UNDATED (AP) — The Golden State Warriors have ended their longest skid of the season by downing the NBA’s No. 1 team.
The Warriors had dropped four in a row before Draymond Green recorded his 26th career triple-double with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in a 131-119 downing of the Jazz. Stephen Curry had 32 points with six 3-pointers to go with nine assists.
Andrew Wiggins added 28 points as Golden State returned home for a rare Sunday matinee at Chase Center, where the Warriors had played just once over the previous 24 days.
Rudy Gobert had 24 points and a career-high 28 rebounds for Utah, which became the league’s last team to reach double-digit losses. The Jazz are 28-10 and two games ahead of Philadelphia for the overall lead. The 76ers are taking on the Spurs right now.
Checking out Sunday’s other NBA action:
— Playing in front of home fans for the first time in 368 days, the 76ers stayed atop the Eastern Conference with a 134-99 blowout over the Spurs. Tobias Harris dropped in 23 points and Seth Curry added 21 in the Sixers’ first game since losing Joel Embiid to a left knee injury. Ben Simmons returned from a two-game COVID absence and had 14 points with nine assists as Philadelphia moved a game ahead of the Nets in the conference standings.
— Jaylen Brown scored 24 points and Jayson Tatum added 23 as the Boston Celtics coasted to a 134-107 win over the Houston Rockets. It’s the fifth win in six games for the Celtics, who overwhelmed a team playing with only one of its regular starters in Victor Oladipo. The Rockets have lost 16 in a row, one off the team record set in 1968.
— Jimmy Butler scored 29 points and Tyler Herro added 22 off the bench as the Miami Heat rallied from a small fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Orlando Magic 102-97. The Heat won their fourth straight game and for the 10th time in 11 games. All-Star center Nikola Vucevic scored 17 of his 38 points in the third quarter for Orlando, which lost its eighth straight.
— Zion Williamson scored 27 points, Brandon Ingram added 23 and the New Orleans Pelicans took their second straight lopsided victory with a 135-115 rout of the Los Angeles Clippers. Lonzo Ball hit five 3s and finished with 20 points for New Orleans, which shot an NBA season-high 65.4% on 81 attempts. Kawhi Leonard scored 23 and Reggie Jackson 18 before both sat out the fourth quarter of the Clippers’ fourth loss in five games.
— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points and Aleksej Pokusevski had a career-high 23, helping the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies 128-122. Kenrich Williams added 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting for the Thunder, who trailed by as many as 12. Ja Morant had 22 points and seven assists for Memphis, which lost for the third time in four games.
— John Collins scored 22 points and Danilo Gallinari had 20 in the Hawks’ fifth consecutive win, 100-82 over the Cavaliers. The Hawks led only 69-66 before opening the final quarter with 12 consecutive points to stretch the advantage to 15 points. Collins set a season high with 13 rebounds and Trae Young scored 14 points.
— Anthony Edwards scored a career-high 34 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 114-112. Ricky Rubio added 15 points, including eight free throws in the final seconds. Karl-Anthony Towns had 13 points as Minnesota started with just 10 players after rookie Jaden McDaniels was added to the health and safety protocols before the game.
— Rookie Patrick Williams had a career-best 23 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to an easy win over the Toronto Raptors, 118-95. Zach LaVine scored 15 to help the Bulls end a two-game slide. Coby White had 13 points and Wendell Carter Jr. added 12 points and 11 rebounds after the two were removed from the starting five for the first time this season.
