[caption id="attachment_112853" align="alignleft" width="182"] Atlanta Hawks' guard Tim Hardaway Jr. (Front) shoots as Milwaukee Bucks' forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (No. 34) defends in Atlanta Sunday. — AP[/caption]NEW YORK - James Harden had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in his 12th triple-double of the season as the Houston Rockets easily ended their first losing streak of the season by beating the Brooklyn Nets 137-112 Sunday night. Held to 105 points in losses to Minnesota and Memphis, the Rockets bounced back to hand the Nets their 10th straight loss. Eric Gordon led the Rockets with 24 points and Trevor Ariza added 23. Houston made 21 3-pointers and had five players with at least 16 points. Trevor Booker scored 18 points for the Nets, who were still without Jeremy Lin (strained left hamstring) on the night they gave out his bobblehead and also rested Brook Lopez. Thunder 122, Kings 118: Russell Westbrook had 36 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his 20th triple-double of the season as Oklahoma City beat Sacramento. Westbrook had 19 triple-doubles last season. He entered averaging a triple-double and is trying to match Hall of Fame guard Oscar Robertson as the only NBA player to average a triple-double for a full season. Enes Kanter had 29 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder. DeMarcus Cousins had 31 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for the Kings, who have lost two straight and five of six. Raptors 116, Knicks 101: DeMar DeRozan had 23 points while Norman Powell added 21 as Toronto used a dominant third quarter to beat New York. DeRozan also had five rebounds and five assists before coming out late in the third quarter. Toronto outscored New York 27-8 in the third to take a 96-62 lead. The Raptors improved to 27-13, taking the lead for good late in the first quarter. They led by 38 points in the third in winning their third straight game overall and fifth in a row against the Knicks. DeMarre Carroll added 20 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 12 points and 16 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 18 points, Justin Holiday had 17, and Derrick Rose added 16. The Knicks are 2-10 in their last 12 to drop to 18-23. Hawks 111, Bucks 98: Kent Bazemore scored 24 points while Mike Dunleavy added 20 as Atlanta beat Milwaukee for its eighth victory in nine games. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 33 points for Milwaukee. Pistons 102, Lakers 97: Tobias Harris scored 23 points and hit a decisive 3-pointer with 30.5 seconds to play as Detroit snapped a three-game losing streak with a victory over Los Angeles. Macericks 98, Timberwolves 87: Wesley Matthews scored 19 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 17 to help Dallas beat Minnesota. Bulls 108, Grizzlies 104: Doug McDermott scored a career-high 31 points while Jimmy Butler had a pair of key baskets in the closing minute as Chicago beat Memphis.
