Draymond Green scored a career-high 31 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the Chicago Bulls 112-102 on Saturday to set a franchise record with their 12th straight victory.
Klay Thompson added 24 points for the Warriors, who extended their league-best record to 17-2.
Jimmy Butler led the Bulls with 24 points, while Pau Gasol added 22 points and 20 rebounds.
The Warriors improved to 10-1 on the road. They previously won a franchise-record 11 straight games from Dec. 29, 1971 to Jan. 22, 1972.
The Bulls fell to just 2-5 at home.
During the warmup, Chicago point guard Derrick Rose wore a black “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt, referring to a New York man who died on July 17 after a police officer placed him in a chokehold when he was being arrested for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.
A grand jury decided it would not indict the officer in Eric Garner’s death.
A recording of the arrest showed Garner gasping: “I can’t breathe” during the fatal encounter.
Thousands have protested the grand jury decision around the US.
76ERS 108, PISTONS 101, OT
In Auburn Hills, Michigan, Hollis Thompson’s three-pointer in the final seconds sent the game to overtime as Philadelphia outlasted Detroit in a matchup of the teams with the NBA’s two worst records.
Detroit (3-17) dropped their 11th straight and now lead the 76ers (2-18) by only a game in the standings. Philadelphia have won two of three since starting the season 0-17.
Thompson tied it at 100 when he sank a fadeaway shot from the right corner with 13.4 seconds left in regulation. The Pistons managed only one point in overtime.
The teams entered with a combined record of 4-34, the second-worst in NBA history for teams about to play each other — with a minimum of 38 combined games.
The 76ers and the Buffalo Braves were 4-35 entering their meeting on Nov. 24, 1972, according to STATS.
Robert Covington scored 25 points for Philadelphia, while Josh Smith led Detroit with 23 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
MAGIC 105, KINGS 96
In Sacramento, California, Tobias Harris scored a season-high 27 points for Orlando, while Channing Frye made a game-changing three-pointer late in the fourth quarter.
Victor Oladipo had 16 points, seven assists and five rebounds, helping the Magic to their second straight win following back-to-back losses to Golden State and the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Magic (9-14) led most of the game and were up by 16 early in the fourth quarter, before holding off a late Sacramento push to end a four-game losing streak to the Kings.
Darren Collison scored 22 points for Sacramento, while Jason Thompson had 18.
The Kings have dropped five of six.
Saturday’s other results:
‧ Rockets 100, Suns 95
‧ Spurs 123, Timberwolves 101
‧ Clippers 120, Pelicans 100
A sumo star was born in Japan on Sunday when 24-year-old Takerufuji became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a top-division tournament on his debut, triumphing at the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka despite injuring his ankle on the penultimate day. Takerufuji, whose injury had left him in a wheelchair outside the ring, shoved out the higher-ranked Gonoyama at the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the crowd, giving him an unassailable record of 13 wins and two losses to claim the Emperor’s Cup. “I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going
The US’ Ilia Malinin on Saturday produced six scintillating quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel, in the men’s free skate to capture his first figure skating world title. The 19-year-old nicknamed the “Quad god,” who is the only skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition, dazzled with an array of breathtakingly executed jumps starting with his quad Axel and including a quadruple Lutz in combination with a triple flip and a quadruple toe loop in combination with a triple toe. He added an unexpected triple-triple combination at the end to earn a world-record 227.79 in the free program for a championship
Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter is being criminally investigated by the IRS, and the attorney for his alleged bookmaker said Thursday that the ex-Los Angeles Dodgers employee placed bets on international soccer — but not baseball. The IRS confirmed Thursday that interpreter Ippei Mizuhara and Mathew Bowyer, the alleged illegal bookmaker, are under criminal investigation through the agency’s Los Angeles Field Office. IRS Criminal Investigation spokesperson Scott Villiard said he could not provide additional details. Mizuhara, 39, was fired by the Dodgers on Wednesday following reports from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN about his alleged ties to an illegal bookmaker and debts well
MLB on Friday announced a formal investigation into the scandal swirling around Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter amid charges that the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar was the victim of “massive theft.” The Dodgers on Wednesday fired Ippei Mizuhara, Ohtani’s long-time interpreter and close friend, after Ohtani’s representatives alleged that the Japanese two-way star had been the victim of theft, which was reported to involve millions of dollars and link Mizuhara to a suspected illegal bookmaker in California. “Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara from the news media,” MLB