Naz Reid collected 27 points, 14 returns and seven assists, and Minnesota Timberwolves withdrew for a victory 116-101 over Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday in Minneapolis.
Anthony Edwards added 23 points, seven returns and seven assists for Minnesota, who snapped a two-game skid despite scratching Rudy Gobert (Back Spasms). Jaden McDaniels got 21 points.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 24 points, took eight returns and drew nine assists to lead Thunder, who never led in the game-first time that happened all season.
Oklahoma City’s jale Williams got 20 points. Chet Holmgren (11 points, 12 Returns) and Isaiah Hartenstein (10 points, 12 returns) each recorded a double double.
Pelicans 140, Kings 133 (OT)
CJ McCollum scored 43 points, including a Tiebreaking 3 pointer in overtime, and hosting New Orleans completed a 10-game losing line by defeating Sacramento.
Trey Murphy III added 18 points, 11 assists and nine returns while Jose Alvarado made 18 for New Orleans.
Zach Lavine collected 32 points and 10 assists for Kings, whose winning line with three games ended. The Sabonis is made to 22 points and 28 returns, and Malik Monk had 24 points and nine assists.
Warriors 105, Rockets 98
Stephen Curry scored a game high 27 points and the Golden State survived a fourth quarter of a comeback from Houston to claim a road victory.
Warriors improved to 3-1 since the acquisition of Jimmy Butler III, which ended with 19 points and eight returns. Golden State (28-27) pulled over .500 into the All-Star break. Brandin Podziemski set up 18 points for the Golden State. Draymond Green contributed 13 points and eight assists, and Moses Moody recorded 10 points.
Aaron Holiday got a season high 25 points while Jock Landale added 13 points (11 in the fourth quarter) and eight returns for the rockets. Nate Williams counted a season best 11 points in 18 minutes, also a season high total.
Clippers 120, Jazz 116 (OT)
Norman Powell scored a season high 41 points and came up big in overtime while lifting Los Angeles over Utah in Salt Lake City.
Powell made nine of Clippers 12 OT points. James Harden added 32 points, 10 returns, seven assists, three steals and two blocks. Ben Simmons debuted his Clippers, days after Brooklyn Nets bought out his contract and he signed with Los Angeles. He a total of 12 points, seven returns, six assists and three steals in a reserve role.
Jazzrookie Kyle Filipowski got a career high 20 points and took 10 returns. Lauri Markkanen also logged 20 points.
Mavericks 118, Heat 113
Dante Exum scored a season high 27 points to lead seven Dallas players in double figures when Mavericks beat and visited Miami in the final game before the All-Star break for both teams.
Max Christie scored 19 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 18 and Kessler Edwards had a seasonal 15 for Mavericks, who won for the fourth time in his last five matches. Naji Marshall scored 12 points, Brandon Williams had 11 and Olivier-Maxence Prosper nets 10. The short mvericks were without eight injured players, including Kyrie Irving (right shoulder tenderness) and Kyy Thompson (left foot destruction).
Tyler Herro matched his season high with 40 points for Miami, who lost his fourth straight. Kel’el Ware got 17 points, Kyle Anderson added 15 points and 10 returns and Alec Burks had 12 points from the bench.
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