vs(By MIKE CRANSTON From the Associated Press) - Deron Williams had 23 points and 10 assists, Carlos Boozer added 22 points and 11 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz bounced back from a miserable performance a night earlier to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 110-102 on Saturday...Gerald Wallace had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and Stephen Jackson added 18 points for the Bobcats, who have dropped two straight. Boozer and Williams combined for eight points and as many turnovers on 3-of-15 shooting before being benched in the third quarter with the rest of Utah’s starters in a blowout loss at Atlanta. It prompted Williams to apologize to Utah fans. Williams came back energized, constantly beating Charlotte in transition, while Boozer dominated the inside as the Bobcats faded early in the fourth quarter. Gerald Wallace had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and Stephen Jackson added 18 points for the Bobcats, who have dropped two straight.
vs(From the Associated Press) - Dwight Howard has 12 points, 20 rebounds and four blocks, and Rashard Lewis added 15 points for the Magic, who had 19 turnovers and shot 42 percent. They compensated by limiting Portland to just two field goals and seven points in the final seven minutes of the game...Barnes drew the unenviable assignment of slowing down Brandon Roy, who finished with 33 points, 21 of them in the second half. Roy scored 15 of Portland’s 21 points in the third quarter and kept his team afloat until Barnes got him under control in the final quarter...Andre Miller scored 16 for Portland, but the Trail Blazers ran out of energy in the second half. Portland shot just 34 percent after halftime and was outrebounded 54-35 by the Magic.
vs(From the Associated Press) - Chris Kaman scored 24 points, Baron Davis added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-107 in overtime Saturday night while a blizzard ravaged the Northeast...Marreese Speights scored 28 points and Iguodala added 20 for Philadelphia...ou Williams returned to Philadelphia’s lineup after missing 12 games with a broken jaw, scoring six points in 23 minutes. His ahead-of-schedule return was welcome news to a team that was again without newly acquired Allen Iverson, who missed his second straight game with arthritis in his left knee. Iverson had the knee drained twice this week.
vs(By BRIAN MAHONEY From the Associated Press) - Kobe Bryant had 29 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Lakers to a 103-84 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Saturday night in a matchup of the NBA’s best and worst teams...The Nets dropped their seventh straight, but the game was competitive into the third quarter, when Bryant started taking over about the time the league’s lowest-scoring team was enduring one of its usual droughts...Pau Gasol had 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Lakers, who improved to 21-4 heading into the finale of their five-game trip that ends Sunday in Detroit— provided they can fight their way through a winter storm to get there on time...Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 20 for the Nets (2-26) before limping off with a sprained right ankle after stepping on Odom’s foot while driving to the basket with 4:47 left. Every loss during their latest skid has been by double digits, and only one has been by fewer than 16.
vs(By ANDREW SELIGMAN From the Associated Press) - Derrick Rose scored a career-high 32 points and the Chicago Bulls overcame a season-high 40 points from Joe Johnson to beat Atlanta 101-98 in overtime Saturday night and snap the Hawks’ six-game win streak...Luol Deng chipped in with 21 points and 12 rebounds. John Salmons scored 16 and Chicago rallied again after falling behind by 17 in a win over New York on Thursday. That was enough to offset a big effort by Johnson, who finished two points shy of his career high. Horford had 15 points and 12 rebounds, Jamal Crawford scored 14, but the Hawks simply couldn’t put away Chicago.
vs(By PAUL J. WEBER From the Associated Press) - Tim Duncan dunked over Roy Hibbert with 4.6 seconds left to give San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich his 700th career win with a thrilling 100-99 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. Duncan let out a roar after throwing down the last of his 19 points over Hibbert, who blocked Duncan’s first attempt with time winding down before the Spurs’ perennial All-Star grabbed the ball back and went over Hibbert for the winning score...Duncan also had 16 rebounds and scored eight of his points in the fourth. Tony Parker added 15 points and Keith Bogans had 14 for the Spurs. Troy Murphy led the Pacers with 21 points. Indiana, which rallied from a halftime deficit by ending the third quarter on a 21-8 burst, has not won in San Antonio in seven years.
