Basketball

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 34 points, Thunder beat short-handed Nuggets 105-100

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the short-handed Denver Nuggets 105-100 on Wednesday night in a matchup of teams near the top of the Western Conference standings.

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Towns leads Timberwolves in 121-87 win over Mavs team missing Doncic and Irving

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 29 points and nine rebounds for the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 121-87 victory over the depleted Dallas Mavericks , who played Wednesday night without stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving.

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Magic stave off fourth-quarter rally and topple Spurs 108-98

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Paolo Banchero scored 25 points, Franz Wagner added 20 and the Orlando Magic held on to beat the San Antonio Spurs 108-98 on Wednesday night.

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Butler scores 31 points to help Heat beat Kings 115-106 and snap 7-game skid

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 31 points and the Miami Heat snapped a seven-game skid with a 115-106 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

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Valanciunas and Ingram lead Pelicans past Rockets 110-99 to snap 3-game skid

HOUSTON (AP) — Jonas Valanciunas scored 25 points, Brandon Ingram added 24 and the duo combined for 24 rebounds to help the New Orleans Pelicans snap a three-game skid with a 110-99 win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.

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Donovan Mitchell scores 45 points, Cavs hold off Pistons 128-121 in Darius Garland's return

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 20 of his 45 points in the fourth quarter, Darius Garland had 19 points in his return from a broken jaw and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off the NBA-worst Detroit Pistons 128-121 on Wednesday night.

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Leonard, Harden help Clippers pull away from Wizards, 125-109

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points, James Harden added 25 and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away with a big third quarter to beat the Washington Wizards 125-109 on Wednesday night .

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Coby White scores 35 points to help Bulls hand Hornets their fifth straight loss 117-110

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Coby White scored 35 points, Nikola Vucevic added 22 points and 12 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls outlasted Charlotte 117-110 on Wednesday night to send the Hornets to their fifth straight loss.

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Nets' Ben Simmons sidelined by a knee injury just 1 game after returning from a back injury

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons won't play Wednesday for the Brooklyn Nets because of a knee injury, one game after returning from a 38-game absence with a back injury.

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Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland returns from broken jaw suffered in December

CLEVELAND (AP) — For the first time in more than six weeks, the Cleveland Cavaliers are nearly complete. Point guard Darius Garland, who broke his jaw on Dec. 14 in Boston, returned Wednesday night against the Detroit Pistons. Coach J.B.

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