PHOENIX (AP) — Channing Frye scored a season-high 30 points before sitting out the final 9½ minutes to watch Phoenix wrap up its romp over Denver.
Frye, who missed all of last season for treatment of an enlarged heart, made 12 of 16 shots, 5 of 7 3-pointers, to fall three points shy of his career high.
Markieff Morris scored 16 and Goran Dragic 15 for the Suns, who never trailed and improved to 3-0 against Denver this season with one game to play.
Anthony Randolph scored a season-best 19 for the Nuggets, who have lost four of five and were without guard Randy Foye because of a stomach virus. Evan Fournier, Ty Lawson and Wilson Chandler added 17 points apiece for Denver.
THUNDER 108, KINGS 93
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 30 points to lead Oklahoma City past Sacramento.
Durant, coming off a career-high 54 points Friday against Golden State, shot 10 for 15 from the field and had nine assists. He scored at least 30 points for the seventh straight game.
Serge Ibaka added 20 points and Reggie Jackson had 16 for the Thunder, who won their third straight.
Isaiah Thomas scored a career-high 38 points for the Kings, but he slowed in the second half as the Thunder pulled away. DeMarcus Cousins added 16 points and 14 rebounds for Sacramento.
Rudy Gay scored just six points for the Kings and was ejected after picking up two technical fouls in the fourth quarter.
LAKERS 112, RAPTORS 106
TORONTO (AP) — Nick Young returned from suspension to score 29 points, Pau Gasol had 22 and Los Angeles beat Toronto for just its third win in 15 games.
Young scored 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Lakers overcame a 19-point first-half deficit. They won back-to-back games for the first time since beating Memphis on Dec. 17 and Minnesota on Dec. 20.
Ryan Kelly scored 17 in his first career start and Kendall Marshall had 10 points and 11 assists. The Lakers are 16-25 at the season’s midpoint.
DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, Kyle Lowry had 21 and Patrick Patterson 17 for Toronto, which had won six straight at home.
SPURS 110, BUCKS 82
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Patty Mills had 20 points, Tim Duncan had 11 points and 13 rebounds in limited action, and San Antonio kept Milwaukee winless in the new year.
Marco Belinelli scored 14 points, Jeff Ayres and Nando De Colo had 13 points apiece, and Kawhi Leonard added 11 points in 21 minutes for San Antonio.
Brandon Knight scored 21 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 11 points and John Henson had 10 points and 11 rebounds for Milwaukee, which has lost nine straight.
San Antonio was without starters Tony Parker and Tiago Splitter, former starter Danny Green and 3-point specialist Matt Bonner.
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