Kevin Durant has scored 29 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 131-108 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, who were without All-Star Blake Griffin.
The Clippers announced before the game that Griffin will be out indefinitely because of a staph infection in his right elbow. Without him, the Clippers fell to their most lopsided loss of the season.
Russell Westbrook had 19 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, and rookie Mitch McGary had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Thunder.
Memphis point guard Mike Conley had 21 points and six assists, and Marc Gasol finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Grizzlies beat the Atlanta Hawks 94-88.
The game was level at 86-86 after Mike Scott's 3-pointer with 3:24 left before Memphis scored the next eight points to put away the game.
Kevin Love scored a season-high 32 points for Cleveland and LeBron James flirted with a triple-double as the Cavaliers quickly got back to winning with a 120-105 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Cavs had their 12-game winning streak broken on Friday.
This time, Love made five 3-pointers in the second quarter and two more in the third as Cleveland opened a 26-point lead.
James scored 22 with 10 rebounds and eight assists in three quarters.
At Toronto, James Johnson scored a season-high 20 points in his return to the starting lineup and DeMar DeRozan had 18 as the Raptors beat the Spurs 87-82 to deny San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich his 1,000th career victory.
Amir Johnson added 15 points, Kyle Lowry 12 and Jonas Valanciunas had a season-high 16 rebounds as Toronto improved to 8-2 at home against Western Conference opponents.
The Portland Trail Blazers downed the Houston Rockets 109-98, while Pau Gasol dunked in the rebound of Derrick Rose's missed layup with 9.4 seconds left as the Chicago Bulls rallied to beat the Orlando Magic 98-97.
In other games, DeMarcus Cousins made a jumper as time expired and finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds in the Sacramento Kings' 85-83 win over the Phoenix Suns, the Indiana Pacers edged the Charlotte Hornets 103-102 and the Minnesota Timberwolves were 112-101 winners over the Detroit Pistons.
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