James Harden had 22 points and nine assists and Derrick Jones Jr. added 17 points as the Los Angeles Clippers extended their winning streak to four games with a 104-88 victory Friday against the visiting Sacramento Kings at Inglewood, Calif.

Kevin Porter Jr. scored 14 points, Amir Coffey had 11 and Ivica Zubac added 10 points with 15 rebounds as the Clippers extended their home winning streak to seven games after losing the first four contests in their new arena.

Los Angeles won consecutive games without leading scorer Norman Powell (23.3 points per game), who is out with a left hamstring strain.

The Clippers improved to 1-1 and the Kings fell to 0-2 in West Group A of the NBA Cup.

De’Aaron Fox scored 29 points and Domantas Sabonis added 24 points with 15 rebounds after missing the previous two games with a back injury. DeMar DeRozan chipped in 16 points after missing three games with his own back issue.

Los Angeles took charge early, leading by as many as 14 points in the first quarter to take a 26-12 lead as Sacramento was held to 19 percent shooting from the floor.

It was more of the same in the second quarter as the Kings were limited to 17 points and Los Angeles took a 51-29 lead into halftime. It was the lowest-scoring half by any team in the NBA this season.

Sacramento came to life in the third quarter, cutting what was once a 25-point deficit to seven at 58-51 less than six minutes into the second half. The Clippers held a 76-64 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Again the Kings got within single digits at 96-88 with 2:46 remaining before the Clippers put away the victory with an 8-0 run. Sacramento missed seven 3-point attempts in the final 2:09.

The Clippers held an opponent under 100 points for the third consecutive game and for the fifth time in their past 10 games. Los Angeles grabbed a season-high 54 rebounds Friday.

The Clippers committed 12 turnovers one game after they turned it over a season-high 25 times in a victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday.

–Field Level Media

Naji Marshall scored a career-high 26 points, P.J. Washington had 22, and the visiting Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 123-120 on Friday night in the NBA Cup West Group C game.

Kyrie Irving finished with 19 points, Quentin Grimes added 14, Daniel Gafford 13 and Dereck Lively II had 11 and two blocks down the stretch for Dallas, which played without Luka Doncic.

Doncic missed the Mavericks’ win Sunday at Oklahoma City, returned for the win over New Orleans on Tuesday but will now be out for at least four games due to a right wrist injury.

Nikola Jokic had 33 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in his return after missing three games for the birth of his second child. Christian Braun and Michael Porter Jr. scored 17 points each, Russell Westbrook added 16, Peyton Watson had 15 and Jamal Murray 14 for Denver.

The Nuggets trailed by 24 points early in the third, but Westbrook hit two 3-pointers and Murray fed DeAndre Jordan on an alley-oop to cut the Mavericks’ lead to 99-97 early in the fourth.

Four free throws gave Dallas a 106-100 lead when Jokic checked back in. Westbrook hit his third 3-pointer in the fourth quarter and Watson hit a corner 3-pointer to give the Nuggets a 108-106 lead, their first of the game.

They were ahead 113-108, but Washington made a driving layup and converted a three-point play to tie the score with 2:08 left. Lively blocked shots by Jokic shot and Westbrook on consecutive possessions, Grimes hit two free throws and Washington a layup with 49.7 seconds left to give Dallas a 117-113 lead.

Murray hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left but Irving made two free throws for a 121-118 lead.

The Mavericks led 73-53 at intermission, and Washington and Gafford opened the second half with dunks to put Dallas ahead 77-53, but Denver rallied. Porter dunked and hit a 3-pointer and Watson made two layups during a 15-0 run that cut the deficit to 81-75.

The Mavericks took a 95-89 lead into the fourth.

–Field Level Media

Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his second triple-double of the season with 37 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks led wire-to-wire in a 129-117 win over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Friday night in an NBA Cup game.

Damian Lillard had 24 points and 12 assists for his third straight double-double to help Milwaukee win its third in a row. The Bucks have won five of their past six since opening the season 2-8.

Six players scored in double figures for Milwaukee. The others were Gary Trent Jr. (18 points), Bobby Portis (17), Taurean Prince (13) and Brook Lopez (11).

Indiana trailed by as many as 25 points in the third quarter and lost for the fifth time in its past six games. The Pacers shot 11 of 34 (32.4 percent) from 3-point range and fell to 0-2 in the NBA Cup.

Trailing 93-79 at the start of the fourth quarter, Indiana used a 16-3 run to cut the deficit to 108-102 with 5:52 remaining. Milwaukee withstood the rally and improved to 2-0 in the NBA Cup.

Antetokounmpo recorded his 47th career triple-double, and the Bucks, who shot 53.3 percent from the field and 17 of 36 (47.2 percent) from 3-point range.

Pascal Siakam led Indiana with 25 points. Bennedict Mathurin had 20 points, nine rebounds and three steals, Tyrese Haliburton scored 18 points to go with nine assists, Myles Turner had 15 points, and T.J. McConnell chipped in 12 points and eight assists off the bench.

Milwaukee scored the game’s first 10 points and led 34-22 at the end of the first quarter. Antetokounmpo had 13 points in the opening period.

Obi Toppin scored with 1:18 left in the second quarter to cut the deficit to 48-44, but the Bucks closed the half on a 10-0 run to lead 58-44.

Indiana was held to 38.1 percent shooting from the field and 26.7 percent (4 of 15) from beyond the arc in the first half. Portis had 17 points to lead all scorers.

Lillard hit back-to-back 3-pointers to extend Milwaukee’s lead to 75-55 with 7:52 left in the third quarter.

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Dillon Brooks scored a season-high 28 points and Tari Eason added 22 off the bench as the Houston Rockets rolled to a 116-88 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.

