Washington’s Russell Westbrook drives to the basket against Indiana’s Myles Turner, left, and Malcolm Brogdon during the Wizards’ 132-124 win on Monday in Washington. Alex Brandon/Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Russell Westbrook had 35 points, a season-high 21 assists and 14 rebounds for his NBA-leading 16th triple-double, helping the Washington Wizards to a 132-124 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.
Westbrook also claimed the franchise career triple-double record in just his 38th game with the Wizards, this one coming while teammate and NBA leading scorer Bradley Beal sat out because of a bruised hip. Darrell Walker had 15 triple-doubles in 283 games for Washington between 1987-1991.
Rui Hachimura scored 26 points and Chandler Hutchison had 18 in his debut with the Wizards, who won their second straight after losing eight of nine.
Domantas Sabonis had 35 points and 11 rebounds for the Pacers, who lost for the second time in six games.
NETS 112, TIMBERWOLVES 107: James Harden had 38 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, already tying the Nets’ single-season record with his 12th triple-double in just 32 games, and Brooklyn held off Minnesota in New York.
Kyrie Irving added 27 points in his return after missing the three-game road trip last week for family reasons. He started fast, but Harden did the biggest work late, with 13 points in the final period.
Hall of Famer Jason Kidd had 12 triple-doubles for the Nets in both the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons.
The Nets won for the 18th time in 21 games, even as they continue a lengthy stretch without Kevin Durant because of a strained left hamstring. They don’t yet have LaMarcus Aldridge, who signed Sunday but needs to get back in shape after being inactive the last month.
MAVERICKS 127, THUNDER 106: Luka Doncic scored 25 points to help Dallas roll to a win on the road.
Kristaps Porzingis had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 19 points for the Mavericks. Dallas shot 53% from the field and never trailed in snapping a two-game losing skid.
Doncic missed Dallas’ previous two games. He sat out Friday’s loss to Indiana with back soreness and Saturday’s loss to New Orleans with a non-COVID-19 illness.
HEAT 98, KNICKS 88: Jimmy Butler scored 27 points and Miami snapped a six-game losing streak with a win in New York.
Bam Adebayo scored 20 points, Duncan Robinson added 20, and Tyler Herro finished with 18 as Miami improved to 23-24
Julius Randle led New York with 22. Derrick Rose scored 16 points and Immanuel Quickley added 12, both off the bench, as the Knicks had their three-game winning streak halted and slipped to 24-23.
PISTONS 118, RAPTORS 104: Saben Lee scored 14 of his 19 points in the first half in his second career start, and Detroit won at home.
Saddiq Bey, another Detroit rookie, also scored 19 points and Hamidou Diallo added 19 of his own. Fred VanVleet scored 22 for the Raptors, who lost for the 12th time in 13 games.
Lee was a second-round draft pick before this season, and the rebuilding Pistons have given plenty of opportunities to their young players recently. He went 6 of 7 from the field in the first half and eventually came within two points of matching his season high.
GRIZZLIES 120, ROCKETS 110: Jonas Valanciunas scored a season-high 30 points, including eight down the stretch, to help Memphis win at Houston.
KINGS 132, SPURS 115: De’Aaron Fox scored 24 points, Richaun Holmes had 23 points and 12 rebounds, and Sacramento won at San Antonio for its fifth straight victory.
NOTES
DRAFT: The NBA has scheduled this year’s draft for July 29, though it has yet to announce the location for the event.
Other key dates going into the draft were also revealed Monday: The draft combine is scheduled for June 21 through June 27, the draft lottery will be held June 22 and July 19 is the deadline for early-entry candidates to withdraw from the draft.
Early-entry candidates must apply for the draft by May 30, the NBA said.
The locations for the draft combine and lottery are also still undecided. In recent years prior to the pandemic, those events took place in Chicago and the lottery preceded a game in either the Eastern or Western conference finals.
This season’s NBA finals, if they go the full seven games, are scheduled to end July 22.
SPURS: San Antonio signed center Gorgui Dieng, adding a nine-year veteran to the front line following the departure of LaMarcus Aldridge.
The 6-10 Dieng was waived by Memphis last week after averaging 7.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists over 22 games this season.
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