US EditionKevin Durant, Rockets surge ahead, hold off Nuggets
Kevin Durant scored 31 points and Reed Sheppard added 28 as the Rockets snapped the Nuggets' six-game winning streak in a heated game featuring an ejection for coach David Adelman.
- Yesterday at Ball Arena in Denver, the Houston Rockets defeated the Denver Nuggets 115-101, with Kevin Durant scoring 31 points and Reed Sheppard adding 28.
- Amid a tense rematch after a fined remark, Houston shot 19 of 35 from long range, with Reed Sheppard and Josh Okogie sparking key scoring runs.
- As a result of limited offense, the Nuggets produced a rare low-scoring game, shooting 40% overall, after coach David Adelman was ejected with 8:40 left in the game and Nikola Jokic struggled with foul trouble, finishing with 25 points on 20 shots.
- Kevin Durant and Bruce Brown, Denver forward and former Nets teammate, exchanged heated words during a timeout, which Brown said crossed a line while Durant acknowledged his comments went too far.
- After treating the game like a playoff matchup, the Houston Rockets held off a Denver Nuggets late bench surge, and the teams do not meet again until March.
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Clippers rout Lakers, halt 3 skids; Luka Doncic injures leg
Kawhi Leonard scored 32 points with 12 rebounds, James Harden added 21 points with 10 assists and the Los Angeles Clippers ended an eight-game home losing streak with a 103-88 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday at Inglewood, Calif.
The Denver Nuggets were defeated by the Houston Rockets 115-101 in an NBA game today.
A large number of games took place on the NBA courts on the night between Saturday and Sunday. We have already reported on the performances of the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while numerous emotions were not lacking in the other challenges of the evening. On paper, the most interesting duel was the Los Angeles derby, where the LA Clippers surprised the LA Lakers by triumphing with the score 103:88. However, this match will be reme…
LA Daily News
Clippers beat depleted Lakers to end 5-game skid, home-court drought
Kawhi Leonard scores a season-high 32 points and James Harden adds 21 as the struggling Clippers top their cold-shooting, short-handed rivals for their first home win since Halloween, 103-88. LeBron James leads the Lakers with a season-high 36 points.
The winning streak of Jonas Valančiūnas' Denver Nuggets (20-7) has ended in the NBA.
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