Brooks shot 10 of 15 from the floor and finished 6-for-8 on 3-pointers, leading Houston to its seventh win in its past eight games. The Rockets improved to 2-0 and the Trail Blazers are 1-1 in West Group A of the NBA Cup.

Eason added eight rebounds and two steals in 22 minutes. Amen Thompson had 10 points and 11 rebounds off the bench. Jalen Green tallied 17 points and Alperen Sengun totaled 14 points and nine rebounds. All five Houston starters logged 30 minutes or fewer in advance of a back-to-back set with the Trail Blazers on Saturday.

Shaedon Sharpe and Deni Avdija scored 13 points apiece for Portland, which shot 33 percent while committing 21 turnovers, which the Rockets converted into 28 points.

The Trail Blazers took advantage of the Rockets’ ragged start, darting to an 8-0 lead as Houston committed three turnovers in the first two-plus minutes of the game. But when Brooks converted a layup with 4:36 left in the opening period, the Rockets secured their first lead at 11-10. They did not relinquish the lead and extended the margin to 31-20 entering the second by closing the first quarter on an 11-3 run that featured a pair of 3-pointers by Green, who made three shots from beyond the arc in the frame.

Houston recorded seven assists on 10 field goals before the start of the second quarter. Sharpe completed a three-point play that sliced the Rockets’ lead to 51-40 with 4:10 to play in the half. Houston closed the half with a 14-5 run, which included a layup and 3-pointer from Brooks and two free throws by Green to take a 65-45 lead at the break.

After Portland sliced a 27-point deficit to 81-66 in the third, Brooks knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and Sengun added a dunk to push the Rockets’ lead to 89-66. Eason made three transition dunks bridging the first third and fourth quarters to help Houston take a 100-73 cushion.

–Field Level Media

Andrew Wiggins poured in a season-best 30 points, Stephen Curry added 19 and the Golden State Warriors clinched first place in West Group C of the NBA Cup with a 112-108 road victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.

Draymond Green chipped in with 11 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Warriors, who improved to 3-0 in tournament play. Golden State will play in the NBA Cup quarterfinals on Dec. 10 or Dec. 11.

Trey Murphy III went for a season-best 24 points and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl compiled a 19-point, 12-rebound double-double off the bench for the Pelicans, who fell to 1-2 in Cup play.

In a game in which neither team led by more than 10, the Pelicans closed within 102-99 on a Brandon Boston Jr. 3-pointer with 3:17 remaining. Curry countered with a backdoor layup off a Green feed, and when Wiggins dropped in a pair of free throws with 1:59 to go, suddenly the Golden State lead was seven again.

But the Pelicans weren’t done. Murphy drilled a pair of 3-pointers down the stretch, including one with 14 seconds remaining that closed the gap to 110-108. Boston then stole a Green pass, giving New Orleans a chance to tie or go ahead, but Murphy misfired from 30 feet and Green closed out the scoring with a pair of free throws.

Wiggins, whose point total was one higher than his previous season-best, hit 9 of 14 shots and all nine of his free throw attempts en route to his third straight 20-point performance.

Curry had seven rebounds and a team-high seven assists, while Trayce Jackson-Davis grabbed a team-high-tying eight rebounds to go with nine points. Buddy Hield contributed 12 points and Brandin Podziemski scored 11 for the Warriors, who improved to 7-2 on the road this season.

Playing just his fifth game after opening the season with a hamstring injury, Murphy connected on 5-of-9 3-point attempts. Both teams made 12 threes in the contest.

Brandon Ingram had 18 points, Boston added 16 and Javonte Green tallied 15 for the Pelicans, who lost their fourth straight and are 1-10 since a 3-3 start. Both Ingram and Boston matched Curry’s game-high seven assists.

Golden State led 87-84 entering the fourth quarter after trailing 63-62 coming out of halftime.

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Zach LaVine scored 26 points and Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White added 20 apiece to spark seven Chicago players in double figures and boost the Bulls to a 136-122 victory against the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday in an NBA Cup game.

Nikola Vucevic posted 18 points and 13 rebounds for Chicago. Josh Giddey scored 18 points, while Jalen Smith (13) and Dalen Terry (12) were next.

Chicago reached a season high in points while blocking a season-best 10 shots, led by four from Vucevic, to help offset three Hawks with 20-plus points. The Bulls have won two of three after surrendering at least 143 points in losses to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Houston Rockets last weekend.

Atlanta’s Jalen Johnson had 25 points and 13 rebounds, Trae Young contributed 25 points and 13 assists and Clint Capela amassed 21 points and 11 rebounds.

The Hawks led by four points in the early going but struggled to establish a rhythm on offense. Atlanta shot 45.8 percent overall from the floor compared to 57 percent for the Bulls, but the visitors were hampered by a 10-for-34 effort (29.4 percent) from 3-point range.

Atlanta’s Bogdan Bogdanovic connected on 4-of-8 3-point attempts on the way to 16 points. De’Andre Hunter added 14 points for the Hawks.

White dished nine assists for Chicago.

LaVine and Dosunmu sparked a balanced Bulls attack in the early going, scoring 12 points apiece in the first half to help Chicago to a 58-51 lead at the break.

Johnson (13 points) and Capela (11) led the Hawks in the first half. Atlanta trailed by as many as 12 in the final minute of the second quarter but recovered with a 5-0 run entering the break, including a Young layup on a goaltending violation by Dosunmu.

Chicago improved to 1-1 in East Group C of the NBA Cup while Atlanta fell to 2-1. Group play continues on Tuesdays and Fridays through Dec. 3 to determine an eight-team knockout bracket later in the month.

The Bulls have won both matchups with the Hawks so far this season, having recorded a 12-point victory in Atlanta on Nov. 9.

–Field Level Media