HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NBA GAMES PLAYED ON TUESDAY (WEDNESDAY AEDT)
SPURS 108 beat THUNDER 94 - Kawhi Leonard scored 36 points and the San Antonio Spurs held Russell Westbrook scoreless in the fourth quarter for a 108-94 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Westbrook had 27 points, 14 assists and six rebounds in 34 minutes, but was shut out after scoring 14 points in the third. LaMarcus Aldridge added 25 points for San Antonio, who improved to 17-6 at home. Patty Mills scored eight points from 15 minutes of court time.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich collected his 1,126th career victory, leaving him one shy of tying the league record for most wins with one franchise held by Utah's Jerry Sloan.
WIZARDS 117 bt KNICKS 101 - Bradley Beal went shot for shot with Carmelo Anthony, and then some, as Washington blew out New York to move into a tie for first place in the Southeast Division.
Beal scored 28 points, Markieff Morris had 24 and John Wall added 15 points and 13 assists as the Wizards rolled to their fifth victory in a row and won for the 11th time in 13 games. Beal was 12 of 18 from the floor, while Anthony was 10 of 17 for 26 points.
With New York big man Kristaps Porzingis out with illness, Washington's Marcin Gortat was unchallenged inside and scored 15 points on seven-of-seven shooting.
RAPTORS 108 bt PELICANS 106 (OT) - Kyle Lowry had 33 points and 10 assists and made the tiebreaking jumper with 4.3 seconds left in overtime as Toronto outlasted New Orleans.
Jonas Valanciunas added 20 points and 12 rebounds, while Lowry matched his season high from three-point range, going six-of-14. It was the Raptors' third straight win over the Pelicans and their ninth in the past 11 meetings.
Jrue Holiday scored 30 points and Anthony Davis had 18 points and 17 rebounds for his 30th double-double as the Pelicans lost their second straight.
ROCKETS 105 bt KINGS 83 - Ryan Anderson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Eric Gordon added 17 points and Houston used a big second-quarter run to beat Sacramento.
Anderson shot six-of-12 from three-point range and Houston went 14-of-45 from behind the arc as a team.
James Harden finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, and Clint Capella had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Rockets, who shot 45 per cent. DeMarcus Cousins had 16 points and seven rebounds for the Kings, who shot 35 per cent.
TRAIL BLAZERS 115 bt HORNETS 98 - Damian Lillard scored 27 points and Portland handed Charlotte their fifth successive loss.
Allan Crabbe added 21 points off the bench for the Blazers, who have won four of their past five games.
Kemba Walker scored 22 points for the Hornets and moved into third place on the team's career scoring list. Nicolas Batum, who spent his first seven seasons in Portland, added 18 points and eight rebounds.
LAKERS 120 bt NUGGETS 116 - Nick Young scored 23 points, Lou Williams added 21 and Los Angeles survived a frantic fourth quarter to snap their seven-game home losing streak against Denver.
Rookie Ivica Zubac scored a career-high 17 points for the Lakers, who snapped their three-game skid despite getting outscored 40-39 in the wild final period.
Wilson Chandler scored 12 of his 26 points in the fourth for the Nuggets, whose three-game winning streak ended with just their third loss in 10 games.
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