Kevin Durant scored 37 points to help lift the Golden State Warriors to victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night.
But it was not such a good night for team-mate Stephen Curry who had to leave the game early due to an ankle injury.
Stephen Curry (tweaked right ankle) will not return to tonight’s game.
— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) March 9, 2018
Curry left the court after rolling his right ankle in the first quarter but the Warriors held on for a 110-107 victory.
Did you miss KD taking over the game? We’ve got you covered ? pic.twitter.com/0zY4Ck5wVp
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) March 9, 2018
Durrant added 11 rebounds and four blocked shots to his stats to rally the Warriors to their seventh win in a row.
Kyrie Irving returned from injury as the Boston Celtics overcame the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-109 and clinched a place in the 2018 play-offs.
Irving, who missed the game against Chicago, scored 23 points and added seven rebounds and eight assists for the Celtics’ sixth win in seven games.
The #Celtics take down the Timberwolves 117-109, securing a spot in the 2018 playoffs (earliest clinch since 2011). Irving: 23pts, 8ast, 7reb; Horford: 20pts, 8reb, 6ast; Morris: 17pts, 5reb. pic.twitter.com/sTMoffAlwg
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 9, 2018
Nemanja Bjelica scored a career-best 30 points but it was not enough to snap a three-game losing streak for the Timberwolves.
Elsewhere, Russell Westbrook claimed 27 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 115-87 victory over the Phoenix Suns and the Brooklyn Nets put a stop to their four-game losing streak as they beat the Charlotte Hornets 125-111.
The Miami Heat boosted their Eastern Conference play-off bid with a 108-99 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Hassan Whiteside scored 26 points to keep the Heat seventh in the division.
