Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook each had double-doubles as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 110-104 on Tuesday night.
Durant finished with 30 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Thunder, who have won five in a row.
Westbrook scored 27 points and added 12 assists, but fell five rebounds shy of another triple-double. He had two straight coming in and five on the season.
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The Thunder have won 20 of 24 and are the only team in the Northwest Division with a winning record. They are 12 games in front of Utah.
Danilo Gallinari scored 27 points, but only seven after halftime for the Nuggets. Kenneth Faried had 17 points and 15 rebounds for the Nuggets.
PACERS 97, SUNS 94
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In Phoenix, Arizona, Monta Ellis scored 20 points, Paul George had 19 and Indiana beat Phoenix to end a three-game losing streak.
George added eight rebounds and Myles Turner scored 15 points for Indiana.
Devin Booker had a career-high 32 points for the Suns, who lost for the 14th time in 15 games and fifth in a row. Brandon Knight added 21 points.
The Suns fought back to trail 95-92 with 3.8 seconds left after an off-balance three-pointer by Knight, but the Suns did not have enough time to complete the comeback.
The Pacers led by 20 points in the third quarter, with the Suns struggling all night to make shots. Joe Young’s three made it 71-51 with 3:08 to go, part of the rookie’s 11 points.
BUCKS 91, HEAT 79
In Miami, Khris Middleton scored 22 points, while Greg Monroe added 15 as Milwaukee clamped down defensively on short-handed Miami throughout.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 14 points for the Bucks, who have now beaten Miami five consecutive times.
Hassan Whiteside scored 23 points and grabbed 18 rebounds for Miami, who have dropped two straight and trailed by at least 22 in each of those games. Chris Bosh scored 23 and Luol Deng added 11 for the Heat.
Dwyane Wade played through shoulder pain and had only two points in 21 minutes.
Miami was without four players, including point guards Goran Dragic and Beno Udrih for the second straight contest. The offense struggled without them, as Miami shot only 36.5 percent.
PELICANS 114, TIMBERWOLVES 99
In New Orleans, Anthony Davis scored 35 points as New Orleans overcame an early 17-point hole to beat Minnesota.
Jrue Holiday scored 19 points and Tyreke Evans added 13 for the Pelicans, who have won three of four and are four games out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference with their next six games at home.
Eric Gordon scored 11 points, but left the game late in the third quarter after apparently jamming a finger on his right hand.
Andrew Wiggins scored 21 points and Karl-Anthony Towns added 20 points and 13 rebounds for Minnesota, who have lost 10 of 11. Ricky Rubio added 15 points, but the Timberwolves were outscored 63-39 in the second half.
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