vs(From the Associated Press) - Tyreke Evans made a reverse layup around Andrew Bogut with 0.9 seconds left, lifting the Sacramento Kings to a 96-95 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in a game that featured the NBA’s top two rookies...Evans scored a game-high 24 points to top Milwaukee rookie Brandon Jennings, who had 15 points, nine assists and six rebounds...Jason Thompson scored 22 points—including seven in the final three minutes — and had 10 rebounds for the Kings, who were playing their fourth game in five nights. Carlos Delfino scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for the Bucks. Neither team led by more than seven the entire game. The lead changed hands seven times in the final two minutes and the star rookies were at the center of the action...Bogut scored 13 points in the first half and the Bucks led 53-49 at halftime.
vs(From the Associated Press) - Trevor Ariza scored 31 points and hit five 3-pointers, and the Rockets closed an exhausting run of four games in five days with a 95-90 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night...It was Houston’s 13th straight victory and 10th in a row at home against the Thunder. The Thunder cut Houston’s lead to 74-65 at the end of the third quarter and nipped at the Rockets’ heels the rest of the game. They pulled within one point, 82-81, on a pair of free throws by Russell Westbrook with 5:20 to play, but the Rockets never lost the lead. Kevin Durant, the Thunder’s leading scorer, hit only three of his first 12 shots and finished with 13 points. Jeff Green led Oklahoma City with 21 points on 6-of-18 shooting.
vs(By BOB BAUM From the Associated Press) - Steve Nash had 15 points and 15 assists before sitting out the fourth quarter Saturday night, and the Phoenix Suns improved to 10-0 at home with a 121-95 rout of the Washington Wizards. Amare Stoudemire had 23 points and 14 rebounds and Jason Richardson scored 22 as the Suns remained the only team in the NBA without a home loss. Phoenix has won 19 in a row at home dating to last season...Gilbert Arenas, who had 45 points and 13 assists as the Wizards snapped a six-game losing streak with a win at Golden State on Friday, scored 22 in 23 minutes but made just 6 of 21 shots.
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(By MIKE CRANSTON From the Associated Press) - Deron Williams had 23 points and 10 assists, Carlos Boozer added 22 points and 11 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz bounced back from a miserable performance a night earlier to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 110-102 on Saturday...Gerald Wallace had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and Stephen Jackson added 18 points for the Bobcats, who have dropped two straight. Boozer and Williams combined for eight points and as many turnovers on 3-of-15 shooting before being benched in the third quarter with the rest of Utah’s starters in a blowout loss at Atlanta. It prompted Williams to apologize to Utah fans. Williams came back energized, constantly beating Charlotte in transition, while Boozer dominated the inside as the Bobcats faded early in the fourth quarter. Gerald Wallace had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and Stephen Jackson added 18 points for the Bobcats, who have dropped two straight.
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(From the Associated Press) - Dwight Howard has 12 points, 20 rebounds and four blocks, and Rashard Lewis added 15 points for the Magic, who had 19 turnovers and shot 42 percent. They compensated by limiting Portland to just two field goals and seven points in the final seven minutes of the game...Barnes drew the unenviable assignment of slowing down Brandon Roy, who finished with 33 points, 21 of them in the second half. Roy scored 15 of Portland’s 21 points in the third quarter and kept his team afloat until Barnes got him under control in the final quarter...Andre Miller scored 16 for Portland, but the Trail Blazers ran out of energy in the second half. Portland shot just 34 percent after halftime and was outrebounded 54-35 by the Magic.
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(From the Associated Press) - Chris Kaman scored 24 points, Baron Davis added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-107 in overtime Saturday night while a blizzard ravaged the Northeast...Marreese Speights scored 28 points and Iguodala added 20 for Philadelphia...ou Williams returned to Philadelphia’s lineup after missing 12 games with a broken jaw, scoring six points in 23 minutes. His ahead-of-schedule return was welcome news to a team that was again without newly acquired Allen Iverson, who missed his second straight game with arthritis in his left knee. Iverson had the knee drained twice this week.
