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NBA Christmas Day Schedule, Live TV Channels: Dec. 25

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MIAMI, FL – A well anticipated Christmas Day schedule awaits NBA fans on Tuesday, although there is no NBA Finals rematch this year.

However, there is a familiar matchup listed on the day’s schedule.

For the fourth consecutive year on Christmas Day, LeBron James will go up against the Golden State Warriors, although he will be wearing the colors of Los Angeles Lakers this time.

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This clash will see James facing off with Steph Curry and it headlines the five games slated for December 25.

The Lakers visit to the Warriors will be televised live by both ESPN and ABC and streaming on WatchESPN, starting at 8 p.m. ET.

In addition to James and Curry, the Christmas Day fixtures will see the likes of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Paul George, Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Joel Embiid all in action.

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The NBA Christmas Day Showdowns will tip off on ESPN and WatchESPN at Noon ET with the Milwaukee Bucks traveling to Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Knicks.

This is followed by Westbrook going up his former teammate James Harden when the Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Houston Rockets (3 p.m. ET), live on ABC and WatchESPN.

Boston Celtics will be hosting the Philadelphia 76ers on ABC and WatchESPN at 5:30 p.m. ET, before the Lakers visit the Warriors. Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz will close out Christmas Day in Salt Lake City (10:30 p.m. ET) on ESPN and WatchESPN.

Christmas Day 2018 – December. 25
Bucks vs. Knicks | Noon ET | ESPN and WatchESPN
Thunder vs. Rockets | 3 p.m. ET | ABC and WatchESPN
Sixers vs. Celtics | 5:30 p.m. ET | ABC and WatchESPN
Lakers vs. Warriors | 8 p.m. ET | ABC/ESPN and WatchESPN
Trail Blazers vs. Jazz | 10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN and WatchESPN

Oklahoma City Thunder v Houston Rockets: Christmas Day Fixture on WatchESPN

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HOUSTON, TX — Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets will lock horns in a Christmas Day fixture at the Toyota Center.

The game, which tips off at 3:00 PM ET, will be live on ABC and streaming on WatchESPN.

Thanks to guard Russell Westbrook and Paul George, the Thunder (21-11) are off to a very positive start to the season and they will be aiming to take down the Rockets for the second time this season.

Oklahoma City won Game 1 in this regular season 98-80 last month at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City with George getting 20 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and six steals.

Westbrook missed the first matchup with his former team-mate James Harden.

Oklahoma City has won their last four games to climb to second place in the Western Conference, but ESPN’s Basketball Power Index is giving Harden and Rockets a 58.5 percent to win this one at the Toyota Center.

Harden, the defending regular season MVP, enters this encounter averaging 32.0 points per game and shooting nearly 45 percent from the field.

The Thunder (21-11) have established themselves as the NBA’s premier defensive team and, thanks to the stellar play of Paul George, have won six of their last four games to climb to third in the West.

Houston (17-15) has won four of the last five games and six in the last ten outings, but is only eighth in a tightly-contested Western Conference.

Starting point guard Chris Paul has been officially diagnosed with a Grade 2 hamstring strain and will miss the game.

Paul picked up the hamstring problem Thursday night in the defeat to the Miami Heat and the injury will keep the guard out for at least two weeks.

Christmas Day 2018 (Dec. 25)

Bucks vs. Knicks | Noon ET | ESPN, WatchESPN

Thunder vs. Rockets | 3 p.m. ET | ABC, WatchESPN

Sixers vs. Celtics | 5:30 p.m. ET | ABC, WatchESPN

Lakers vs. Warriors | 8 p.m. ET | ABC/ESPN, WatchESPN

Trail Blazers vs. Jazz | 10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN, WatchESPN

Oklahoma City Thunder at Cleveland Cavaliers On WatchESPN

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CLEVELAND, Sporting Alert — Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers will battle in one of the featured NBA games on the schedule on Saturday, Jan. 20.

Coverage of this game from the Quicken Loans Arena will be live on ABC at 3:30 PM ET, while WatchESPN will provide the live online and mobile device streaming.

The Cavaliers (27-17) are sitting third in the Eastern Conference standings at the moment and have been struggling to find their best form in recent outings.

LeBron James and Co. battled out a 104-103 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night, but lost four straight prior to that game and are 3-7 in the last 10 games overall.

