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LOS ANGELES LAKERS GUARD Jordan Clarkson, right, handles the ball while Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson, left, defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Sunday. The Lakers won 112-95.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS GUARD Jordan Clarkson, right, handles the ball while Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson, left, defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Sunday. The Lakers won 112-95.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jordan Clarkson scored 25 points, D’Angelo Russell added 21 and the Los Angeles Lakers stunned the Golden State Warriors 112-95 on Sunday, handing the defending NBA champions just their sixth loss of the season, all on the road.

Kobe Bryant added 12 points in helping the Lakers earn one of the biggest upsets in NBA history and their biggest victory in a downtrodden farewell season for Bryant, who spent the fourth quarter on the bench resting his aching right shoulder.

Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 18 points on a day when they were awful offensively. Klay Thompson added 15 points, but the Splash Brothers were a combined 1 of 18 from 3-point range. In all, the Warriors missed 26 of 30 attempts from long range.

Rockets 113,
Raptors 107

TORONTO (AP) — James Harden had 40 points and 14 assists, and Houston ended Toronto’s franchise-record, 12- game home winning streak.

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The Raptors lost at home for the first time since Jan. 3 against the Chicago Bulls.

The Rockets also snapped their eight-game losing streak north of the border, winning in Toronto for the first time since the 2006-07 season.

Corey Brewer had 23 points off the bench for the Rockets, who trailed by as many as 18 points in the second quarter.

Thunder 104, Bucks 96

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kevin Durant had 32 points and 12 rebounds, Russell Westbrook posted his 10th triple-double of the season and Oklahoma City built a big early lead and held off Milwaukee.

Westbrook finished with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for the Thunder, who led by 21 with 6 minutes left in the third quarter before nearly getting overrun by the Bucks.

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Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo picked up his third triple-double of the season with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

Pistons 123,
Trail Blazers 103

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Reggie Jackson scored 30 points in another big game against Portland, and Detroit beat the Trail Blazers.

Jackson scored 40 points when Detroit beat Portland on Nov. 8, including 26 in the fourth quarter. He picked up right where he left off in Sunday’s rematch, scoring 11 points in the first quarter as the Pistons took a 30-16 lead.

Andre Drummond had 14 points and 18 rebounds for Detroit, and Marcus Morris added 19 points. Jackson had nine assists along with all of his scoring.

Damian Lillard led the Blazers with 26 points but shot 8 of 22 from the field.

Detroit led 58-51 at halftime, then scored the first nine points of the third quarter, taking a 16-point lead on Jackson’s driving layup.


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