The Wrap-Up: Teague has a career night in double OT win
Keith Firmin brings you The Wrap-Up on all of last night’s NBA games including Cleveland wasting Kyrie’s 40 points and a double-double from the Big Fundamental.
Atlanta @ Cleveland
A career night from Jeff Teague helped the Hawks overcome the Cavaliers in double-overtime, 127-125. The Hawks point guard finished with a career high 34 points and 14 assists as well as a late triple in the first overtime to tie the game and a buzzer beater in the second extra period that gave the Hawks the win. Kyrie Irving finished with 40 points and 9 assists in defeat.
Teague wins the game:
Memphis @ Houston
It took a 34-20 fourth quarter from the home team for the Rockets to overcome the visiting Grizzlies and grab the win, 100-94. James Harden scored 27 points to lead all scorers with the the majority of points coming from the free throw stripe where he was 22-of-25. Zach Randolph had 23 points and 17 rebounds in the loss.
San Antonio @ Dallas
The Spurs faced Texas rivals on back-to-back nights, splitting the series 1-1 thanks to a 116-107 win over the Dallas Mavericks. Danny Green was electric off the San Antonio bench, scoring 22 points on perfect 7-for-7 shooting. Tim Duncan had his 10th double-double of the season as he finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Nowitzki, Ellis and Carter finished with a combined 88 points for the Mavs.
Los Angeles Clippers @ Portland
LaMarcus Alridge scored seven of his team-high 32 points in overtime to give his blazers a 116-112 win. Portland had control of the game for much of the contest but Chris Paul took over down the stretch for LA, scoring their last 8 points to take the game to overtime. Paul finished with 34 points and Griffin had 35 in defeat for the Clippers.