OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 37 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Philadelphia 76ers 122-112 on Sunday night for their eighth straight victory.
Westbrook made just 6 of 20 shots in the first half, when he was knocked to the ground trying to take a charge as Joel Embiid threw down a dunk over him. He was 8 of 13 in the second half and also had 14 assists and nine rebounds.
Paul George scored 31 points, and Steven Adams added 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Thunder. Embiid had 27 points and 10 rebounds, and Ben Simmons added 22 points for the 76ers.
The Thunder said guard Andre Roberson is expected to miss the rest of the season after having surgery on a ruptured left patella tendon. Roberson, who was a second-team All-Defense selection last season, was injured when his knee buckled and he fell Saturday at Detroit.
CAVALIERS 121,
PISTONS 104
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James had 25 points, 14 assists and narrowly missed his second straight triple-double, and Cleveland sent Detroit to its eighth straight loss.
Cleveland has won consecutive games for the first time since a five-game winning streak Dec. 9-17.
James was 8 of 15 from the field, 8 of 9 from the foul line and had eight rebounds. Kevin Love had 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Tobias Harris and Anthony Tolliver each scored 20 points for the Pistons.
RAPTORS 123,
LAKERS 111
TORONTO (AP) — Fred VanVleet scored a career-high 25 points, DeMar DeRozan had 19 and Toronto snapped Los Angeles’ winning streak at four games.
Kyle Lowry had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Jonas Valanciunas added 13 points and 10 rebounds to help the Raptors win their seventh straight over the Lakers.
The victory guarantees the Raptors will have the second-best record in the Eastern Conference through Feb. 4, meaning Dwane Casey will coach Team LeBron in the All-Star Game. Boston’s Brad Stevens, whose Celtics lead the Eastern Conference, is ineligible after coaching last year’s game.
Julius Randle had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Jordan Clarkson also scored 17 points for the Lakers.
CLIPPERS 112,
PELICANS 103
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Blake Griffin had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and made a crushing 3-pointer with 43 seconds left, leading Los Angeles past New Orleans in the Pelicans’ first game since a season-ending injury to All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins.
Lou Williams added 22 points, and DeAndre Jordan had 12 points and 19 rebounds for the Clippers.
Anthony Davis had 25 points and 17 rebounds for the Pelicans. They’d won seven of eight coming in, but were playing for the first time all season without Cousins, who averaged 25.2 points and 13.9 rebounds before tearing his Achilles tendon in the final seconds of a victory over Houston on Friday night.
ROCKETS 113, SUNS 102
HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden had 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead Houston.
Harden fell two assists shy of his third triple-double of the season. The Rockets beat Phoenix for the 14th time in their past 16 meetings, including seven straight.
Devin Booker had 31 points and 10 assists for Phoenix, shooting 5 for 9 from beyond the arc. He scored 21 points in the second half to keep the Suns close. T.J. Warren added 24 points.
BUCKS 110, BULLS 96. WITH AP PHOTOS.
CHICAGO (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points, nine rebounds and eight assists to help Milwaukee improve to 3-0 since interim coach Joe Prunty replaced the fired Jason Kidd.
Khris Middleton added 20 points and seven rebounds.
Denzel Valentine scored 18 points for the Bulls.
