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(From the Associated Press) - Chris Bosh had 23 points and 13 rebounds, Andrea Bargnani scored 22 and the Raptors used a big second quarter to beat the Mavericks 110-88 on Sunday. “There was no smiling and joking in this locker room after that game,” Mavericks guard Jason Terry said. “That was embarrassing.” Jose Calderon had 15 points and Jarrett Jack scored 11 for the Raptors, who took the lead early in the second and never trailed again, leading by as many as 26. Toronto won for the seventh time in eight home games, reaching the midpoint of its season at 21-20...Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 points and Terry had 18 for the Mavericks, who have lost three of four. Shawn Marion scored 15 and Jason Kidd had 12 points and nine assists...It was Dallas’ worst loss since a 131-96 setback at the Los Angeles Lakers on Jan. 3. There’s little time to fix the problems; the Mavericks face the Celtics in Boston on Monday night. “We’ve got to get out of here, we’ll look at some of the problems that we had,” Carlisle said. “We don’t have a big turnaround time. We’ve got to get ready to play Boston.”

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(By ARNIE STAPLETON From the Associated Press) - Carmelo Anthony scored 37 points and Chauncey Billups added 29 in the Denver Nuggets’ 119-112 win over Utah that snapped a four-game winning streak by the Jazz on Sunday night. Ty Lawson returned to Denver’s rotation after missing four games with a sprained ankle and helped steady a sometimes erratic offense, scoring 11 points and dishing out an assist. Nene added 18 points for the Nuggets, whose win on this January night could mean a lot come April. Denver improved to 3-0 against Utah, winning the season series, which could prove crucial for playoff seeding should these teams end up with the same record in the tight Western Conference. Point guard Deron Williams (sprained wrist) and forward Andrei Kirilenko (hyperextended knee) were both in Utah’s starting lineup despite playing the night before in a 112-95 win over Milwaukee in Salt Lake City. Williams led the Jazz with 23 points but Kirilenko scored just seven. Kyle Korver had 19, Carlos Boozer 18 and Paul Millsap 17 for the Jazz.
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