Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Grizzlies snap Clippers' 5-game winning streak



Grizzlies 90, Clippers 87

Mike Conley scored 18 points and recorded a game-winning steal in the final seconds, and the Memphis Grizzlies edged the Los Angeles Clippers.

Chris Paul scored 30 points and handed out 10 assists to lead the Clippers, who had a five-game winning streak snapped.

Los Angeles (37-20) had an opportunity to take the lead on two occasions, but Conley, who also had seven assists, stripped Paul of the ball with 1.9 seconds left as Memphis (41-14) won for the 12th time in 14 games.

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Heat 119, 76ers 108

The Miami Heat got 29 points from Luol Deng to beat the Philadelphia 76ers.

Goran Dragic, playing just his second game with the Heat, had 23 points and 10 assists as Miami (24-31) posted a season high in points. Philadelphia (12-44) scored more than 100 for just the third time in 33 games.

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Celtics 115, Suns 110

Isaiah Thomas burned his former team with six of his 21 points in the final 1:37 as the Boston Celtics held on to beat the Phoenix Suns.

Thomas was traded from Phoenix to Boston (21-33) four days ago at the deadline.

The Suns (29-28) had won their last three since trading away five players.

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Nets 110, Nuggets 82

Deron Williams had 16 points and 12 assists, center Brooks Lopez scored 19 points and pulled down nine rebounds and the Brooklyn Nets beat the slumping Denver Nuggets.

The 28-point win is Brooklyn's (23-31) largest margin of victory since beating Oklahoma City by 31 on Nov. 3.

source: www.abs-cbnnews.com