Thunder 118, Cavaliers 109

The Cleveland Cavaliers considered resting their stars, then played the Oklahoma City Thunder at full strength and lost anyway.

Russell Westbrook scored 29 points and had his 26th triple-double of the season to lead Oklahoma City to a victory on Thursday night.

Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said after Wednesday's win at Indiana that he was considering resting All-Stars LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, but they all started.

"There was a lot of drama going on before the game," Thunder coach Billy Donovan said. "Who's playing? Who's not playing. They're in. They're out. They may play. It looks like they're going to play. I just really told our guys, even in shootaround this morning, it's about what we need to do and we need to understand personnel like we do for every scout."

Irving scored 28 points, James had 18 and Love added 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavaliers.

"It was good to go through something tough," Lue said. "It was a tough game for us. Four games in six nights, and it was good to fight through and not give in, so our guys came out and played. I liked how we competed."

The Cavaliers beat New York, Washington and Indiana before ending their road trip in Oklahoma City.

"We would have loved to be 4-0, but coming off a back-to-back, you know they gave us everything they had," James said. "We go home extremely proud of what we did on this road trip."

Victor Oladipo scored 23 points, Steven Adams had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Westbrook added 12 rebounds and 11 assists in the 63rd triple-double of his career. Oklahoma City now can focus on its showdown with former teammate Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.

Cleveland rallied from 12 points down in the second quarter to lead 57-55 at halftime. James had 16 points at the break while Westbrook had 10 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.

Westbrook scored 11 points in the third quarter, and by the time he sat for his usual rest late in the period, the Thunder led 79-71. Oklahoma City led 86-82 at the end of the quarter, but the Cavaliers tied the game midway through the fourth.

Westbrook hit back-to-back midrange jumpers to put the Thunder up 107-101 with 3:42 left. The Thunder increased their lead to 111-101 on a 360-degree layup by Oladipo with 2:07 to play that gave Westbrook his 10th assist and clinched his triple-double.

Rockets 107, Hornets 95

James Harden had 30 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and Houston beat Charlotte for its third straight win.

It was the 25th time Harden has scored at least 30 points.

Harden was just 8 of 21 from the field and had nine turnovers, but turned up his play a notch down the stretch as the Rockets overcame a nine-point, third-quarter deficit.

The Rockets forced the Hornets into a season-high 22 turnovers, leading to 27 points.

Patrick Beverley had 17 points and Montrezl Harrell added 15 off the bench for the Rockets (39-17)

Nic Batum had 15 points and 10 assists for the Hornets, who have lost eight of their last nine.

Mavericks 112, Jazz 105 (OT)

Harrison Barnes scored 31 points, including eight in overtime, and Dallas rallied from a 21-point deficit to beat Utah.

Barnes' three-point play ended an 11-0 run that began late in regulation and put Dallas ahead 107-100. Devin Harris scored the first four points of OT.

Utah's Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 36 points, but missed a 3-point attempt from the left corner as regulation ended.

The Mavericks scored the final four points of regulation, on a dunk by Barnes and a rebound basket from the edge of the foul line by Dirk Nowitzki with 3 seconds remaining.

Nowitzki finished with 20 points. Utah's Rudy Gobert scored 15 points and added 15 rebounds before fouling out with 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

76ers 112, Magic 111

T.J. McConnell made the go-ahead jumper with 5.8 seconds remaining, Dario Saric came off the bench to score 24 points and Philadelphia beat Orlando.

McConnell's basket in the lane came after Ersan Ilyasova won the jump ball against Evan Fournier in the waning moments of a game that featured 10 lead changes and five ties before the Sixers completed their final rally.

Moments earlier, Magic center Nikola Vucevic had blocked Ilyasova's shot in the corner with 13 seconds remaining and Orlando holding a one-point lead.

Ilyasova was the only starter in double figures with 16 points for Philadelphia, which snapped a five-game losing streak.

Fournier led Orlando with 24 points but accounted for six of the team's 21 turnovers. Vucevic added 21 points and 11 rebounds in the Magic's third straight loss.