Thunder bounce back to down Grizzlies, Nuggets sink Jazz / Photo: Joshua Gateley - GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP
-
Japanese minnows one win from fairytale Champions League title
-
Rugby Australia eyes brighter future as Lions tour brings cash windfall
-
Blazers rally stuns Spurs after Wembanyama injury
-
Young Chinese use AI to launch one-person firms over job anxiety
-
Delicate extraction: Malaysia offers rare earths alternative to China
-
Oil, stocks fall as traders weigh outlook after Trump extends truce
-
Pope to visit prison on final leg of Africa tour
-
US military says key weapons system staying in South Korea
-
India strangles final Maoist bastion as mining looms
-
AI-powered robots offer new hope to German factories
-
Indonesia orangutan forest cleared for 'carbon-neutral' packaging firm
-
PGA Tour mulls pathway back for golfers as LIV plots survival
-
One month phone-free: Young Americans try digital detox
-
Questions about Tesla spending binge ahead of earnings
-
Rome summons Russian ambassador over insults against Meloni
-
US tells Afghans to choose Taliban home or DR Congo: activist
-
Nanomerics Secures US Patent Extending MET Platform Protection to the 2040s
-
John Ternus to lead Apple in the age of AI
-
SpaceX partners with AI startup Cursor, may buy it for $60 bn
-
Mexico pyramid shooter inspired by Columbine attack, pre-Hispanic sacrifices
-
Mexico pyramid shooter planned attack, fixated on US massacre
-
Mbappe on the mark as Real Madrid sink Alaves
-
Rosenior blasts Chelsea flops after 'unacceptable' Brighton defeat
-
Inter roar back to beat Como and reach Italian Cup final
-
Lens sweep past Toulouse to reach French Cup final
-
Brighton crush Chelsea to pile pressure on under-fire Rosenior
-
Strait of Hormuz blockade drives up costs at Panama Canal
-
Trump extends ceasefire, says giving Iran time to negotiate
-
Michelle Bachelet hopes the world is ready for a female UN chief
-
Nowitzki, Bird among eight inductees into FIBA Hall of Fame
-
Stocks fall, oil climbs amid uncertainty over US-Iran talks
-
Iran war means more orders for US defense giants
-
Mexico pyramid shooting was planned attack, officials say
-
Trump's messaging on Iran grows increasingly erratic
-
Churchill Downs buys Preakness for $85 million
-
Unregulated AI like speeding with no steering wheel: AI godfather Hinton
-
Tourists return to Rio viewpoint after shootout scare
-
Maradona's daughter slams 'manipulation' of family by his doctors
-
Abhishek's 135 powers Hyderabad to third straight IPL win
-
Vance still in Washington as uncertainty mounts over US-Iran talks
-
No.1 Jeeno seeks first major win at LPGA Chevron event
-
New batch of World Cup tickets to go on sale
-
Material girl: Madonna offers reward for missing clothes
-
Maker of Argentina's first Oscar-winning film, Luis Puenzo, dies at 80:
-
Rape retrial hears Weinstein 'preyed' on aspiring US actress
-
Arrests, hangings, blackout: Iran cranks up wartime repression
-
Seixas relishes 'steep' challenge at Fleche Wallonne
-
US Fed chair nominee says will not be controlled by Trump
-
Singapore's Tang gets second term at UN's patent agency
-
Taiwan leader postpones Eswatini trip after overflight permits revoked
Thunder bounce back to down Grizzlies, Nuggets sink Jazz
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder got back to winning ways with a 119-103 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.
Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Gilgeous-Alexander led the scoring to give the Thunder a morale-boosting victory after their defeat in Minnesota on Friday.
"We weren't at our best tonight but we did enough to win -- but we've still got to get better," Gilgeous-Alexander told NBC television.
Memphis flirted with an upset after starting brightly, taking an early seven-point lead in the first quarter before Oklahoma City took control in the second quarter.
Gilgeous-Alexander was backed by 24 points from Jalen Williams while Ajay Mitchell had 16 off the bench.
Gilgeous-Alexander's 31-point contribution extended his incredible scoring streak.
The Canadian star has now scored 20 points or more in 100 consecutive games, making him only the second player to achieve that feat after Wilt Chamberlain.
"My teammates let me shoot whatever shots I want to out there," Gilgeous-Alexander said.
"The coaching staff trust me and I put in the work to get better each and every day."
The win improved Oklahoma City's record to 26-3 at the top of the Western Conference standings. The Thunder play second-placed San Antonio on Tuesday.
In other games on Monday, the Denver Nuggets kept up their pursuit of Oklahoma City in the West with a 135-112 pummeling of the Utah Jazz in Colorado.
The Nuggets (21-7) led from start to finish with Nikola Jokic grabbing 14 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists for his 14th triple double of the season and the 178th of his career.
Only Oscar Robertson (181) and Russell Westbrook (207) have scored more triple doubles than the Denver star.
Jokic was backed with 27 points from Jamal Murray while Tim Hardaway Jr. had 21 off the bench for Denver. Cameron Johnson and Peyton Watson added 20 points each.
In the Eastern Conference, the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to three games with a 103-95 defeat of the Indiana Pacers.
The Celtics looked to be heading to a humbling defeat after Indiana (6-23) sprinted into a 20-point lead early in the third quarter.
But Boston outscored Indiana 60-34 in the second half to grab a win which leaves them in third place in the East behind leaders Detroit and the New York Knicks.
Jaylen Brown led the Boston fightback, rattling in 14 of his 31 points in the final period as the Celtics squeezed home.
A.Mahlangu--AMWN