Westbrook dishes 22 assists as Thunder outshine Suns

Westbrook had a career-high 22 assists in his 50th career triple-double, leading host Oklahoma City to a 114-101 victory over the Phoenix Suns.

Steven Adams, not known as a scorer before this season, had 19 points and seven rebounds; he has scored in double figures for six straight games and has shot better than 50 percent in each.

Harden also had 13 assists and nine rebounds for the Rockets, Ryan Anderson scored 28 points, and Eric Gordon finished with 20.

[...] the Timberwolves turned the ball over 22 times and couldn’t get a stop down the stretch to miss their chance for their first back-to-back wins this season.

Carmelo Anthony, who missed the Knicks’ loss at Golden State on Thursday night with a bruised right shoulder, had 29 points against his former team but remained winless in five trips to Denver since he was traded to New York in 2011.

LeBron James scored 16 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, Kyrie Irving matched a career high with 12 assists, and Kevin Love scored 27 with 17 rebounds.

Nick Young made eight three-pointers and scored a season-high 32 for the visiting Lakers, who were a headache for the defending NBA champions all night.

Paul George scored 26 points to lead six players score in double figures for visiting Indiana, and Jeff Teague had 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.