James dominates Kings; Durant powers Warriors

LeBronJames scored 32 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the SacramentoKings 101-95 on Wednesday to tie a team record for consecutive NationalBasketball Association wins.  The Cavs won their 13th straight, and theycan set a franchise record today against the Indiana Pacers.Clevelandpreviously won 13 in a row in March 2009 and in January-February 2010.Kevin Love scored 18 points with 13 rebounds for the Cavs, while JeffGreen scored 17 off the bench. Kyle Korver added 15 points as Clevelandrallied from a 14-point deficit in the third quarter. Zach Randolphpaced the Kings with 18 points, and JaKarr Sampson set a career highwith 16 rebounds.Warriors 101, Hornets 87Kevin Duranttotalled 35 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists as Golden State beatCharlotte without Stephen Curry and Draymond Green. Durant finished 13of 28 from the field and recorded his ninth career triple-double as theWarriors won while Curry sat with a sprained ankle and Green was outwith a shoulder injury.Klay Thompson added 22 for the Warriors, whowon their fifth straight and seventh in eight games. Kemba Walker ledCharlotte with 24 points. Nicolas Batum added 15 and Dwight Howardfinished with 14.Celtics 97, Mavericks 90Kyrie Irving scorednine of his 23 points in the fourth quarter as Boston beat Dallas.Irving scored seven points in a span of 3:05 and then added anotherbasket down the stretch to help Boston win its fourth straight. AlHorford had 17 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, three blocks andtwo steals. Rookie Jayson Tatum also scored 17 and grabbed 10 rebounds.Harrison Barnes led the Mavericks with 19 points and seven reboundswhile Dirk Nowitzki had 16 points.Spurs 117, Heat 105LaMarcusAldridge scored 18 points to lead a parade of teammates in doublefigures as San Antonio Spurs beat Miami. Eight of the 11 players who sawthe court for San Antonio scored in double figures as Bryn Forbes hitfor 17 points, Rudy Gay scored 16 and Patty Mills had 13 points. TylerJohnson led Miami with 25 points off the bench, while Dion Waitersscored 22 and Josh Richardson added 19.Pelicans 123, Nuggets 114DeMarcusCousins had 40 points and 22 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday was rightbehind with 27 points and seven assists to lift New Orleans over Denver.Playing without forward Anthony Davis, who missed his third consecutivegame with a strained adductor, the Pelicans erased an early 10-pointdeficit by pounding the ball inside to Cousins. The Nuggets were led byGary Harris with 24 points, but they dropped to 3-9 on the road.Knicks 99, Grizzlies 88CourtneyLee scored half of his 24 points in the second quarter as New York beatMemphis. Kristaps Porzingis returned from missing two games with anankle injury to added 18 points on 8-of-19 shooting.Enes Kanteradded 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who won for the secondtime in seven games. Marc Gasol scored 17 points, and Tyreke Evans added15 to lead the Grizzlies, who lost for the 11th time in 12 games.Bucks 104, Pistons 100AndreDrummond scored 27 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, but it was notenough for the Detroit in a loss to Milwaukee. Drummond hit 12 of 15shots but Detroit shot just 41.9% as a team and went 10-for-30 frombeyond the 3-point arc in its season-high fourth straight loss. TobiasHarris added 21 and Avery Bradley finished with 20 for the Pistons.Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds forMilwaukee, which also got 22 points from Eric Bledsoe and 21 from KhrisMiddleton.Magic 110, Hawks 106 (OT)Evan Fournier led allscorers with 27 points but left Orlando’s win over Atlanta early in theextra period with a badly sprained right ankle. Fournier hit 12 of 21shots and scored the first basket in overtime before limping off thecourt after landing on Nikola Vucevic’s foot during the follow-throughof his running floater.Aaron Gordon had 24 points and a season-high15 rebounds for Orlando (11-15) while Vucevic added 22 and a season-best16 rebounds. Dennis Schroder led the Hawks (5-19) with 26 points andseven assists.Pacers 98, Bulls 96Victor Oladipo scored 11 ofhis 27 points in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer with 31.1seconds left as Indiana rallied from a 16-point deficit in the final 91/2 minutes to beat Chicago. Oladipo made his shot after stealing theball from Chicago’s Denzel Valentine and was among five in doublefigures for Indiana.Bojan Bogdanovic added 17 points and DarrenCollison contributed 14. Kris Dunn scored 19 points for Chicago, whichdropped its 10th straight by getting outscored 29-13 and shooting 5 of18 in the fourth quarter.Timberwolves 113, Clippers 107Karl-AnthonyTowns totalled 21 points and 12 rebounds as Minnesota beat Los Angeles.Jimmy Butler and Jeff Teague added 19 points apiece for Minnesota,which shot 55%.Andrew Wiggins contributed 16 points as did TajGibson, who also grabbed 14 rebounds. Reserve Lou Williams and AustinRivers led the Clippers with 23 points. DeAndre Jordan collected 18points and 21 rebounds as Los Angeles fell to 0-4 since losing BlakeGriffin for two months to a left knee injury.