Durant ejected in Nets' dominating win over Pistons

LOS ANGELES – James Harden had a triple double and Kevin Durant scored 23 points before being ejected in the third quarter of the Brooklyn Nets 117-91 win over the Detroit Pistons at the Barclays Center in New York on Sunday (Monday, Manila time).

Durant was thrown out of the game for a flagrant foul with 3:23 remaining in the third quarter. 

Officials sent him to the showers after he hit Kelly Olynyk in the face with his right arm. Durant shot 10-of-13 from the field before getting ejected.

Harden produced his 59th career triple-double with 18 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds as the Nets led by as many as 30 at one stage. He is now the Nets all-time leader with 13 triple-doubles, and joined Larry Bird for second on the NBA's all-time list with his 59.

It was Durant's second incident in as many games. He was slapped with a technical in Brooklyn's 105-98 win over Indiana Friday for tossing the ball into the stands after a foul was called. He was later fined $25,000 by the league.

"I tried to run through the screen," Durant said. "That was the result of me trying to blow the screen up."

In Dallas, Luka Doncic capped a team-high 23-point night with a clutch three-pointer as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Sacramento Kings 105-99. 

Doncic also dished out 10 assists and eight rebounds for the Mavericks, who shot 44.4% from the field after having been held to 29.5% in a Friday loss to Denver.

Richaun Holmes posted a 22-point, 13-rebound double-double for the Kings, who had a two-game win streak snapped.

LaMelo Ball also scored 27 points and Kelly Oubre came off the bench to score 26 in powering the Charlotte Hornets to a 125-113 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. 

Ball also had nine rebounds and seven assists to bounce back from a sub-par performance in his previous outings. The NBA Rookie of the Year had just 13 points on five-of-28 shooting from the floor in a win over Orlando on Wednesday and a Friday loss to Miami.