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Each of the five starters Golden State scored double while the Warriors eliminated the Indiana Pacers 112 to 89 Thursday night in Oakland.

Indiana Pacers 89-112 Warriors of the State of the Gold

Each of the five starters Golden State scored double while the Warriors eliminated the Indiana Pacers 112 to 89 Thursday night in Oakland.

DeMarcus Cousins ​​contributed six points to the race in the third quarter on his return to the lineup as the reigning NBA champions (49-22), who had lost three of their previous four at home, were able to keep a half-game lead over Denver. (48-22) in their duel for the best record of the Western Conference.

Meanwhile, the Pacers (44-29) saw their lead over Boston (43-29) reduced to half a game in their fight for the fourth favorite in East.

The Warriors used an 18-10 burst at the end of the second quarter to take a 53-43 advantage at half-time, before breaking the game early in the third period.

The cousins ​​had three goals, Kevin Durant a three-pointer and Draymond Green a three-point play in an 11-0 burst that doubled what had been an 11-point lead, putting the hosts in a decisive lead of 70 -48 just after the middle point. of the third period.

By winning for the fourth time in their last five games, the Warriors have won 28 times before the end of the third quarter before returning home.

The Cousins, who had missed the last two games of Golden State's four-game trip with a sore ankle, recorded a double double of 19 points and 11 rebounds in 26 minutes of action.

Klay Thompson (18 points), Durant (15), Stephen Curry (15), Andre Iguodala (11) and Green (10) also scored double-digit for the Warriors, who had lost their previous home game against Phoenix.

Curry completed his 15 points with seven badists. He made five of his 12 three-point shots, nearly outpacing the Pacers (6 of 23) from behind.

Tyreke Evans had 20 points at the top of the game, and Thaddeus Young, 18, for the Pacers. Aaron Holiday had 13 points and Doug McDermott 11 for Indiana.

Denver Nuggets 113-108 Washington Wizards

Nikola Jokic had 15 points and 11 badists while the visiting Denver Nuggets defeated the Washington Wizards 113-108.

The Nuggets, who started playing a half-match behind Golden State in the Western Conference, have won five straight victories.

Eight Nuggets scored two figures, including Paul Millsap, Gary Harris, Jamal Murray and Torrey Craig, who scored 15 points each.

With a score of 90-90, Craig hit a three-pointer that marked the start of a 10-0 run limited by Malik Beasley's triple. Bradley Beal's consecutive hits pushed Washington inside 102-98 with 3:37 to go.

Beal hit again when his steal and pitching reduced the Nuggets' lead to 106-104 with a time remaining at 1:53, but Denver got a faceoff for Murray and, after a loss of Beal, a three point pointer from Will Barton.

The Wizards made four free throws in the 111 to 108 points, but Thomas Bryant missed a three-point attempt. Harris missed two free throws, but got the rebound and got two with 7.3 seconds to seal the win.

Beal scored 25 points for the wizards, Bryant scored 22 and Tomas Satoransky had 16 points and 10 badists.

Utah Jazz 114-117 Atlanta Hawks

Rookie Trae Young scored 23 points, including the three-point play with 1: 47 to play, while the Atlanta Hawks were hanging to beat the visitor, Utah Jazz, 117-114.

Dewayne Dedmon, of Atlanta, made a free kick at 6.2 seconds to give the Hawks a 117-114 lead. Kyle Korver of Utah then missed two free throws, the second on purpose, and Donovan Mitchell missed the three-pointer that was picked up by Kent Bazemore of Atlanta at the end of the clock.

The win broke Atlanta's three-game series and broke Utah's five-game winning streak. The teams share their two-game series.

Young gave the Hawks the advantage for good when he scored in check and made a free throw for a 112-110 lead. He added 11 badists for his 25th double of the season.

Dedmon, who had three in four free throws in the last 19 seconds, finished with 18 points and nine rebounds. John Collins, embarrbaded by fouls for the third consecutive game, was limited to nine points and eight rebounds before collapsing in the fourth quarter.

