HOUSTON -- With madness breaking out all around them in the second quarter on Friday night, the Houston Rockets did what they have done throughout this runaway month of December, particularly at Toyota Center: They steadied the ship and kept on rolling offensively.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Dusan Ristic scored 16 points and No. 18 Arizona overcame a sluggish and sloppy first half to beat California 67-62 on Friday night in the Pac-12 opener for both teams.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Kevin Durant notched his first triple-double for Golden State with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists and first in more than a year, leading the Warriors past the Dallas Mavericks 108-99 on Friday night.
CHICAGO -- The Milwaukee Bucks will try to knock off the Chicago Bulls for the third time in a row this season when the teams meet Saturday night at the United Center.
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley needs more production from his reserves so he's asked leading scorer Torian Graham to come off the bench.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Frank Mason III drove hard the length of the court a couple of times and made some other gritty plays to try to get Kansas out of an early funk on the road in its Big 12 opener.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) Deondre Francois threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Nyquan Murray with 36 seconds remaining, and No. 10 Florida State beat No. 6 Michigan 33-32 in a wild Orange Bowl on Friday night.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) Brendan Westendorf scored 13 of his 28 points in the final three minutes to almost single-handedly cap a furious comeback as Seattle defeated UC Santa Barbara 80-76 on Friday night.