Winning ended for Spurs, Trailblazers
San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trailblazers both had 11-game winning streaks ended on Wednesday ahead of a clash between the NBA Western Conference pacesetters.
Kevin Durant had 24 points and 13 rebounds to lead Oklahoma City to a 94-88 win over Spurs while Portland's streak came to an end with a 120-106 defeat at the Phoenix Suns.
Among other games, Indiana Pacers won its fifth straight by downing Charlotte Hornets, Houston Rockets cruised past Atlanta Hawks and Dirk Nowitzki helped the Dallas Mavericks hang on to defeat the Golden State Warriors.
Serge Ibaka had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma City, which is 7-0 at home, the franchise's best home start in nine years when it was based in Seattle.
The Thunder have won five straight overall, taking control of a tight game with an 8-0 run in the third quarter and withstood a run by the Spurs midway through the fourth quarter.
Tony Parker had 16 points and seven assists for San Antonio, whose 13-1 start had matched the best start in franchise history but they were not able to set a new mark.
Phoenix's Goran Dragic scored 31 points as the Suns downed Portland 120-106, using an up-tempo style to recover from a poor start.
Markieff Morris scored 19 for the Suns, who wiped out a 16-point second-quarter deficit.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points for the Blazers, who had also won six straight on the road.
Meanwhile, Miami's LeBron James scored 28 points and seemed more relaxed than in previous games back in Cleveland, leading the Heat to a 95-84 win over the Cavaliers and their eighth straight win.
James added eight rebounds and eight assists in his fifth game as a visitor against his old team.
He improved to 11-1 against Cleveland.
Dwyane Wade added 22 points for Miami, which coasted during long stretches and never appeared threatened.
Dion Waiters scored a season-high 24 afor Cleveland.
Denver's Ty Lawson scored 23 points to lead the Nuggets to a 117-110 win over Minnesota Timberwolves.
Reserve Nate Robinson added 15 for Denver, whose bench outscored the Timberwolves reserves 47-10.
Kevin Martin scored 29 for Minnesota, whose starters all reached double figures but had little help.
OKLAHOMA CITY -NAMPA/AP
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