Gasol heroics in vain as Bulls lose to Warriors

The Golden State Warriors beat the Chicago Bulls for a franchise record 12th consecutive victory.

Forward Draymond Green scored a career-high 31 points to lead the Warriors (17-2), who had five players score in double digits.

The Warriors' previous franchise mark of 11 consecutive wins had stood since 1972.

Chicago forward Pau Gasol tallied 22 points and 20 rebounds for his sixth consecutive double-double, his best stretch since 2012.

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Forward Blake Griffin scored 30 points and the Los Angeles Clippers dominated the second half to trounce the New Orleans Pelicans.

The scores were tied at the long break, before the Clippers (14-5) broke clear to win their seventh in a row.

Forward Anthony Davis finished with 26 points to lead New Orleans (8-10), which lost for the fifth time in six games.

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The San Antonio Spurs played without injured guards Tony Parker (hamstring) and Manu Ginobili (shoulder) but still notched their highest score of the season as they demolished the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Keyed by a scorching first quarter, the Houston Rockets claimed a wire-to-wire win over the Phoenix Suns.

The Rockets fashioned an 18-5 rebounding advantage in the first quarter in building a 17-point lead they would not relinquish.

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Forward Tobias Harris scored 26 points and forward Channing Frye made a desperation three-pointer with just under three minutes left to help curtail a collapse as the Orlando Magic gutted out a road victory over the Sacramento Kings.

The Kings erased a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to tie it at 90-90 before Orlando scored the next nine points.

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Forward Robert Covington scored a career-high 25 points off the bench and the Philadelphia 76ers notched their second win of the season when they limited the Detroit Pistons to one point in overtime in a matchup of teams with the NBA's worst records.