Blazers Fall To Celtics, Lose Aldridge – NBA Roundup

UNDATED (AP) — It was a tough day for the Portland Trail Blazers. They absorbed a home loss to the lowly Boston Celtics after one of the Blazers' top players announced he'll be on the shelf until March.

Evan Turner canned a 3-pointer with one second left to give the Celtics a 90-89 triumph at Portland. Avery Bradley finished with a team-high 18 points, and Jared Sullinger added 17 and nine rebounds to help Boston end a three-game skid.

Damian Lillard had 21 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who fell to 31-13 with their second consecutive loss.

Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge announced before the game that he could be out six to eight weeks due to a thumb injury that will require surgery. The three-time All-Star tore a ligament in his left thumb during Monday's win over Sacramento.

Also in the NBA:

— Blake Griffin scored 22 of his 24 points while the Los Angeles Clippers were building a 70-37 halftime lead in a 123-84 drubbing of Brooklyn. J.J. Redick and Jamal Crawford each finished with 17 points, and DeAndre Jordan had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Chris Paul had a season-high 17 assists for the Clippers, who have won three straight and nine of 12.

— Chicago had dropped six of eight before Derrick Rose scored 22 points in the Bulls' 104-81 rout of San Antonio. Pau Gasol (pow gah-SAHL') contributed 12 points and 17 rebounds to the victory, while Taj Gibson added 15 points and nine boards. The Bulls held the Spurs to 37 percent shooting after surrendering at least 102 points in six of their previous eight games.

— Gordon Hayward scored 13 of his game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter of Utah's 101-99 triumph at Milwaukee. Enes Kantner had 23 points and Dante Exum added a career-high 15 for the Jazz. The Bucks blew a 10-point, second-half lead and missed all five of their shots during the final minute.

UNDATED (AP) — Pau (pow) and Marc Gasol (gah-SAHL') have been voted the first brothers to start in the NBA All-Star game.

Pau Gasol of Chicago will start up front for the East along with LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony for the Feb. 15 game in New York. Memphis' Marc Gasol joins New Orleans' Anthony Davis and the Clippers' Blake Griffin in the West frontcourt.

Tom and Dick Van Arsdale played in the 1970 and 1971 games, but the Gasols are the first brothers chosen to start.

Toronto's Kyle Lowry passed Dwyane (dwayn) Wade in the balloting and will start alongside Washington's John Wall in the East backcourt.

The West starting guards are Golden State's Stephen (STEH'-fehn) Curry and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors will coach the Western Conference in the All-Star Game on Feb. 15 and Atlanta's Mike Budenholzer will coach the East.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers say Kobe Bryant has a torn right rotator cuff.

The third-leading scorer in NBA history injured his right shoulder in the second half of the Lakers' loss at New Orleans on Wednesday night.

Bryant briefly returned to the game and played essentially with one arm after the injury to his shooting arm.