HOUSTON -- James Harden had his sixth triple-double of the season and the Houston Rockets made an NBA-record 24 3-pointers in a 122-100 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.
Harden had 29 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds for his 15th career triple-double, passing Hakeem Olajuwon for the most in franchise history.
Ryan Anderson made Houston's 24th 3-pointer of the game with 32 seconds remaining, and the Toyota Center crowd erupted in celebration of the record.
In picking up their ninth straight win, the Rockets attempting 61 3s -- making 39.3 percent -- to shatter their own record of 50 set earlier this year. They broke the NBA record for 3s made in a game, shared by Houston in 2013 and Orlando in 2009.
Eric Gordon added 29 points on 7-for-12 from 3 for the Rockets.
Anthony Davis scored 19 points in 22 minutes for New Orleans (see full recap).
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Dwight Howard carries Hawks to win over Raptors
TORONTO -- Dwight Howard had 27 points and 15 rebounds, Dennis Schroder scored 24 points and the Atlanta Hawks beat Toronto 125-121 Friday night to snap the Raptors' four-game win streak.
Kyle Korver had a season-high 19 points, including a season-high six 3-pointers for Atlanta. Howard's double-double was his 17th of the season.
DeMar DeRozan had 34 points for the Raptors, while Kyle Lowry added 27.
Down 113-97 with 7:10 to go, the Raptors went on a 14-4 run to get within six points on DeRozan's dunk with 3:47 to play. The teams then exchanged the next six baskets.
Schroder converted a free throw with 6.7 seconds to re-establish a four-point Atlanta edge, and Lowry's miss on a 3 with 1.9 seconds left ended Toronto's comeback effort (see full recap).
Wall's 29 leads Wizards past Pistons
WASHINGTON -- John Wall had 29 points and 11 assists, leading a Washington Wizards offense that committed a season-low five turnovers in a 122-108 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.
Bradley Beal added 25 points and Marcin Gortat had 12 to go with 14 rebounds for Washington, which also set a season high for points in its fourth win in five games.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 24 points to lead the Pistons. Andre Drummond added 13 points and 12 rebounds on a night when the teams combined for 11 players in double figures
The Pistons began the day as the league's leader in fewest turnovers per game and only had nine against Washington. But the league's second-best defensive team trailed most of the evening and by double digits for almost all of the second half (see full recap).
