Houston, March 21 (BNA): Stephen Curry scored 30 points and Klay Thompson added 29 as the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets, 121-108, on Monday night.
The game was close in the way before the Warriors used a 12-2 lead early in the fourth quarter to pull away and hang on for their first away win since Jan. 30 in Oklahoma City, the Associated Press reports.
Going into game seven in the Western Conference, the Warriors have been stellar at home this season (29-7) but struggled on the road, as Monday’s win improved them to just 8-29.
Worst Rockets in the Western Conference had 21 points and 12 rebounds from Terry Eason.
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NEW YORK: Julius Randle scored 57 points to tie the third-highest total in Knicks history, but Minnesota got off to a solid start and a solid finish to beat New York.
Taurean Prince scored a season-high 35 points and went 8-for-8 from 3-point range for the Timberwolves, while Mike Conley added 24 points and 11 assists. His three free throws gave Minnesota the lead for good with 2:17 remaining.
The Timberwolves made over 70% of their shots in the first half and drove 17 before Randle put the Knicks back with 26 points in the third quarter.
He finished tied with Richie Guerin behind the only two 60-point games in Knicks history, Carmelo Anthony’s 62 on January 24, 2014, and Bernard King’s 60 on Christmas Day 1984. But the Knicks snapped their three-win streak.
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Philadelphia: Zach LaVine scored 26 points and DeMar DeRozan 25 Chicago defeated Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76 in double overtime for their eight-game winning streak.
Nikola Vucevic added 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Bulls, who won three straight games and five of six. Chicago is fighting for the final game in the East.
Embiid scored 37 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks before losing with 3:54 remaining in the second overtime. This was the tenth consecutive game in which he scored at least 30 points.
Philadelphia could have clinched a playoff spot with a win, but the 76ers struggled when Embiid left the field after a foul on LaVine.
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Memphis: Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points, including a key layup with 17 seconds left, as Memphis beat Dallas for Ja Morant’s first game with the team after an eight-game NBA suspension.
Santee added 22 checkers for the Grizzlies and Desmond Bane finished with 17 as Memphis won for the sixth time in seven games.
Kyrie Irving led the Mavericks with 28 points, but missed all eight of his shots in the fourth quarter as Memphis edged Dallas 29-12 in the period.
Morant wasn’t dressed for the game but was on the bench for Memphis, and walked off to a standing ovation from the crowd just before the tip-off. The NBA assessed the suspension after video from a Denver-area strip club earlier this month showed Morant brandishing a gun.
Meanwhile, the Mavericks were once again without leading scorer Luka Doncic, who missed his fifth game with soreness in his left groin.
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Salt Lake City: Ochai Agbaje scored 27 points, including six 3-pointers, to lead Utah over Sacramento.
Kelly Olynyk scored 19 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Jazz. Chris Dunn added 18 points and 10 assists. Udoka Uzubuike had a career-high 13 points and a season-best eight rebounds.
Eight players scored double points for the Jazz, who shot 52% from the field.
Dearon Fox scored 37 points and seven assists to lead the Kings. Keegan Murray added 22 points.
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CHARLOTTE, NC: Kelly Ober Jr. scored 28 points and Charlotte erased a 21-point halftime deficit to beat Indiana and snap a six-game losing streak at home.
Terry Rozier added 23 points and Gordon Hayward had 22 for the Hornets, who outscored the Pacers 19-4 over the final six minutes to deal with their postseason hopes with a big blow.
Nick Richards was strong in the second half for Charlotte, finishing with 14 points and 17 rebounds.
Miles Turner and Buddy Held each had 20 points for the Pacers, who entered the night 1 1/2 games behind Chicago for 10th in the Eastern Conference standings.
The Hornets trailed 105-96 with 6:23 left but a 13-0 lead put them in control as the Pacers went scoreless for over five minutes.