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April 1, 2013, Monday
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JEREMY Lin was among Houston's top scorers as the Rockets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 98-81 on Saturday to firm their grip on seventh place in the NBA Western Conference playoff race.
After losing two games in the absence of injured top scorer James Harden, the Rockets managed to win without their shooting guard, with Lin, Chandler Parsons and Francisco Garcia scoring 15 points apiece.
Elsewhere, Oklahoma City moved with two games of San Antonio for the West lead by beating Milwaukee, Utah and the Los Angeles Lakers both won to stay locked together in the fight for the last West playoff spot, Dirk Nowitzki hit a last-gasp 3-pointer to lift Dallas over Chicago, Memphis downed Minnesota to overtake the Clippers, and Golden State closed in on a playoff berth by beating Portland.
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant scored 30 points and Russell Westbrook had a triple-double in the Thunder's 109-99 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Durant shot 10 of 19 from the field and 9 of 10 from the free throw line to stay on pace to join Larry Bird in 1986-87 as the only players to average more than 28 points while shooting over 50 percent from the field, 90 percent from the line and 40 percent from 3-point range.
Westbrook had 23 points, 10 assists and 13 rebounds.
Career high
Ersan Ilyasova had 29 points and 14 rebounds for Milwaukee.
Utah's Randy Foye scored 26 points, tying a career high with eight 3-pointers, as the Jazz downed the Brooklyn Nets 116-107.
The victory was the fourth straight for Utah, which holds the tiebreaker over the Lakers if the two teams remain on identical win-loss records. Brook Lopez led Brooklyn with 27 points, while former Utah player Deron Williams had 21 on 6-of-14 shooting, with 11 assists.
The Lakers kept pace with a 103-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings. Kobe Bryant scored 19 points and tied a season high with 14 assists despite a nagging left foot injury. Bryant added nine rebounds and instigated the Lakers' play after Steve Nash exited early in the first quarter with a hamstring injury.
Bryant also passed Lakers great Wilt Chamberlain (31,419 points) for fourth on the NBA's career scoring list.
Dwight Howard added 24 points and 15 rebounds for Los Angeles, which hosts 10th-place Dallas in a critical match tomorrow.
Tyreke Evans had 21 points and nine rebounds for Sacramento.
The Mavericks stayed 1-1/2 games behind Utah and the Lakers thanks to Nowitzki's 3 with only 2.9 seconds on the clock, giving Dallas a 100-98 win over the Chicago Bulls.
The Mavericks trailed by 12 in the fourth quarter, but Nowitzki scored Dallas' last eight points in a closing 15-1 run over the final 3 minutes of the game. He finished with a season-high 35 points.
After losing two games in the absence of injured top scorer James Harden, the Rockets managed to win without their shooting guard, with Lin, Chandler Parsons and Francisco Garcia scoring 15 points apiece.
Elsewhere, Oklahoma City moved with two games of San Antonio for the West lead by beating Milwaukee, Utah and the Los Angeles Lakers both won to stay locked together in the fight for the last West playoff spot, Dirk Nowitzki hit a last-gasp 3-pointer to lift Dallas over Chicago, Memphis downed Minnesota to overtake the Clippers, and Golden State closed in on a playoff berth by beating Portland.
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant scored 30 points and Russell Westbrook had a triple-double in the Thunder's 109-99 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Durant shot 10 of 19 from the field and 9 of 10 from the free throw line to stay on pace to join Larry Bird in 1986-87 as the only players to average more than 28 points while shooting over 50 percent from the field, 90 percent from the line and 40 percent from 3-point range.
Westbrook had 23 points, 10 assists and 13 rebounds.
Career high
Ersan Ilyasova had 29 points and 14 rebounds for Milwaukee.
Utah's Randy Foye scored 26 points, tying a career high with eight 3-pointers, as the Jazz downed the Brooklyn Nets 116-107.
The victory was the fourth straight for Utah, which holds the tiebreaker over the Lakers if the two teams remain on identical win-loss records. Brook Lopez led Brooklyn with 27 points, while former Utah player Deron Williams had 21 on 6-of-14 shooting, with 11 assists.
The Lakers kept pace with a 103-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings. Kobe Bryant scored 19 points and tied a season high with 14 assists despite a nagging left foot injury. Bryant added nine rebounds and instigated the Lakers' play after Steve Nash exited early in the first quarter with a hamstring injury.
Bryant also passed Lakers great Wilt Chamberlain (31,419 points) for fourth on the NBA's career scoring list.
Dwight Howard added 24 points and 15 rebounds for Los Angeles, which hosts 10th-place Dallas in a critical match tomorrow.
Tyreke Evans had 21 points and nine rebounds for Sacramento.
The Mavericks stayed 1-1/2 games behind Utah and the Lakers thanks to Nowitzki's 3 with only 2.9 seconds on the clock, giving Dallas a 100-98 win over the Chicago Bulls.
The Mavericks trailed by 12 in the fourth quarter, but Nowitzki scored Dallas' last eight points in a closing 15-1 run over the final 3 minutes of the game. He finished with a season-high 35 points.
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