Russell Westbrook from the Oklahoma City Thunder
Russell Westbrook from the Oklahoma City Thunder

“Once you accept something, regardless of what it is, I think you become comfortable with it,” Anthony said, according to ESPN. “You start putting your all into it, you start working on that role and on that acceptance, and it becomes fun.

“I think right now, after accepting that role, I think early in December, the game is starting to become fun again for me.”

Despite their recent poor form, Cleveland has been listed as that slight favorite to beat the Russell Westbrook led Oklahoma City at home, according to ESPN’s Basketball Power Index.

Meanwhile, the Thunder (25-20) are beginning to get it together with even star forward Carmelo Anthony admitting recently that playing is “starting to become fun again,” after accepting his new role in the setup.

Oklahoma City is fifth in the Western Conference standings and has won three straight games and five of the last eight overall.

In other news, James enters this game needing just 25 points to become the seventh NBA player to score 30,000 career points.

“It would be cool,” Dwyane Wade said. “When I got 20,000 LeBron was … we was playing Cleveland and it was actually pretty cool that it happened in that moment and it would be cool to be, with me and Carmelo, to be there.

“This is an elite class for a guy to be in. I mean, 30,000 points is insane. I definitely want him to do it (Saturday) like everybody else.”

Westbrook Records Triple-Double, Thunder Top 76ers In 3OT

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PHILADELPHIA, Sporting Alert – Russell Westbrook recorded a triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder outlasted the Philadelphia 76ers 119-117 in three overtimes at Wells Fargo Center on Friday night.

Westbrook finished with 27 points, 18 rebounds and 15 assists to secure his 10th triple-double of the season. He made just 10 of his 33 shots from the field and 5 of 12 from the free throw line.

Carmelo Anthony had 24 points and seven rebounds and Paul George added 24 points, five rebounds and three steals for the Thunder (14-14), who blew a double-digit lead and needed extra periods to see off the home side, which rallied from a 17-point deficit.

Raymond Felton hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points and Steven Adams chipped in with 11 rebounds before fouling out for Oklahoma City, which won two straight.

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Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers gets treatment on his back

Joel Embiid, who was bothered by an achy back, led Philadelphia with a game-high 34 points to go with eight rebounds and six assists, but also had seven turnovers.

JJ Redick scored 19 points, Dario Saric added 16 and Jerryd Bayless made 4-for-6 from 3-point attempt for the 76ers (14-14), who also dropped to .500 on the season.

Ben Simmons had 12 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds and four steals and Robert Covington ended with 11 points and 10 boards in the defeat.

Five Sixers players played 48 or more minutes, while four Thunder players played at least 45 minutes, with Westbrook leading the way with 52 minutes.

Andre Roberson, who played 33 points, had just four points, but managed to score the winner with 10 seconds.

The teams finished 94-94 at the end of regulation, before scoring 102 apiece at the end of the first overtime period.

Westbrook then scored 10 points in the second and third overtime periods to setup the win for Oklahoma City, which shot 42 percent from the floor and 43 percent from 3-pointers.

Philadelphia shot 44 percent from the floor, but was only 13-for-46 from long-range.

The 76ers won the rebounding battle 43-42 and out-assisted the Thunder 35-28.

WHAT NEXT?

The Thunder will visit the New York Knicks on Saturday.

Philadelphia 76ers are at the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.

FINAL SCORE: Sacramento Kings 94, Oklahoma City Thunder 86

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FINAL SCORE: Sacramento Kings 94, Oklahoma City Thunder 86

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Buddy Hield scored 21 points and Zach Randolph scored all 18 of his points in the second half, as the Sacramento Kings rallied to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 94-86 on Tuesday night.

Hield, who shot 7 of 9 from the floor and made all four of his 3-point attempts, also pulled down seven rebounds and had two steals in 28 minutes off the bench.

Randolph went 8 of 15 from the field and grabbed eight boards, while rookies Justin Jackson and De’AaronFox finished with 16 and 10 points, respectively off the bench for the Kings, who overcame a dismal start to snap their six-game losing streak.

Russell Westbrook paced Oklahoma City with 20 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and three steals, but shot 7 of 21 and turned the ball over seven times.

Carmelo Anthony needed 17 shots to score 16 points, while he also grabbed seven rebounds.

Fellow newcomer Paul George needed 16 shots for his 12 points and he also had six rebounds and three steals for the Thunder (4-6), who were suffering their third straight loss.

Steven Adams finished with 14 points, six rebounds and a team-high five steals, while Jerami Grant ended with 10 points and six boards off the bench for Oklahoma City in the defeat.

