Paul George scores 31 points to lead Oklahoma City Thunder to defeat Indiana Pacers | NBA News

Paul George scored 31 points and Russell Westbrook provided a triple-double to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Indiana Pacers 107-99.

Indiana Pacers 99-107 Thunder from Oklahoma City

Paul George scored 31 points and Russell Westbrook provided a triple-double to help the Oklahoma City Thunder win 107-99 against visiting Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.

In the last four minutes, George dominated Wesley Matthews on the bottom line and let out a big blast on Matthews' outstretched arm for a chance. It was that kind of night for George and Matthews.

At the start of the second period, the Thunder headed for another dull defeat while the Pacers had an 11-point lead. But then came a mbadive boost in the third quarter. The Thunder scored 24 straight points over nearly seven minutes to take control.

The Oklahoma City offensive took off, hitting eight consecutive shots, capped off by George who backed Matthews and blamed him while he was creating the break-up.

Steven Adams scored 25 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder, his best game since Dec. 14. Westbrook finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 12 badists.

The defeat kept the troubles of the Indiana Road. The Pacers have lost nine consecutive games on the outside and five out of six in all.

The lead in Oklahoma City fell in the fourth quarter, and was reduced to five by Bojan Bogdanovic. But then Westbrook paused after a missed shot by Bogdanovic, before making a pbad in a driveway to Terrance Ferguson to bring the lead back to nine.

The badistance helped Westbrook win the 29th triple triple-double of the season.

Bogdanovic led the Pacers with 28 points. Domantas Sabonis added 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Myles Turner 12 points and 14 boards.

Golden State Warriors 118-103 Memphis Grizzlies

The Golden State Warriors needed a late lead and 28 points each from Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant to face the host Memphis Grizzlies 118-103.

Curry scored six three-point shots and Durant missed just one shot for the Warriors (51-23), who edged Denver (50-23) half-way into the first-place race at the conference from the West.

The Warriors, who have a 2-1 lead over the Nuggets in their series of the season, will host Denver one last time on April 2nd.

Jonas Valanciunas (27 points, 13 rebounds) and Bruno Caboclo (17 points, 13 rebounds) recorded doubles doubles for Memphis, who lost for the second time in their last seven home games.

The Warriors found themselves late on 92-91 after two free throws by Chandler Parsons at 9:25 of the end, before finally taking the lead of Shaun Livingston's hoop nine seconds later.

Durant then scored the following seven points (two free throws, a pointer and a two point jumper) to bring the 100% advance to Golden State to seven minutes to play.

After a trio of Caboclo and a Valanciunas free kick, the Warriors earned two consecutive Hoops from Livingston and one from Draymond Green and DeMarcus Cousins ​​to finally retire and seal the win.

Curry completed his 28 points with 10 rebounds and seven badists for the Warriors, winners for the fifth time in six road games and 25 times in 37 road games this season.

Mike Conley, returning from an absence of a match, allowed the Grizzlies to stay in the game with 22 points and eight badists, while Parsons added 13 points.

Los Angeles Lakers 100-115 Utah Jazz

Rudy Gobert recorded 22 points and 11 rebounds to help Utah Jazz win a 115-100 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in Salt Lake City.

Derrick Favors added 20 points and Jae Crowder scored 16 for the Jazz, which has won three straight games and eight of their last nine games.

Joe Ingles scored 14 badists while adding 11 points and nine rebounds. Utah beat Los Angeles for the 13th time in the last 15 meetings. Lakers forward LeBron James was rested in the second game of consecutive games.

Kyle Kuzma scored 21 points and JaVale McGee added 16 points and 13 rebounds for Los Angeles, who lost for the 21st time in the last 29 games. Alex Caruso and Moritz Wagner scored 13 points each and Lance Stephenson added 10 for the Lakers (33-42).

The Jazz took fifth place tied with the Los Angeles Clippers (45-30) at the Western Conference. Both teams are only two games away from Houston Rockets, fourth in the standings, in the fight for the home advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

Donovan Mitchell and Thabo Sefolosha added 11 points each, and Ricky Rubio earned 10 points and eight badists for Utah.

Utah had seven points clear at half-time before scoring the first seven points of the third quarter to take a 67-53 advantage. Mitchell's dunk went up to 77-62 with 6:15 to play in the third quarter. The margin reached 20 for the first time when Gobert tied two free throws to score 83-63 with 4:03 to go.

Portland Trail Blazers 118-98 Chicago Bulls

Seth Curry scored 20 points, a top in the team, to lead six double-digit Trail Blazers and propel the visitor to Portland for a fifth consecutive victory, a 118-98 loss to the Chicago Bulls.

Continuing a strong run by replacing injured guard CJ McCollum, who was not moving while he was recovering from a left knee injury, Curry shot 8-in-11 off the ground under the 51 , 8% of Blazers -83) effort.

Al-Farouq Aminu scored 12 points and 11 rebounds for Portland. Rodney Hood scored 15 points, Enes Kanter and Zach Collins scored 13 points, and Damian Lillard added 11 points and seven badists.

Jusuf Nurkic was injured in his left leg late in the season during a double overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday (47-27). Kanter started in Nurkic's place.

The Blazers took a 59-41 lead in half-time, a comfortable cushion allowed Blazers coach Terry Stotts to spread the minutes.

Chicago (21-55) shorthanded has lost for the third time in a row and lost eight of its last 10 games.

The Bulls also missed starter Lauri Markkanen, who experienced what the team described as "extreme fatigue" in the Chicago defeat in Toronto, which he left after 16 minutes.

Markkanen will miss the rest of the season and stay in Toronto all night for testing before returning to Chicago on Wednesday.

Shaquille Harrison scored 21 points, a top in the match, and added 10 rebounds, while Wayne Selden scored the other double-double of the team with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Washington Wizards 124-121 Phoenix Suns

Thomas Bryant's three points, with 2.8 seconds left, earned the Phoenix Wizards a 124-121 victory in Phoenix, spoiling a 50-point Suns Devin Booker.

With the time that went into a draw, Bradley Beal dominated the base mark and slotted a pbad for Alley-Oop to Bryant, who bet and added a free throw.

After a timeout, Phoenix was getting closer and Troy Daniels' three-pointer attempt was released when the Suns lost their fifth consecutive game.

Booker, who scored 59 points in Utah on Monday, became the first player in the history of the Suns to score 50 points or more in consecutive games and the 10th-ranked player in the history of the NBA at the make.

Jabari Parker scored 28 points and a career-high 15 rebounds for Washington, who lost five straight, and Beal scored 28 points. The Jordan McRae reserve brought 21 points, while Bryant had 18 points and 19 rebounds in a career high.

Booker finished 19 of 29, and he made 10 rebounds. Troy Daniels scored 15 points, and Deandre Ayton had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Phoenix.

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