Angeles shot 57.1 p.c from the ground and made half of its 38 3-point makes an attempt.

Bennedict Mathurin scored a career-high 34 factors off the bench to steer the Pacers, who’ve misplaced 4 straight.

Hawks 130, Pistons 124

Trae Younger scored 31 factors and dished out 15 assists as Atlanta handed visiting Detroit its twenty fourth straight loss.

It was the fourth consecutive 30-point recreation for Younger and his sixteenth double-double of the season. His efficiency helped offset a career-high 43-point effort from Detroit’s Cade Cunningham.

The loss leaves Detroit two video games shy of the NBA document for longest dropping streak inside the identical season. That document is collectively held by the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers had a 28-game dropping streak that carried over from the 2014-15 season into the 2015-16 season. The Cavs additionally misplaced 24 straight between the 1981-82 and 1982-83 campaigns.

Knicks 114, Lakers 109

Jalen Brunson scored 29 factors and Julius Randle added 27 factors and 14 rebounds as New York turned improved protection right into a victory at Los Angeles.

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Immanuel Quickley put up 20 factors and Isaiah Hartenstein had 17 rebounds because the Knicks improved to 2-2 on a five-game highway swing whereas rebounding from a 144-122 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.

LeBron James amassed 25 factors, 11 rebounds and 11 assists whereas Anthony Davis had 32 factors and 14 rebounds for the Lakers. Los Angeles fell to 1-3 since profitable the NBA in-season match on Dec. 9 with a victory over the Indiana Pacers.

Timberwolves 112, Warmth 108

Anthony Edwards scored 10 of his game-high 32 factors within the fourth quarter as Minnesota rallied to beat host Miami.

The Warmth led by as many as 17 factors within the first half.

Miami misplaced regardless of seeing Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo return to motion. Herro, who missed 18 video games as a result of an ankle harm, scored a team-high 25 factors. Adebayo, who sat out seven video games due to a hip harm, posted 22 factors, six rebounds and a team-high six assists.

Kings 143, Wizards 131

Domantas Sabonis had 28 factors, 13 rebounds and 12 assists and Sacramento scored a mixed 85 factors within the second and third quarters en path to a victory over visiting Washington.

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De’Aaron Fox completed with a game-high 30 factors and added six assists for the Kings, who gained their third recreation in a row. Keegan Murray contributed 25 factors.

Jordan Poole scored 28 factors, hitting a season-high eight 3-pointers for the Wizards, who’ve misplaced the primary two video games of a four-game journey.

Raptors 114, Hornets 99

Pascal Siakam scored 27 factors and Toronto defeated visiting Charlotte.

Scottie Barnes added 22 factors and 17 rebounds for the Raptors, who’re 2-1 on a four-game homestand.

Terry Rozier scored 22 factors for the depleted Hornets, who’ve misplaced 5 video games in a row. P.J. Washington had 15 factors and 4 steals.

Cavaliers 135, Rockets 130 (OT)

Donovan Mitchell scored a game-high 37 factors and Sam Merrill scored 5 of his career-high 19 factors down the stretch in extra time to assist energy Cleveland previous visiting Houston.

Merrill delivered a key efficiency off the bench as his layup over Alperen Sengun with 2:35 remaining within the additional body gave Cleveland a four-point lead. Fifty-eight seconds later, he prolonged the benefit to seven factors on a 3-pointer, then grabbed his fourth rebound of the sport on the following Houston possession, resulting in a Mitchell basket on the opposite finish.

Fred VanVleet completed with 27 factors, 17 assists and eight rebounds for the Rockets. Sengun added 24 factors, eight rebounds and 6 assists.

Nuggets 130, Mavericks 104

Jamal Murray scored 22 factors, Aaron Gordon tied his season excessive with 21 factors and the host Denver beat Dallas.

Nikola Jokic completed with eight factors on 3-for-8 capturing to associate with 9 rebounds and 7 assists. It was the third time this season he failed to attain in double figures, however he was ejected earlier than halftime in every of the opposite two video games the place he didn’t put up at the very least 10 factors.

Luka Doncic scored 28 of his 38 factors within the first half and added 11 rebounds and eight assists within the recreation for Dallas. Doncic continued his torrid December, throughout which he’s averaging 36.6 factors, 11.6 assists and 9.3 rebounds.

Bulls 108, 76ers 104

Coby White equipped 24 factors, 9 assists and eight rebounds, Nikola Vucevic added 23 factors and Chicago defeated host Philadelphia.

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DeMar DeRozan added 15 factors, Patrick Williams had 13 and Jevon Carter chipped in with 12 for the Bulls, who continued to play with out injured guard Zach LaVine. Chicago led 105-98 with 1:33 left after Vucevic hit a 3-pointer, after which they held off a late Sixers rally.

Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 40 factors, 14 rebounds and 6 assists. Tyrese Maxey added 29 factors for the Sixers, who had their six-game profitable streak snapped.

Jazz 125, Nets 108

Talen Horton-Tucker and Collin Sexton every produced 27 factors and 6 assists to steer Utah to a win over Brooklyn in Salt Lake Metropolis.

Lauri Markkanen added 20 factors and 10 rebounds for the Jazz, who gained for the third time in 4 video games due to a second-half rally.

Brooklyn’s Cam Thomas led all scorers with 32 factors, however the Nets went scoreless throughout a key stretch late within the fourth quarter as Utah blew the sport open with a 12-point run.

Thunder 116, Grizzlies 97

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 factors to steer Oklahoma Metropolis previous visiting Memphis within the Grizzlies’ closing recreation earlier than the anticipated return of Ja Morant.

Morant, a two-time All-Star, is scheduled to make his season debut in Tuesday’s recreation at New Orleans. He served a 25-game suspension to open the season.

Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren, coming off a career-high eight blocks in Saturday’s win at Denver and tied for third within the league coming into the sport at 2.7 per recreation, had seven blocks within the win. He additionally recorded 17 factors and 6 rebounds.