The Thunder scored the first 10 points of the game and went on to build a 25-8 advantage late in the first quarter.

However, Westbrook and Co. were not able to hold on as Sacramento (2-8) rallied to win at home for the first time in four attempts this season.

After shooting just 16-percent in the first quarter, the Kings shot 70.6-percent (12 of 17) in the second quarter to outscore Oklahoma City 32-16 and went into the interval with a 42-41 lead.

Sacramento led 67-57 at the start of the fourth quarter before the Thunder cut the gap to 77-76 with 4:30 left to play.

But the home side scored six straight points to build the lead back to seven points and hold out down the stretch.

Overall, Oklahoma City shot 33.7 percent on 29 of 86 shooting.

Sacramento went 46.8-percent (37 of 79) from the field.

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Westbrook Grabs Triple-Double; George Held To 10; Thunder Beat Pacers

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Sporting Alert — Russell Westbrook collected his second triple-double of the season and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 114-96 on Wednesday night.

“We took a positive step tonight, really on both ends of the floor,” Thunder coach Billy Donovan said. “I really thought our guys gave great effort defensively, and I thought we had some really great moments offensively.

“We shared the ball — 26 assists. We got a little bit stagnant in periods, but overall, I really liked the way we were trying to move the ball to one another. Just another step forward.”

With Paul George struggling against his former team before eventually fouling out with 10 points, Westbrook picked up the slack.

“That hasn’t happened often in my career,” George said. “Fortunate to have those guys carry me. They know how big this game was for me, and they went out and got it for me.”

Westbrook, the reigning MVP posted 28 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds to lead the Thunder (2-2), who scored 25 points off turnovers on Wednesday night.

“He was great tonight,” Donovan said of Westbrook. “Overall, I felt like he surveyed and managed the game and the floor, moving guys around. He did an exceptional job.”

Carmelo Anthony finished with 28 points and 10 rebounds, and Steven Adams added 17 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma City, which had dropped its two previous games heading into this contest.

George, who joined the Thunder in a trade from Indiana in the summer, shot 4 of 8 from the field before fouling out with 6:15 remaining. He fell into early foul trouble and was limited to just 19 minutes.

Former Thunder shooting guard Victor Oladipo scored 35 points on 11 of 18 shooting with five 3-pointers and five rebounds to lead the way for the Pacers.

“Just another game I was trying to win,” Oladipo said. “I‘m locked in on just bringing it every night. I take them one game at a time. That’s what my focus is.”

“Victor’s been playing really well for us,” Pacers guard Darren Collison said. “He has a good flow.

“It’s good to have a player like that, that can get it going the way he’s been getting it going. Hopefully we get some wins with that and make us productive.”

Collison added 18 points and Thaddeus Young ended with 14 points for Indiana (2-3), which shot 33.7 percent in the defeat.

UP NEXT

Oklahoma City Thunder will visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday seeking to avenged the 115-113 defeat from last Sunday when Timberwolves’ Andrew Wiggins connected on a buzzer beating shot from near half-court.

Indiana Pacers will play host to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday.

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Westbrook, George, Anthony Star For Oklahoma City In Win At Denver

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DENVER, Sporting Alert — Paul George, Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony all contributed significantly and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Denver Nuggets 96-86 in NBA preseason action on Tuesday night.

Westbrook contributed 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting and seven assists in 26 minutes, while George featured for 35 minutes and finished with 19 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, five steals and one block at Pepsi Center.

Another offseason addition, Anthony, posted 16 points and nine rebounds in only 16 minutes on the court for the Thunder, who finished their preseason fixtures with a 3-1 record.

“We’re where we wanna be right now,” George, who hit five 3-pointers in the win, said after the game.

“It was great to get three games with Russ and Carmelo, as well as the whole starting five to see what that feels like.

George, who played a lot of minutes with the youngsters and helped them pushed through a difficult period in the game, said he was delighted that things have not come easy for him.

“In that segment when we were stagnant I told the young guys stay with it, stay together and we got through it. We pushed through it.”

He added: “This is all new to me. I told coach I am happy that this is hard. I am happy that this is going to take some time for me.”

Josh Huestis added 15 points and nine rebounds for Oklahoma City, which opens its regular season campaign at the Chesapeake Energy Arena against the New York Knicks on Thursday, Oct. 19.

