Golden State win in NBA

Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant has suffered a sprained ankle in his side's 114-109 NBA loss to Golden State.

Golden State has rallied from an early 17-point deficit to beat Oklahoma City 114-109 in the NBA, with Stephen Curry having 34 points and nine assists.

The victory moved the Warriors two games clear of Memphis for the overall league lead, while Oklahoma City slipped to a mediocre 12-14 record and lost star player Kevin Durant to a sprained right ankle.

In other games, Anthony Davis led New Orleans to victory at Houston, Milwaukee used good outside shooting to edge Sacramento, and Chicago was too strong for struggling New York.

Golden State's Curry added seven rebounds, and Klay Thompson scored 19 points for the Warriors, who played without injured Australian centre Andrew Bogut (right knee) and forward David Lee (left hamstring) again. Bogut is out indefinitely.

Durant scored a season-high 30 points on 10-for-13 shooting in a spectacular first half that ended with him stepping on Marreese Speights' foot.

Oklahoma City had won seven straight games, which was the longest active streak in the league.

Houston's Anthony Davis had 30 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks to lead the Pelicans to a 99-90 win at Houston.

The Pelicans trailed by one early in the fourth quarter before using a 7-0 run to take a 79-73 lead and they didn't trail again. Ryan Anderson scored the last five points in that spurt to help New Orleans snap a six-game skid in Houston.

Houston's James Harden entered leading the NBA in scoring and had scored more than 40 points in two of his last three games. But he had a tough night by his standards and made just eight of 23 shots, finishing with 21 points.

Milwaukee sank 10 3-pointers in the first half and hung to edge Sacramento 108-107,

Chicago's Jimmy Butler scored a career-high 35 points to lead the Bulls to a 103-97 victory over New York.


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