The four-time MVP scored 19 points Sunday in as 118-108 loss to Chicago in just his second appearance as a reserve in his 20-year NBA career.įighting for playoff positioning in the Western Conference, Los Angeles (38-38) kicked off a five-game trip with its fourth win in five games overall. James also had seven rebounds and four assists in 31 minutes in his second game back after he was sidelined for a month because of a torn tendon in his right foot. The Timberwolves had a four-game winning streak snapped.ĬHICAGO (AP) - LeBron James scored 25 points in his return to the starting lineup and Los Angeles beat Chicago. The Suns are 4-0 with Durant in the lineup.Īnthony Edwards led Minnesota with 31 points. He was warming up for his expected first home game with the Suns three days later when he sprained his left ankle during pregame preparation.

He finished 5 of 18, hitting a couple of important 3-pointers early in the fourth quarter.ĭurant played for the first time since March 5. PHOENIX (AP) - Devin Booker scored 29 points, Kevin Durant had 16 points and eight rebounds in his home debut and Phoenix beat Minnesota for its third straight victory.ĭurant - playing in his first home game with the Suns since being traded from the Brooklyn Nets in February - missed his first six shots from the field before hitting a turnaround mid-range jumper midway through the second quarter. The Blazers were eliminated from playoff contention. Rookie Shaedon Sharpe had 30 points for Portland. Kings rookie Keegan Murray made his 188th 3-pointer of the season with 6:44 to go in the third quarter to set the NBA record, passing Donovan Mitchell’s mark of 187 set in 2017-18. The 16-year playoff drought was the longest in NBA history and the longest active postseason dry spell among teams in the NBA, NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball.

(AP) - De’Aaron Fox scored 18 points and Sacramento beat Portland to wrap up its first playoff berth since 2006.

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