Live national coverage will be on TNT, with TNT Overtime streaming the game online as well.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday night, Will Barton led Denver off the bench with 26 points on 9-of-18 shooting from the floor overall, including four 3-pointers.

Barton also added five rebounds, three assists and three steals in 30 minutes.

Nikola Jokic posted 12 points, 11 rebounds and three assists over 23 minutes, while Gary Harris scored 11 points in the defeat for the Nuggets, who finished the NBA preseason fixtures 3-2.

Denver will open its 2017-18 NBA regular campaign away at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, Oct. 18.

NBA Playoffs 2017 First Round Matchups and TV Channels

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MIAMI, FL, Sporting Alert – The following are the complete matchups for the first round of the 2017 NBA playoff, which gets underway this coming weekend.

Live coverage and online streaming of this year’s NBA playoff will be on ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, NBA-TV ABC, WatchESPN, TNT Overtime and WatchABC.

After a busy 82 game regular season schedule, which concluded on Wednesday night, the Top 8 teams from the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively, start their quest to win the NBA title this season.

Isaiah Thomas of the Boston Celtics
Isaiah Thomas of the Boston Celtics

EASTERN CONFERENCE BATTLES

The Boston Celtics will start as the No. 1 seed in the East after finishing ahead of defending champions Cleveland Cavaliers, who begin the playoffs as the second seed in the conference.

Boston will start the first round at home on Sunday, April 16 against the Chicago Bulls, who grabbed the No. 8 seed with a crushing win on Wednesday night.

Cavaliers forward LeBron James
Cavaliers forward LeBron James looks on

Cleveland will be in action on Saturday when it hosts the seventh-seeded Indiana Pacers, who also locked up their spot with a win on Wednesday night.

In other NBA playoff matchups in the Eastern Conference, No. 3 Toronto Raptors will face No. 6 Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday, while No. 4 Washington Wizards entertains the 5th seeded Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.

WESTERN CONFERENCE BATTLES

The Golden State Warriors, who finished the regular season with the best record in the league at 67-15, are the No. 1 seed in the West and will also have home-court advantage throughout the entire NBA playoff this year.

MVP and sharp shooter Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors
MVP and sharp-shooter Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors

Golden State begins its quest for another NBA title at home on Sunday against the traveling eight-seeded Portland Trail Blazers.

San Antonio Spurs (61-21), the only other team to win 60+ games this term, are the No. 2 seed in the West and they will open their postseason schedule against No. 7 Memphis Grizzlies in Texas.

Houston will serve as the opening location for the battle between No. 3 Rockets and No. 6 Oklahoma City Thunder.

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OKC Thunder guard Russell Westbrook reacts

This matchup will also feature the two leading candidates for this year’s regular season MVP, James Harden and Russell Westbrook.

After closing out the regular season with seven wins in a row, the Los Angeles Clippers have secured the No. 4 seed and will have home-court advantage in their series against the No. 5 seed Utah Jazz.

These two teams open their playoff series on Saturday night at STAPLES Centre.

EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF FIXTURES

(1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Chicago Bulls
(2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs.(7) Indiana Pacers
(3) Toronto Raptors vs.(6) Milwaukee Bucks
(4) Washington Wizards vs.(5) Atlanta Hawks

WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF FIXTURES

(1) Golden State Warriors vs. (8) Portland Trail Blazers
(2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (7) Memphis Grizzlies
(3) Houston Rockets vs. (6) Oklahoma City Thunder
(4) LA Clippers vs.(5) Utah Jazz

Latest NBA Scores on April 4; Wins For Warriors, Thunder

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OAKLAND, Calif., Sporting Alert — Klay Thompson scored 41 points to lift the Golden State Warriors to a 121-107 victory over Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA on Tuesday night.

Thompson, who is averaging 22.5 points per game this season, made seven 3-pointers and shot 13-of-24 from the floor on his way to recording his 10th career 40-point game.

Stephen Curry added 19 points, nine assists, three steals and two blocks, while Matt Barnes shot 5-of-6 from the field and finished with 12 points and six rebounds for the Warriors (64-14) to push their winning streak to a league-best 12 games.

Andre Iguodala chipped in with 11 points for Golden State, which shot 52.4-percent and had 33 assists on 44 made field goals.

Shabazz Muhammad was the main contributor for the Timberwolves (31-46) with a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds in 32 minutes off the bench.

Andrew Wiggins ended with 24 points for Minnesota and Karl Anthony-Towns added 21 points, six rebounds, four assists and two blocks in the defeat.

