Zion Williamson tallied 34 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals and the host New Orleans Pelicans held off the Los Angeles Clippers 112-104 on Friday night.
Trey Murphy III added 14 points, Brandon Ingram scored 13, Larry Nance Jr. had 12 and CJ McCollum put up 11 as the Pelicans won the season series against the Clippers, 3-1. New Orleans also moved within two games of fourth-place Los Angeles in the Western Conference standings.Paul George scored 26, Kawhi Leonard had 23 and Norman Powell added 15 for Los Angeles, which played without James Harden for a second consecutive game.
Nuggets 117, Spurs 106Nikola Jokic poured in 31 points in three quarters of action to help surging Denver beat San Antonio in Austin, Texas.The Nuggets led by as many as 21 points in the second period, by nine at halftime and by seven after three quarters. Denver put away the game via a 15-5 surge over the first five minutes of the fourth period, going up 101-84 on a jumper by Jamal Murray with 7:20 to play.
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