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NBA: Spurs rally past Warriors for sixth straight victory

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De'Aaron Fox scored 27 points and Victor Wembanyama added 26 to send the San Antonio Spurs into the All-Star break on a six-game winning streak after beating the Golden State Warriors 126-113 Wednesday night.

Wembanyama followed up his 40-point performance against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night with another strong outing to give the Spurs a 38-16 record at the break. After missing the playoffs the past six seasons, the Spurs have the second-best record in the Western Conference.

Keldon Johnson scored 21 for San Antonio.

Draymond Green had 17 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Warriors. Moses Moody and De'Anthony Melton also scored 17 for Golden State.

The Spurs cut a 13-point deficit to four at halftime, but the Warriors opened it back up with three straight 3-pointers to begin the third quarter, with Melton hitting two and Moody one.

Golden State built the lead to 16 before the Spurs closed the third on a 24-8 run to tie the score at 94 on Fox's jumper at the buzzer.

 

Leonard’s clutch play lifts Clippers

Kawhi Leonard scored 19 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and his three-point play with two seconds remaining gave the Los Angeles Clippers a 105-102 victory over the Houston Rockets.

Leonard, who had 12 rebounds, extended his career-best streak of 20-point games to 33.

The Clippers led by four points when Kevin Durant made one of two free throws before a layup by Alperen Sengun cut the lead to 102-101 with 43 seconds left. Leonard missed a 3-pointer and Jabari Smith Jr. grabbed a rebound to give Houston the ball.

Sengun shot 1 for 2 from the line with 7.2 seconds left to tie it and Leonard got the rebound before the Clippers called a timeout. Leonard then made a fadeaway jumper as he was fouled and hit the free throw to make it 105-102.

Houston had a chance to tie it, but Tari Eason’s shot was off.

Durant led the Rockets with 21 points and Reed Sheppard added 17 off the bench.

 

Merrill’s big game keeps Cavs hot

Sam Merrill scored a career-high 32 points on 11-of-12 shooting, Donovan Mitchell added 30, and the surging Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 138-113 victory over the Washington Wizards in James Harden's first home game wearing wine and gold.

Harden had 13 points and 11 assists in 28 minutes for his second double-double in three games since being traded by the LA Clippers to the Cavaliers on Feb. 4. He was only 1 of 4 from the field but went 10 of 12 from the foul line.

Cleveland has won five straight and 10 of its last 11.

Mitchell, fifth in the league in scoring at 29.0 points per game, had his 28th 30-point game. Jarrett Allen had 21 points and nine rebounds.

The Cavs have won 15 straight games over the Wizards since 2022, the second-longest run against a team in franchise history.

Merrill had 26 points in the first half, making all nine of his shots from the field, including seven 3-pointers. It was the third time in franchise history a player had been perfect when making nine or more shot attempts in the first half.