Meanwhile, Golden State could wrap up the Western Conference No. 1 seed on Wednesday night with a win at Phoenix and a San Antonio Spurs’ loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at home.

THUNDER 110, BUCKS 79

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Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder

OKLAHOMA CITY — At the Chesapeake Energy Arena, Russell Westbrook recorded his seventh straight triple-double with 12 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Milwaukee Bucks 110-79 in the NBA on Tuesday night.

With his performance, Westbrook, who received MVP chants from the home supporters during the third quarter, matched Oscar Robertson’s single-season record with his 41st triple-double.

The athletic Thunder point guard also drew level with Wilt Chamberlain for fourth on the career list with his 78th triple-double.

Enes Kanter scored 17 points, while Alex Abrines and Taj Gibson each finished with 12 and Domantas Sabonis had 11 for the Thunder (44-33), who shot 47.6 percent and rebounded from its two-game losing streak.

Michael Beasley scored 14 points off the bench for Milwaukee and Giannis Antetokounmpo added 11 points and 10 rebounds in the defeat.

No other player for the Bucks (40-38) reached double-digit scoring.

Milwaukee dropped its second successive, but stay fifth in the Eastern Conference standings.

NBA SCORES AND RESULTS
Tuesday, April, 4, 2017

WARRIORS 121, TIMBERWOLVES 107
SPURS 95, GRIZZLIES 89, OT
CAVALIERS 122, MAGIC 102
THUNDER 110, BUCKS 79
WIZARDS 118, HORNETS 111
NETS 141, 76ERS 118
PACERS 108, RAPTORS 90
KINGS 98, MAVERICKS 87
JAZZ 106, TRAIL BLAZERS 87
NUGGETS 134, PELICANS 131
KNICKS 100, BULLS 91

Latest NBA Scores And Recaps on March 22

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MIAMI, FL — Latest NBA scores and selected recaps from the games that were played on Wednesday night, March 22.

THUNDER 122, 76ERS 97

OKLAHOMA CITY — At the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Russell Westbrook posted 18 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists to record his 35th triple-double of the season for the Thunder in the comfortable victory.

Westbrook, who also blocked two shots, shot a perfect 6-for-6 from the field and hit all six of his free throws.

Enes Kanter, meanwhile, led the way in scoring for Oklahoma City (41-30) when posting his 17th double-double of the season with 24 points and 11 rebounds.

Victor Oladipo added 18 points and Doug McDermott chipped in with 13 points off the bench for the Thunder, who won six of the last seven games and rebounded from the one-sided 111-95 defeat to the Warriors in the last outing.

Nik Stauskas made five 3-pointers and scored 20 points for the 76ers.

Shawn Long added 13 points off the bench as well, while Robert Covington and Dario Saric each scored 12 points for Philadelphia (26-45), which lost two in a row and three of the last five games.

NUGGETS 126, CAVALIERS 113

DENVER — At the Pepsi Center, Gary Harris scored 21 points and Will Barton added 20 off the bench and the Denver Nuggets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-113 in the NBA on Wednesday.

Wilson Chandler finished with 18 points in his return from an injury, Kenneth Faried ended with 17 and Jamal Murray scored 15 off the bench for the Nuggets (34-37), who rebounded from back-to-back defeats to the Houston Rockets.

Denver remains eighth in the Western Conference Standings.

Kyrie Irving made four 3-pointers in scoring 33 points to lead the way for the Cavaliers, while Deron Williams shot 8-of-10 from the floor to add 19 points off the bench.

LeBron James finished with 18 points for Cleveland (46-24), which dropped two of its last three games.

The Cavs, who have already clinched a playoffs spot, remain top of the Eastern Conference Standings, but only slightly ahead of the also playoff-bound Boston Celtics.

LATEST NBA SCORES ON MARCH 22

CELTICS 109, PACERS 100
WIZARDS 104, HAWKS 100
NUGGETS 126, CAVALIERS 113
HORNETS 109, MAGIC 102
BULLS 117, PISTONS 95
JAZZ 108, KNICKS 101
BUCKS 116, KINGS 98
THUNDER 122, 76ERS 97

TNT Overtime Stream: Thunder v Warriors; Clippers v Knicks

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Sporting Alert — Two games are available to stream live on TNT Overtime on Monday night, with both fixtures also broadcasting live nationally on the TNT Network and the Watch TNT App.

At the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, at 8:00 pm ET, Russell Westbrook and the Thunder will host Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors.

