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Russell Westbrook has led the way for Oklahoma City with 45 points as the Thunder beat Dallas 109--98.

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Russell Westbrook scored 45 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the short-handed Dallas Mavericks 109-98.

The NBA scoring leader made 16 of 29 shots after being named an All-Star reserve earlier in the night.

He had eight rebounds and three assists, ending his triple-doubles streak at three games.

Victor Oladipo added 17 points and Steven Adams had 15 for the Thunder as they won their third straight.

Harrison Barnes scored 31 points, and Justin Anderson had 17 for the Mavericks.

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Elsewhere, Paul George scored 32 points after being picked for his fourth All-Star game to lead Indiana past Minnesota 109-103.

Myles Turner added 23 points, and Jeff Teague had 20 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds to help the Pacers snap a three-game losing streak.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 33 points and 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves after getting passed over for the Western Conference reserves.

Minnesota missed a chance for its first four-game winning streak since 2012.

Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists before leaving with a late injury as the Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 127-120.

Jokic went down hard under the Phoenix basket with one minute 47 seconds left.

He was on the floor for a while with the entire Nuggets team surrounding him. He finally stood and limped to the locker room as the Nuggets closed out their fifth straight home win.

Danilo Gallinari added 23 points, and Will Barton had 16 for Denver.


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