CJ McCollum scored 33 points and the hot-shooting New Orleans Pelicans posted a franchise-record point total in a 153-124 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.
The old team mark for points was set in New Orleans’ 149-129 win over the Sacramento Kings on Oct. 19, 2018.
Herbert Jones Jr. scored 22 points, Brandon Ingram put up 18, Jonas Valanciunas had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Zion Williamson added 17 points and a career-high 11 assists for the Pelicans, who wound up with a franchise-record 41 assists.
Collin Sexton scored 22, Simone Fontecchio had 18 and John Collins scored 14 for the Jazz, who lost their third straight game after a six-game winning streak. The Pelicans have alternated wins and losses for seven games.
Clippers 127, Lakers 116
Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points as part of his second career triple-double and the Los Angeles Clippers extended their winning streak to three games by beating the visiting Los Angeles Lakers.
Leonard added 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and teammate James Harden contributed 23 points and 10 assists. Paul George, Terance Mann and Norman Powell each scored 17 points and Russell Westbrook had 16 points as the Clippers won for the sixth time in seven games and improved to 20-4 since the start of December. One of those defeats was to the Lakers on Jan. 7.
D’Angelo Russell produced 27 points and 10 assists and Anthony Davis paired 26 points with 12 rebounds for the Lakers, who were without LeBron James (left ankle soreness). The Lakers are just 5-6 in a stretch in which they are playing 11 of 12 games in Los Angeles.
Thunder 111, Trail Blazers 109
Jalen Williams drained a game-winning jumper with two seconds remaining to lift Oklahoma City over visiting Portland.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma City with 33 points and 10 assists, but struggled with his shooting, going 10 of 24 from the floor.
The Blazers scored just 43 points in the second half to drop their sixth game in their last eight. Scoot Henderson led Portland with 19 points off the bench.
Nuggets 114, Pacers 109
Nikola Jokic had 31 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Jamal Murray also scored 31 points and Denver won at Indianapolis, spoiling Pascal Siakam’s home debut with Indiana.
Jokic’s triple-double was his 13th of the season. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 14 points and Reggie Jackson scored 13 off the bench for Denver, which has won three straight, all on the road.
Siakam, acquired from the Toronto Raptors last Wednesday, finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Myles Turner led the Pacers with 22 points, and T.J. McConnell scored 17.
Knicks 108, Nets 103
Jalen Brunson scored 30 points and Julius Randle also finished with 30 and converted a go-ahead dunk with one minute left as visiting New York rallied down the stretch for a victory over struggling Brooklyn.
After facing a nine-point deficit going into the fourth, the Knicks grabbed a 98-97 lead on Randle’s putback with four minutes left. New York emerged with its fourth win in a row.
Mikal Bridges sank a career-high seven 3-pointers and led all scorers with 36 points, but he was held to three in the fourth quarter as the Nets lost for the 11th time in 13 games.
–Field Level Media