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Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City in action

Monday night’s meeting is the fourth of the season between the two teams and Golden State (55-14) will be aiming to sweep the season series between the two clubs, 4-0.

The Warriors, who are without former OKC star Kevin Durant, who remains out with a knee, despite the Western Conference leaders reporting that the small forward is making significant steps towards returning to full fitness.

He is expected to travel with the Warriors to Oklahoma City and Dallas, but will not play.

Durant has missed the last nine games with the left leg injury he sustained 93 seconds in the defeat to the Wizards at the start of the month.

The 28-year-old, who was averaging 25.3 points and 8.2 rebounds before his setback, is reportedly “taking jump shots” in training.

Golden State, which has won three straight, will look to the likes of Curry, who is averaging 25.0 points, 6.3 assists and 4.4 rebounds, along with Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala — to lead the way for the travellers.

Meanwhile, Westbrook, who leads the lead in scoring, at 31.7 points per game, is also averaging 10.5 rebounds and 10.3 assists per game this season.

LA Clippers coach Doc Rivers
LA Clippers coach Doc Rivers and Blake Griffin

The star point guard leads the league in triple-doubles with 34.

In the three previous meetings this season, Westbrook is averaging 31.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.3 assists and shooting 40.6 percent from the field.

Meanwhile, the second game streaming on TNT Overtime on Monday night sees the Los Angeles Clippers hosting the New York Knicks at STAPLES Center.

Tip-off time for this one is set for 10:30 pm.

Los Angeles (41-29) is coming off an easy 108-78 victory over Cleveland on Saturday night, but the Cavaliers rested several of their stars, including LeBron James and Kyrie Irving.

The Knicks (27-42) lost to the Brooklyn Nets 121-110 on Thursday night and have dropped seven of the last 10 games.

In their lone meeting of the season in February, the Clippers beat New York 119-115.

Latest NBA Scores and Results From Feb. 26

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MIAMI, FL — Russell Westbrook notched another triple-double in Oklahoma City’s win over New Orleans, while San Antonio Spurs routed the LA Lakers in NBA scores on Sunday.

THUNDER 118, PELICANS 110

OKLAHOMA CITY — At the Chesapeake Energy Arena, Westbrook scored 41 points with 11 assists and 11 rebounds for his 29th triple-double of the season to guide the Thunder to an 118-110 victory over the Pelicans.

Westbrook, who committed nine of his team’s 13 turnovers on the night, shot 14-of-29 from the floor, while scoring a career-best 21 fourth-quarter points on 7-of-10 in the final period.

“Throughout games, I’ve got to find a better way to pick my spots,” said Westbrook, who collected his 66th career triple-double.

“Tonight was the fourth quarter. Some nights it may be early, some nights it may be late.”

Enes Kanter added 20 points and nine rebounds, Steven Adams ended with 13 points and 10 boards and Alex Abrines ended with 13 points for the Thunder (34-25), who won their third straight and improved to 22-8 at home this season.

Anthony Davis led the Pelicans with 38 points, seven rebounds and four assists, while DeMarcus Cousins, who played just a little under 22 minutes, added 31 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out in the defeat.

New Orleans (23-37) shot 45 percent from the floor on 36 for 80 shooting, while Oklahoma City was 47.7 percent from the field on 42 for 88 shooting attempts.

SPURS 119, LAKERS 98

LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points and shot 50 percent from the floor to help the San Antonio Spurs hammered the Los Angeles Lakers 119-98 in an NBA score on Sunday.

LaMarcus Aldridge added 16 points on 8 for 14 shooting with nine rebounds for the Spurs (45-13), who improved to 26-7 on the road this season.

Pau Gasol finished with 15 points and seven boards off the bench against his former team, as San Antonio won four straight and nine of 11.

Rookie Brandon Ingram scored a career-high 22 points on 10 for 15 shooting for Los Angeles, while Jordan Clarkson added 19 points and D’Angelo Russell scored 18 in the defeat for the Lakers (19-41), who have lost four in a row and 15 in 19 games overall.

NBA SCORES AND RESULTS
Sunday, February 27

SPURS 119, LAKERS 98
CLIPPERS 124, HORNETS 121, OT
THUNDER 118, PELICANS 110
GRIZZLIES 105, NUGGETS 98
CELTICS 104, PISTONS 98
RAPTORS 112, TRAIL BLAZERS 106
BUCKS 100, SUNS 96
JAZZ 102, WIZARDS 92