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(By BRIAN MAHONEY From the Associated Press) - Kobe Bryant had 29 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Lakers to a 103-84 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Saturday night in a matchup of the NBA’s best and worst teams...The Nets dropped their seventh straight, but the game was competitive into the third quarter, when Bryant started taking over about the time the league’s lowest-scoring team was enduring one of its usual droughts...Pau Gasol had 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Lakers, who improved to 21-4 heading into the finale of their five-game trip that ends Sunday in Detroit— provided they can fight their way through a winter storm to get there on time...Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 20 for the Nets (2-26) before limping off with a sprained right ankle after stepping on Odom’s foot while driving to the basket with 4:47 left. Every loss during their latest skid has been by double digits, and only one has been by fewer than 16.
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(By ANDREW SELIGMAN From the Associated Press) - Derrick Rose scored a career-high 32 points and the Chicago Bulls overcame a season-high 40 points from Joe Johnson to beat Atlanta 101-98 in overtime Saturday night and snap the Hawks’ six-game win streak...Luol Deng chipped in with 21 points and 12 rebounds. John Salmons scored 16 and Chicago rallied again after falling behind by 17 in a win over New York on Thursday. That was enough to offset a big effort by Johnson, who finished two points shy of his career high. Horford had 15 points and 12 rebounds, Jamal Crawford scored 14, but the Hawks simply couldn’t put away Chicago.
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(By PAUL J. WEBER From the Associated Press) - Tim Duncan dunked over Roy Hibbert with 4.6 seconds left to give San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich his 700th career win with a thrilling 100-99 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. Duncan let out a roar after throwing down the last of his 19 points over Hibbert, who blocked Duncan’s first attempt with time winding down before the Spurs’ perennial All-Star grabbed the ball back and went over Hibbert for the winning score...Duncan also had 16 rebounds and scored eight of his points in the fourth. Tony Parker added 15 points and Keith Bogans had 14 for the Spurs. Troy Murphy led the Pacers with 21 points. Indiana, which rallied from a halftime deficit by ending the third quarter on a 21-8 burst, has not won in San Antonio in seven years.
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(From the Associated Press) - Tyreke Evans made a reverse layup around Andrew Bogut with 0.9 seconds left, lifting the Sacramento Kings to a 96-95 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in a game that featured the NBA’s top two rookies...Evans scored a game-high 24 points to top Milwaukee rookie Brandon Jennings, who had 15 points, nine assists and six rebounds...Jason Thompson scored 22 points—including seven in the final three minutes — and had 10 rebounds for the Kings, who were playing their fourth game in five nights. Carlos Delfino scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for the Bucks. Neither team led by more than seven the entire game. The lead changed hands seven times in the final two minutes and the star rookies were at the center of the action...Bogut scored 13 points in the first half and the Bucks led 53-49 at halftime.
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(From the Associated Press) - Trevor Ariza scored 31 points and hit five 3-pointers, and the Rockets closed an exhausting run of four games in five days with a 95-90 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night...It was Houston’s 13th straight victory and 10th in a row at home against the Thunder. The Thunder cut Houston’s lead to 74-65 at the end of the third quarter and nipped at the Rockets’ heels the rest of the game. They pulled within one point, 82-81, on a pair of free throws by Russell Westbrook with 5:20 to play, but the Rockets never lost the lead. Kevin Durant, the Thunder’s leading scorer, hit only three of his first 12 shots and finished with 13 points. Jeff Green led Oklahoma City with 21 points on 6-of-18 shooting.
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(By BOB BAUM From the Associated Press) - Steve Nash had 15 points and 15 assists before sitting out the fourth quarter Saturday night, and the Phoenix Suns improved to 10-0 at home with a 121-95 rout of the Washington Wizards. Amare Stoudemire had 23 points and 14 rebounds and Jason Richardson scored 22 as the Suns remained the only team in the NBA without a home loss. Phoenix has won 19 in a row at home dating to last season...Gilbert Arenas, who had 45 points and 13 assists as the Wizards snapped a six-game losing streak with a win at Golden State on Friday, scored 22 in 23 minutes but made just 6 of 21 shots.
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