In brief: Record-setting night for Stephen Curry as Warriors defeat Magic

NBA: Stephen Curry scored 51 points and set an NBA record with a 3-pointer in his 128th consecutive game as the Golden State Warriors beat the Orlando Magic 130-114 on Thursday night in Orlando, Florida.

A night after scoring 42 in a six-point victory at Miami, Curry made 20 of 27 shots from the field, including 10 3-pointers.

The reigning MVP topped 50 points for the third time this season, becoming first player to do it that many times in a season since LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in 2008-09.

Curry surpassed Kyle Korver’s mark of 127 straight games with a 3-pointer.

Pelicans slip past Thunder: Anthony Davis scored 30 points and blocked four shots, Pelicans reserves Ryan Anderson, Jrue Holiday and Toney Douglas combined for 60 points, and New Orleans beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 123-119 in New Orleans.

Russell Westbrook scored 44 points and Kevin Durant 32 for Oklahoma City.

Harden leads Rockets past Trail Blazers: James Harden scored 46 points and the Houston Rockets overcame a 21-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Trail Blazers 119-105, snapping Portland’s six-game home winning streak.

Dwight Howard added 19 points and 13 rebounds for Houston, which had lost four of five.

Damian Lillard had 23 points for the Blazers, who had won 15 of their last 18 games to put themselves in the postseason picture.

Celtics extend home streak: Isaiah Thomas scored 27 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Celtics recorded their ninth straight home victory, 112-107 over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Nets waive Johnson: The Brooklyn Nets waived Joe Johnson, allowing the seven-time All-Star to leave one of the NBA’s worst teams and join a contender.

Timberwolves release Miller: The Minnesota Timberwolves have waived veteran point guard Andre Miller after agreeing to terms on a buyout of his contract. Miller, 39, will look to join a team that is making a playoff push.

Blackhawks acquire Ladd from Jets

NHL: The Chicago Blackhawks are hoping a reunion with Andrew Ladd will lead to another Stanley Cup title.

The Blackhawks acquired one of the top forwards on the trade market when they sent prospect Marko Dano and two draft picks to Winnipeg for Ladd, forward Matt Fraser and defenseman Jay Harrison.

Ladd likely will play on the left side of Chicago’s top line.

Rangers edge Blues: Chris Kreider and Tanner Glass scored and Henrik Lundqvist made 35 saves as the New York Rangers beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in St. Louis.

Lundqvist got his 30th victory of the season, joining Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy as the only goalies in NHL history to have at least 30 wins in 10 different seasons.

Leafs earn much-needed win: Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau had a goal and an assist and the Toronto Maple Leafs earned their first victory in nearly three weeks, topping the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 in Toronto.

Islanders top Flames in OT: Josh Bailey scored with 18 seconds left on the clock in overtime, Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves, and the New York Islanders rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames in Calgary, Alberta.

Djokovic retires from match with Lopez

Tennis: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic retired from his quarterfinal match against Feliciano Lopez at the Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, after losing the first set.

Djokovic called for the ATP trainer while trailing 1-2.

Lopez said Djokovic told him that he had an eye infection that was bothering him.

Djokovic’s retirement means this will be the first tournament in more than a year where he hasn’t reached the final.

Lopez will play unseeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the semifinals. Baghdatis upset fourth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 7-5, 6-0.

Second-seeded Stan Wawrinka set up a semifinal with unseeded Nick Kyrgios by beating eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5, 6-1.

Kyrgios beat third-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-4.

Garcia, Thompson tied for Honda lead

Golf: Sergio Garcia made an eagle and wound up with a share of the lead in the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Garcia holed out with an 8-iron from 142 yards into the wind on the second hole for an eagle, and he narrowly missed an eagle putt on the 18th hole at PGA National. The Spaniard shot 5-under 65 and shared the lead with Michael Thompson, the 2013 Honda Classic winner, who also birdied the last hole. of the day

Garcia and Thompson were one shot ahead of Rickie Fowler and William McGirt.

Baseball bans rolling block slides

Miscellany: Baseball made its call on the Chase Utley slide: out.

Major League Baseball and the players’ union have banned rolling blocks to break up potential double plays, hoping to prevent a repeat of the takeout by Utley that broke the leg of New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada during last year’s playoffs.

Under the change, a runner must attempt a “bona fide slide,” defined as making contact with the ground ahead of the base, being in position to and trying to reach the base with a hand or foot, trying to remain on the base after the slide, and sliding within reach of the base without changing his path to initiate contact with a fielder.

California Chrome wins in Dubai: It’s on to the world’s richest race for California Chrome.

The 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner appears to be back in top form with an easy two-length victory in a $150,000 race in Dubai, a second straight win for the popular horse on the comeback trail.

“It was easy,” winning jockey Victor Espinoza said after the race of about 1 1/4 miles at Meydan Racecourse. “It’s a short period of time from now until the next race. I didn’t want to empty the tank today.”

And that next race would be the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 26.

Jaguars carry over most salary cap space: The Jacksonville Jaguars carried over the most salary cap space from last year, $32.7 million, according to figures released by the NFL players’ union.

Under the labor agreement reached in 2012, teams can transfer unused salary cap space from the previous year. The total carry-over amount from 2015 was $203,963,112, making the average carry-over per club $6.4 million, the NFL Players Association said.

The smallest carry-over amount was $11,587 by the Seattle Seahawks.