Dwight Howard had 22 points and 10 rebounds Wednesday as the Houston Rockets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-101 at Arena Ciudad de Mexico in the first regular-season game played south of the border since 1997.
James Harden led the Rockets with 23 points and a team-high 10 assists, but was only 8 of 23 from the field. Trevor Ariza added 19 points and Kostas Papanikolau scored a career-high 14 for the Rockets (7-1), who tied Memphis for the best record in the Western Conference.
Corey Brewer scored 18 points and rookie Andrew Wiggins added 15 for Minnesota.
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Trail Blazers 130 Nuggets 113
Damian Lillard had 27 points and a season-high nine assists as the Blazers used a big first half to rout the Denver Nuggets.
The 84 points by the Blazers in the opening half was one basket away from matching the team record for a half (86) set against Golden State on Jan. 5, 1986.
Lapses on defense proved costly for Denver, said Ty Lawson, who led the team with 32 points.
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Nets 104 Suns 112
Gerald Green came off the bench and scored a season-high 28 points as the Suns erased a 19-point deficit to beat the Brooklyn Nets 112-104.
Isaiah Thomas added 17 points off the bench for the Suns.
Joe Johnson led the Nets with 21 points, Mirza Teletovic scored 16 and had seven rebounds, and Brook Lopez had 16 points but only three rebounds.
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