Damian Lillard had 41 points and 11 assists as the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 116-109 overtime victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.
It was Lillard’s 15th straight game with 20-plus points, the second-longest streak in the NBA behind Kevin Durant’s 48. C.J. McCollum added 18 points for Portland, who moved into sixth place in the Western Conference.
John Wall had 20 points and 11 assists for the Wizards, who have lost three straight. Ramon Sessions added 21 points off the bench, while Marcin Gortat had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
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Wall hit a three-pointer with 15 seconds left in regulation to give Washington a 104-102 lead, but McCollum hit a pull-up jumper with 5.4 seconds to go to tie it at 104-104. The game went to overtime when Gerald Henderson swatted away Gortat’s attempted layup.
SPURS 116, TIMBERWOLVES 91
LaMarcus Aldridge had 29 points and seven rebounds to help San Antonio bounce back from a rare loss.
The Spurs (54-10) led by as many as 26 points in a game they played without Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and coach Gregg Popovich. David West scored 18 points as the Spurs shot 55.3 percent and only turned the ball over nine times.
Andrew Wiggins had 23 points and eight rebounds for the Timberwolves. Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 points and nine boards, while Zach LaVine scored 15 points.
The Spurs have not dealt with much losing this season and they responded to their 10th defeat of the season with a workman-like dismantling of the Timberwolves defense.
Even with their three mainstays out of the lineup and their peerless coach at home tending to a family issue, they did not miss a beat.
LAKERS 107, MAGIC 98
D’Angelo Russell scored 27 points and Jordan Clarkson added 24 as the Lakers won consecutive games for the second time since Jan. 3.
Julius Randle matched his career high with 23 points and had 11 rebounds in the Lakers’ first game since their jaw-dropping victory over defending champions Golden State on Sunday.
Los Angeles followed up that shocker with an outstanding group effort from the three key members of the club’s young core. Russell, Randle and Clarkson scored 20 points apiece in the same game for the first time.
Victor Oladipo scored 26 points and Evan Fournier had 23 for the Magic, who have lost three straight.
HAWKS 91, JAZZ 84
Jeff Teague scored 24 points to lead Atlanta to a road win.
The Hawks moved within one-and-a-half games of idle Miami for fourth spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Jazz fell two games behind Houston for the eighth and final spot in the West.
Teague added six assists, while Paul Millsap finished with 18 points and nine rebounds.
Gordon Hayward led the Jazz with 22 points, while Derrick Favors scored 16 points.
NUGGETS 110, KNICKS 94
Kenneth Faried had 24 points and 10 rebounds to help the Nuggets to their eighth straight win over the Knicks at the Pepsi Center.
Nikola Jokic scored eight of his 20 points in the fourth quarter as Denver ended the game with six players in double figures.
Carmelo Anthony finished with 30 points against his former team. He is now 0-3 when playing at his old stomping grounds since being traded to New York in February, 2011.
New York rookie Kristaps Porzingis was limited to six points in his return after missing a game with a bruised left leg.
RAPTORS 104, NETS 99
DeMar DeRozan had 25 points for Toronto, while Kyle Lowry added 23 points and nine assists.
Brook Lopez had 35 points — one shy of his season high — for the Nets, who lost the season series to the Raptors for the first time since 2009-2010.
The Raptors rallied from a 16-point halftime deficit to get back on track.
The Raptors got within two points courtesy of a 22-9 run over the final 5 minutes, 55 seconds of the third quarter and finally jumped in front on Patrick Patterson’s three-pointer to open the fourth.
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