Utah, who was playing the second half of a series of consecutive sets on the road, got 34 points from Mitchell, his second straight game to 30 points. Ricky Rubio scored 17 points, Derrick Favors added 15 points and 15 rebounds and Rudy Gobert added 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Minnesota Timberwolves 106-113 Hornets Charlotte

Kemba Walker scored 31 points as host Charlotte Hornets emerged as a well-deserved 113-106 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Hornets scored seven runs in the beginning of the fourth quarter to get a margin of work, then led up to 11 in the last stretch, the last at 111-100.

The Hornets (32-39) had lost four of their previous five and 11 of their previous 15. They remain 10th in the Eastern Conference standings, but are now in three games of 8th place behind Miami with the tiebreaker in front of the Heat. The Timberwolves (32-40) lost five times in a row.

The Hornets also earned 14 points from Malik Monk, 13 points from Marvin Williams and Jeremy Lamb, 11 points and 12 rebounds from Miles Bridges and 10 points from Willy Hernangomez.

Karl-Anthony Towns led the Timberwolves with 21 points and 16 rebounds, and added six badists. Andrew Wiggins scored 20, Dario Saric 15, Tyus Jones 14 and Josh Okogie and Gorgui Dieng 10 each.

The teams were tied 25-25 after a quarter. The Hornets then took a 54-51 lead at halftime and went from 81 to 78 after three quarters. Minnesota created the 81-81 tie, but the Hornets returned to work at that point and kept control of the rest of the course.

The closest to the Timberwolves was five in the last minute.

Detroit Pistons 118-98 Phoenix Suns

Wayne Ellington scored 23 points, six-three points, while the visiting Detroit Pistons moved aside to beat the Phoenix Suns 118-98.

Ellington has made two consecutive 20-point outings for the first time since 2015. He had 25 points against Cleveland on Monday.

Blake Griffin of Detroit scored 17 points, seven rebounds and eight badists, despite four shots on 17 of the field. Andre Drummond provided 16 points and 19 rebounds, and Luke Kennard also scored 16 points to help the Pistons win for the third time in four games.

Devin Booker led the Suns with 26 points and rookie Deandre Ayton added 20 points and eight rebounds. Mikal Bridges added 13 points and seven badists.

Detroit, who overtook the Suns 46-35, beat Phoenix 31-18 in the fourth quarter. The Pistons also made 19 Suns turnovers in 22 points as they started a series of four straight games on the road against teams from the Western Conference.

The Pistons led 87-80 before the fourth goal. Drummond bleached a fast dunk after a Phoenix roll to make it 93-84. Kennard flew and accumulated to increase the two-digit lead with 9:20 left. Drummond followed with a dunk before a Booker basket put an end to the Pistons race.

When Smith hit a rider in the middle of the quarter, Detroit had a lead of 106-86.

Dallas Mavericks 100-116 Kings of Sacramento

Buddy Hield scored 29 points and Harrison Barnes scored eight points in the third quarter against his former team to lead the Sacramento Kings host to a 116-100 home win over the Dallas Mavericks.

The Kings rebounded after taking a 25-point lead in the fourth quarter on their last outing against Brooklyn on Tuesday, resulting in a 123-121 loss.

Sacramento opened a 15-point lead in the third quarter on Thursday, but saw Dallas reduce its deficit to 74-67 when Checking Trey Burke. The teams traded three-point jumps and Sacramento took an 84-76 lead in the fourth quarter.

The Mavericks were 87-81 at the beginning of the fourth inning, but unlike on Tuesday, the Kings did not flinch and won for the second time only in their last six games. The Mavericks lost for the 10th time in 11 games.

Hield is connected on seven three points and has now completed 238 treys in this campaign. He is followed by Peja Stojakovic by only two for the maximum in a season in the history of the Kings.

Marvin Bagley III moved from the Sacramento bench to score 22 points, grab 12 rebounds and block four shots. Willie Cauley-Stein also recorded a double-double with 10 points and 18 rebounds.

From "Aaron Fox" recorded 15 points, nine badists and four blocks for the Kings.

Former Kings forward Justin Jackson led the Mavericks with 19 points. Luka Doncic scored 13 points and collected 10 boards.

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