Hayward leads Celtics past 76ers; Warriors notch fifth straight win; Aldridge leads Spurs past Grizzlies; Magic embarrass Davis and Pelicans
Wednesday 13 February 2019 07:58, UK
LeBron James' triple-double was not enough to prevent the Los Angeles Lakers falling to a road loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
John Collins and Trae Young each scored 22 points and helped the Atlanta Hawks end their three-game losing streak with a 117-113 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.
That offset a triple-double from Los Angeles forward LeBron James, who had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists. It was his fifth triple-double of the season.
Collins scored Atlanta's first eight points and had 17 at the half. He was 8-for-15 from the field and added eight rebounds and three assists for the game. Young was only 6-for-19 from the floor, but made a trio of three three-pointers and had 14 assists and six rebounds.
Atlanta also got 17 points and six rebounds from Taurean Prince and 12 points from Dewayne Dedmon.
The Lakers added 19 points each from Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram, 15 from Reggie Bullock and 13 from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
Atlanta led 110-101 with 6:33 remaining and went 4:45 before scoring again. But Prince drained a three-pointer with 1:48 left to up Atlanta's lead to seven points.
The Lakers got as close as three points when James made a lay-up with 13.9 seconds left, but the Hawks put it away when Kevin Huerter hit two free throws with 4.3 seconds remaining.
Gordon Hayward scored 26 points off the bench to lead the visiting Boston Celtics past the Philadelphia 76ers 112-109 in a game full of playoff atmosphere.
Al Horford scored 23 points while Jayson Tatum added 20 points and 10 rebounds as the Celtics snapped a two-game losing streak. All-Star guard Kyrie Irving sat out with an injured knee.
Joel Embiid had 23 points and 14 rebounds for his league-leading 47th double-double and Jimmy Butler added 22 points and nine rebounds. Ben Simmons and JJ Redick scored 16 points each.
Trailing by three with 1.8 seconds left, Butler was unable to release a potential three-pointer in time.
The Sixers had their two-game winning streak halted and lost their first game since acquiring Tobias Harris in a trade-deadline deal with the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Celtics jumped out to a 28-18 lead before the Sixers closed the first quarter with a 5-0 run to get within five. Boston used an 8-0 spurt late in the second to take a 52-44 lead. Embiid knocked down a jumper to get the Sixers within 52-46 at half-time.
The Celtics led 77-74 after three quarters and made six of their first seven shots in the fourth quarter to go ahead 90-81. But Embiid made a pair of treys and the Sixers sliced the lead to 92-89 with 7:01 remaining.
After the Sixers tied the game at 94, Tatum and Terry Rozier each connected on three-pointers for a 100-94 Celtics lead with 5:17 left. Embiid converted a three-point play with 2:11 left and the Sixers regained the lead at 103-102.
Marcus Smart threw down a vicious dunk with 23.9 seconds left for a decisive 108-104 Boston advantage.
Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry bombed in a pair of three-pointers apiece in a late flurry that allowed the Golden State Warriors to overtake the Utah Jazz 115-108 in a battle of two of the NBA's hottest teams.
The win was the Warriors' 16th in their past 17 games and gave them a 2-1 edge over the Jazz in a season series that saw the teams split games in Salt Lake City. Utah lost for just the fourth time in their past 16 games.
The Jazz led by as many as seven points early in the fourth quarter and retained a 93-88 advantage with 8:41 remaining before the Warriors got their high-powered offense in gear.
Thompson began a 20-4, game-swinging run with three-point and two-point hoops, the latter drawing Golden State even at 93-all with 7:50 remaining.
After hoops by DeMarcus Cousins and Kevin Durant made it a 9-0 spree for the Warriors, Utah's Donovan Mitchell countered with a basket for narrow the Jazz's deficit to 97-95.
That's when Curry took charge, nailing back-to-back three-pointers and then a lay-up in a personal 8-0 burst that opened a 10-point lead.
Ricky Rubio stopped the run with an interior hoop, but Thompson then connected from long range again, giving Golden State a 108-97 lead with just 3:51 remaining.
Durant (game-high 28 points), Curry (24) and Thompson (22) paced the Warriors. Cousins finished 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Andre Iguodala added 13 points for Golden State.
Mitchell had a team-high 25 points for the Jazz while Rudy Gobert recorded 13 points and 16 rebounds and Rubio added 16 points.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Patty Mills scored a season-best 22 points as the San Antonio Spurs halted a season-worst four-game losing streak with a 108-107 win over the host Memphis Grizzlies.
Davis Bertans added 17 points and Rudy Gay recorded 15 points, 12 rebounds and a season-high eight assists as the Spurs improved to 1-4 on their eight-game Rodeo Road Trip. DeMar DeRozan scored 12 points and Marco Belinelli added 11.
Avery Bradley scored a season-best 33 points for Memphis in his second game since being acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jonas Valanciunas added 23 points on 9-for-10 shooting and collected 10 rebounds in his Grizzlies debut. Valanciunas was acquired from the Toronto Raptors in last week's trade involving Marc Gasol.
Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley missed the game due to illness.
San Antonio shot just 41.9 percent from the field but were a scorching 13-of-21 from three-point range. Mills made a season-best six treys while Bertans drained all four of his attempts.
Aldridge scored back-to-back baskets to give the Spurs a 107-104 lead with 2:26 remaining.
The score was 108-106 when Jaren Jackson Jr was fouled by Aldridge with one second left. Jackson missed the first free throw and then tried to intentionally miss the second but instead banked it in as the Grizzlies fell short.
Nikola Vucevic had 25 points and 17 rebounds as the visiting Orlando Magic continued to roll with a 118-88 victory over the reeling New Orleans Pelicans.
Vucevic led four Magic players with at least 20 points as Orlando won their fourth straight game and sixth in their last seven. Evan Fournier scored 22 and Jonathan Isaac and Aaron Gordon scored 20 each.
The Pelicans, who were coming off a season-low point total in a 99-90 loss at Memphis on Saturday, fell short of that total and lost for the eighth time in 11 games.
The Magic, who finished 3-0 on their road trip, led by 25 points after nine minutes and maintained command throughout.
Anthony Davis, playing his third game since the trade deadline passed and he returned from a finger injury, had three points on 1-for-9 shooting and six rebounds in 24 minutes.
E'Twaun Moore scored 19 points, Jrue Holiday added 16, Julius Randle had 15 and Tim Frazier 10 to lead the Pelicans.
