Saturday offered six NBA games on the schedule, with the highlight of the evening being James Harden and the Rockets taking on Anthony Davis and the Pelicans. Houston beat New Orleans with relative ease in a matchup we might see again in the first round of the playoffs. The red-hot Rockets extend their win streak to eight as they move closer to clinching the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference.

In the first game of the night, Karl-Anthony Towns and Joel Embiid met in a battle of two of the best young centers and teams as the Timberwolves took on the 76ers. Philly would end up prevailing for its sixth straight win. The Pistons also pulled out a victory as they try and keep their faint playoff hopes alive. 

Check below for all of Saturday's scores, highlights and news of the day.

NBA scores for Saturday, March 24

Rockets set franchise record for wins

The Rockets are a tough matchup on any night, but the Pelicans came in without Rajon Rondo or Nikola Mirotic, and it went pretty much as expected. Anthony Davis put up a valiant effort, but eventually James Harden and Houston were just too much. Harden finished with 27 points, eight assists and six rebounds, while Davis had 25 points, eight rebounds and four blocks. The Rockets' 59th win of the season is a franchise record.

Lonzo gets near triple-double in Lakers win

The cure for a four-game losing streak? How about a team that lost by 61 points last game? The Grizzlies were a little closer this time, but Lonzo Ball and the Lakers held them off. Ball finished with 12 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds.

Harden gets fancy

Pretty sure James Harden never even looked at Clint Capela before completing this sweet behind-the-back assist.

Embiid with the windmill

Players this big aren't supposed to be able to do things like this. Joel Embiid is one of a kind.

Curry in danger of missing first round

The results of Stephen Curry's MRI on Saturday revealed that he has a Grade 2 MCL sprain, and he will be re-evaluated in three weeks. In theory, Curry could be back for the start of the playoffs, but more realistically he could be held out the entire first round to recover. Full story.

Irving sidelined 3-to-6 weeks after surgery

The Celtics announced that point guard Kyrie Irving will resume basketball activities in 3-6 weeks following a proceture on Saturday to remove a tension wire from his left knee. This means that Irving will most likely miss the Celtics' opening-round playoff series. Full story.

NBA athletes support 'March for Our Lives'

Thousands of people marched on Saturday in the "March for Our Lives" movement calling for stricter gun regulations. Several current and former NBA players expressed their support for the movement on social media. Full story.

Thomas out two games with hip soreness

Lakers point guard Isaiah Thomas has played nearly every game since returning from a hip injury in early January, so it would make sense that he's starting to get a little sore. As a result, the Lakers have announced that Thomas will sit out the next two games in order to recover.

Popovich won't play blame game with Leonard

Gregg Popovich isn't going to play the blame game when it comes to the Kawhi Leonard situation. The Spurs star has missed all but nine games this season due to a nagging quad injury. Tensions have reportedly been rising between Leonard and the Spurs as a result.

Popovich, however, isn't going to blame anybody for how this has played out. He says Leonard wants to come back and has tried, but he simply can't get on the floor. 

"But the fact that he's not back, it frustrates everybody for all the obvious reasons. But there's no blame to be placed, on him or anybody else." 

The Spurs will just have to continue on without Leonard until he's ready to return. Full story.

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