OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER guard Dion Waiters, right, tries to work the ball inside as Denver Nuggets forward Will Barton defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game on Tuesday in Denver. The Thunder won, 110-104
Durant finished with 30 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Thunder, who have won five in a row.
Westbrook scored 27 points and added 12 assists but fell five rebounds shy of another triple-double. He had two straight coming in and five on the season.
Pelicans 114, T-Wolves 99
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anthony Davis scored 35 points and New Orleans overcame an early 17-point hole to beat Minnesota.
Jrue Holiday scored 19 points and Tyreke Evans added 13 for the Pelicans, who’ve won three of four and are four games out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference with their next six games at home.
Eric Gordon scored 11 points but left the game late in the third quarter after apparently jamming a finger on his right hand.
Andrew Wiggins scored 21 points and Karl-Anthony Towns added 20 points and 13 rebounds for Minnesota, which has lost 10 of 11. Ricky Rubio added 15 points, but the Timberwolves were outscored 63-39 in the second half.
Pacers 97, Suns 94
PHOENIX (AP) — Monta Ellis scored 20 points, Paul George had 19 and Indiana beat Phoenix to end a threegame losing streak.
George added eight rebounds and Myles Turner scored 15 points for Indiana.
Bucks 91, Heat 79
MIAMI (AP) — Khris Middleton scored 22 points, Greg Monroe added 15 and Milwaukee clamped down defensively on short-handed Miami throughout.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 14 points for the Bucks.
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