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CHICAGO - Draymond Green scored a career-high 31 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Chicago Bulls 112-102 on Saturday night to set a franchise record with their 12th straight victory.Klay Thompson added 24 points for the Warriors, who extended their league-best record to 17-2.Jimmy Butler led the Bulls with 24 points. Pau Gasol added 22 points and 20 rebounds.The Warriors improved to 10-1 on the road. They previously won a franchise-record 11 straight games from Dec. 29, 1971-Jan. 22, 1972.The Bulls fell to just 2-5 at home.During warmups, Chicago point guard Derrick Rose wore a black I Cant Breathe T-shirt, referring to a New York man who died July 17 after a police officer placed him in a chokehold when he was being arrested for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.A grand jury decided it would not indict the officer in Eric Garners death. A videotape recording of the arrest showed Garner gasping, I cant breathe during the fatal encounter. Thousands have protested the grand jury decision around the country.76ERS 108, PISTONS 101, OTAUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Hollis Thompsons 3-pointer in the final seconds sent the game to overtime, and Philadelphia outlasted Detroit in a matchup of the teams with the NBAs two worst records.Detroit (3-17) dropped its 11th straight and now leads the 76ers (2-18) by only a game in the standings. Philadelphia has won two of three since starting the season 0-17.Thompson tied it at 100 when he sank a fadeaway shot from the right corner with 13.4 seconds left in regulation. The Pistons managed only one point in overtime.The teams entered with a combined record of 4-34, the second-worst in NBA history for teams about to play each other — with a minimum of 38 combined games. The 76ers and Buffalo Braves were 4-35 entering their meeting Nov. 24, 1972, according to STATS.Robert Covington scored 25 points for Philadelphia. Josh Smith led Detroit with 23 points, and he also had eight rebounds and seven assists.MAGIC 105, KINGS 96SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tobias Harris scored a season-high 27 points for Orlando, and Channing Frye made a game-changing 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter.Victor Oladipo had 16 points, seven assists and five rebounds, helping the Magic to their second straight win following back-to-back losses to Golden State and the Los Angeles Clippers.The Magic (9-14) led most of the game and were up by 16 early in the fourth quarter before holding off a late Sacramento push to end a four-game losing streak to the Kings.Darren Collison scored 22 points for Sacramento, and Jason Thompson had 18. The Kings have dropped five of six.ROCKETS 100, SUNS 95HOUSTON (AP) — Trevor Ariza and Pat Beverley each scored 19 points, leading Houston to its fourth straight win.The Rockets improved to 16-4 by winning for the seventh time in the nine games All-Star centre Dwight Howard (knee strain) has been out.The Rockets led by as many as 22 points. The Suns used an 8-2 run, capped by a tip-in by PJ Tucker, to cut the lead to 97-93 with 21.9 seconds remaining.But Beverley made three free throws to make it 100-93 and Houston held on for the win.Eric Bledsoe led the Suns with 23 points.SPURS 123, TIMBERWOLVES 101SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Marco Belinelli scored 20 points, Tim Duncan had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and San Antonio rolled to the easy win.The Spurs had seven players score in double figures. Kawhi Leonard and Cory Joseph had 18 points apiece, and Boris Diaw finished with 17.San Antonio (15-5) had a season-high 30 assists.Zach LaVine had 22 points and Shabazz Muhammad added 20 for Minnesota (4-15), which has lost five straight.CLIPPERS 120, PELICANS 100LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin scored 30 points, going over 7,000 for his career, and Los Angeles rallied after blowing an 18-point, first-half lead to beat New Orleans for its seventh straight victory.J.J. Redick scored 13 of his 21 points in the first quarter, Jamal Crawford added 20, Chris Paul had 18 points and 16 assists, and DeAndre Jordan had 18 rebounds for Los Angeles. Griffin was one of just two starters to go to the free throw line, where he made 10 of 15.Anthony Davis scored 26 points, Ryan Anderson added 16 off the bench and Luke Babbitt had 12 after making four of five 3-pointers for New Orleans, which has dropped two straight and five of six. . MacIntyre stopped 49 shots and the Marlies defeated the Texas Stars 5-1 in Game 1 of the American Hockey Leagues Western Conference final. "I felt in control, so that was nice," MacIntyre said. . Dwyane Wade took over in the fourth quarter. . De La Rosa pitched six strong innings to win his sixth consecutive decision, Todd Helton homered and the Colorado Rockies snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers six-game winning streak with a 7-5 victory on Wednesday night. . Or how his team has defended Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Or just about anything that has happened on the court in the first-round playoff series. Instead, Rivers and his players spent Saturday talking about how they would respond to an audio recording of a man identified as Clippers owner Donald Sterling telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to games. . Neither striker Demba Ba nor Fernando Torres came close to scoring as Chelsea was left unsuccessfully appealing for penalties in this drab penultimate game of the season. "Our strikers are good strikers, no doubt about that, but players with some specific qualities," Mourinho said. ROME -- Roma extended its record Serie A start to 10 straight wins Thursday, as Marco Borriello scored in the 67th minute of a 1-0 victory over last-place Chievo Verona. For the second consecutive match, Roma struggled for long stretches but like in Sundays 1-0 win over Udinese, a second-half substitute proved decisive. Alessandro Florenzi came on in the 59th and eight minutes later provided a short pass within the area to Borriello, who headed in from close range off the post. "The numbers are important and I was the only one in attack missing from the scoring sheet," Borriello said after his first goal of the season. "Our objective is still the (Champions League)." The victory restored Romas five-point lead ahead of Napoli and Juventus, which are level second. With one more win, Roma can match Tottenhams 11 straight victories in 1960-61 for the best start in a major European league. The Giallorossis next match comes at Torino on Sunday. Roma had already broken the Serie A record for best start, previously held by Juventus. Juventus recorded eight opening victories in 1930-31 and 1985-86, and also won nine straight matches to start 2005-06 but was stripped of its title-winning season in the "calciopoli" match-fixing scandal. Perhaps even more impressive than the winning streak is Romas scoreline thus far, with 24 goals scored and only one conceded. "(Chievo) doesnt deserve to be last. Thhey played really well, as a squad," Roma coach Rudi Garcia said.dddddddddddd "I had said it would be a difficult match and I wasnt wrong. Were missing some key players in attack but the important thing was to win, make it 10 out of 10." Roma remained without captain Francesco Totti and key forward Gervinho, who are each injured and out for several weeks. Also, fullback Maicon was suspended. Romas last loss in Serie A came against Chievo at the Stadio Olimpico in May. For a while, it looked like Chievo might again come away with at least a point. While Roma dominated the first half, Chievo often defended with eight or nine men and the Giallorossi had trouble getting shots on goal. Marquinho and Kevin Strootman threatened for Roma with long-range efforts early on and Miralem Pjanic couldnt get his free kicks around or over Chievos wall. Unable to create much of anything at the start of the second half, Romas first-year coach Rudi Garcia sent on Florenzi for Marquinho and the match soon turned. Borriello had a chance to score again in the 81st but his shot was blocked, and Adem Ljajic put a dangerous, angled free kick on goal two minutes later but Chievo goalkeeper Christian Puggioni did well to push the shot over the bar. Chievo remained rock bottom, two points behind Catania and promoted Sassuolo. It was Chievos sixth consecutive loss, and the defeat could cost coach Giuseppe Sannino his job. ' ' '
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