NBA-Highlights of Tuesday's NBA games

Dec 9 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Tuesday's National Basketball Association games. - - Warriors 131, Pacers 123 Klay Thompson scored 29 of his season-high 39 during a 79-point first half, and Golden State improved to 23-0 with a 131-123 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Thompson made eight of 10 shots from three-point range during the first 24 minutes, when the reigning NBA champions led by as many as 22 points. Stephen Curry finished with 29. - - Cavaliers 105, Trail Blazers 100 LeBron James scored 33 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, and Cleveland rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 105-100. James added 10 rebounds and three assists while forward Kevin Love scored 18 points and guard Matthew Dellavedova had 17 for the Cavaliers, who ended their three-game slide. - - Nets 110, Rockets 105 Joe Johnson scored 15 of his 22 points during the fourth quarter as the Brooklyn Nets held on for a 110-105 victory over the Houston Rockets. Johnson hit nine of 15 shots while also collecting eight assists and five rebounds on a night when the Nets (6-15) held a 16-point lead midway through the third quarter. - - Thunder 125, Grizzlies 88 Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Serge Ibaka added 17, and Russell Westbrook had 13 points and 16 assists to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 125-88 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum. The Thunder, who needed a late jumper by Durant to beat the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, spent the majority of the game against the Grizzlies with a double-digit lead. - - Magic 85, Nuggets 74 Nikola Vucevic scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and the surging Orlando Magic beat the Denver Nuggets 85-74. Tobias Harris finished with 17 points and nine rebounds, and Elfrid Payton had 18 points for the Magic, who won for the sixth time in seven games. Orlando (12-9) improved to 3-1 on a five-game road trip that concludes in Phoenix on Wednesday. - - Kings 114, Jazz 106 DeMarcus Cousins shook off a recent slump to score 23 points and add 12 rebounds, and Rudy Gay also scored 23, as the Sacramento Kings fought off the stubborn Utah Jazz 114-106 at Sleep Train Arena. Omri Casspi added 19 points, 10 rebounds and four assists for Sacramento (8-15), who ended a three-game losing streak. NBA assists leader Rajon Rondo collected 13 more to go with 13 points, and the Kings beat Utah for the first time in exactly a year. (Editing by Peter Rutherford)