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Bulls edge Mavs, Hawks dump Thunder

CHICAGO completed a Texas two-step by winning a hard-fought game 102-98 at Dallas on Friday, a day after handing San Antonio a heavy defeat.

The Bulls maintained their 4-1/2 game lead in the NBA Central Division but could make up no ground on runaway Eastern Conference leader Atlanta, which notched its 15th straight win by defeating Oklahoma City.

Among the Western Conference contenders, Houston edged Phoenix to close within a game of the Southwest Division lead, while overall league leader Golden State smashed Sacramento, with Klay Thompson scoring a record 37 points in the third quarter.

Chicago’s Derrick Rose scored 20 points and Jimmy Butler had 14 of his 20 in the second half to guide the Bulls to another impressive road victory which suggested the team was over a sticky patch that saw them lose six in eight.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points to lead the Mavericks, who missed a chance to go into a tie for the Southwest lead.

Atlanta put in another even team scoring performance to beat Oklahoma City 103-93 and stretch their remarkable winning streak.

Paul Millsap scored 22 points and Jeff Teague added 17 for the Hawks, whose streak is the longest in club history.

Houston’s James Harden scored 33 points, including a 20-foot jumper as time ran out which sealed a 113-111 win against Phoenix.

Harden’s 33 points came in the absence of injured star center Dwight Howard for three quarters.

Harden, the NBA’s leading scorer entering the night at 27.2 points per game, added 10 assists and six rebounds and made 14 of 17 free throw attempts.

Golden State’s Klay Thompson set an NBA record for most individual points in a quarter as he tallied 37 to help the Warriors cruise past Sacramento 126-101.

Thompson, who finished with a career-high 52 points, made all 13 shots in the third quarter, including a league-record nine from 3-point range. Golden State (35-6) became the 10th NBA team to win at least 35 games halfway through a season.

Cleveland put in a dominating performance to beat Charlotte 129-90 and notch a fifth straight win.

LeBron James scored 25 points for the Cavaliers.

San Antonio led from start to finish in beating the Los Angeles Lakers 99-85.

Toronto won 91-86 at Philadelphia and Miami hung on to top Indiana 89-87.

Boston’s Avery Bradley hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:24 left as the Celtics edged Denver 100-99.

Elswehere, New Orleans stopped Minnesota 92-84 and New York topped Orlando 113-106.




 

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