Basketball

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Utah's Keyonte George scored 10 points, San Antonio's Stephon Castle made the game-winning jumper and Team C defeated Team T 40-34 in the first semifinal game of the Rising Stars competition at All-Star weekend on Friday night.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Rome Flynn scored 22 points, leading Team Bonds to a 66-55 over Team Rice in the All-Star celebrity game on Friday night.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — There are parties on Stephen and Ayesha Curry's calendars this weekend. There will be celebrations, brunches, dinners, all that stuff.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are one step closer to going into the Basketball Hall of Fame. If all goes well, they might get in twice.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Khris Middleton thanked Milwaukee for helping shape him “into the person and player I am today” a week after the Bucks traded the three-time All-Star to the Washington Wizards.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Damian Lillard pulled into Oakland High School and all the memories began flooding back. There was the pool, where he took swimming for his final period of the day as a senior.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves were short-handed for their final game before the All-Star break and facing the runaway Western Conference leader, playing on back-to-back nights on the heels of a rough loss to an undermanned opponent.

HOUSTON (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 27 points and the Golden State Warriors withstood a late surge by the Houston Rockets for a 105-98 victory Thursday night.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Norman Powell scored a season-high 41 points and James Harden added 32 to lift the Los Angeles Clippers to a 120-116 overtime victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night.

DALLAS (AP) — Dante Exum scored a season-high 27 points, one short of his career high, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 118-113 on Thursday night.