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 Cavaliers 110, Nets 88
Reserve guard Dion Waiters scored a season-high 26 points as the
Cleveland Cavaliers stretched their winning streak to seven games
with a 110-88 victory over the shorthanded Brooklyn Nets.
Forward LeBron James totaled 18 points and seven assists as the
Cavaliers (12-7) improved to 10-3 against Eastern Conference
opponents.
Forward Kevin Love added 19 points and 11 rebounds for his fifth
straight double-double and 10th overall, helping Cleveland to a
55-33 advantage on the glass.
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Warriors 102, Timberwolves 86
The Golden State Warriors stretched their franchise-record winning
streak to 13 games in a 102-86 defeat of the injury-depleted
Minnesota Timberwolves.
 Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson each scored 21 points as the
Warriors (18-2) added another mark to their historic stretch with
their eighth consecutive road victory.
Minnesota (4-16), still without injured starters Kevin Martin,
Nikola Pekovic and Ricky Rubio, were led by rookie Andrew Wiggins'
21 points but lost their sixth straight.
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Hawks 108, Pacers 92
The Atlanta Hawks ran their winning streak to seven games, their
longest since 2009, with a 108-92 rout of the Indiana Pacers.
Center Al Horford scored 25 with eight rebounds for Atlanta (14-6),
while guard Jeff Teague had 21 points and seven assists. Indiana
(7-14) saw its losing streak extend to five games.
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Raptors 112, Nuggets 107 (overtime)
Guard Lou Williams scored the go-ahead basket in overtime and had 26
points overall as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Denver Nuggets
112-107.
The Raptors (16-5), who tied the game at 102-102 on a three-pointer
by forward Patrick Patterson to force overtime, led by as many as 17
points before falling behind by five points late in the game.
- - - Wizards 133, Celtics 132 (double overtime)
Guard John Wall scored 26 points, including 10 in a row in the
second overtime, as the Washington Wizards blew a 23-point lead in
regulation before rallying in both extra sessions for a wild 133-132
victory over the Boston Celtics.
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Wall added a career-high 17 assists while forward Paul Pierce scored
a season 28-points against his former team, and center Marcin Gortat
had 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Wizards (14-6).
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Clippers 121, Suns 120 (OT)
Blake Griffin scored 45 points, including the game-winning
three-pointer at the buzzer in overtime, to lift the Los Angeles
Clippers to a 121-120 victory over the Phoenix Suns.
Griffin made 14 of 24 shots as the Clippers (15-5) won their eighth
in a row. Chris Paul added 20 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds.
The Suns, who got a triple-double from guard Eric Bledsoe with 27
points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds dropped to (12-10) despite
leading 120-116 with 43 seconds left.
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Kings 101, Jazz 92
Rudy Gay scored 29 points and made two key baskets in the final six
minutes to help the Sacramento Kings hold off the Utah Jazz for a
101-92 win.
Nik Stauskas scored a career-high 15 points and also converted a
three-point play on a layup and foul shot to highlight a 9-2 late
run.
The Kings (11-10) won for just the second time in seven contests.
Forward Gordon Hayward had 19 points for Utah (5-16) who lost their
ninth straight.
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Rutherford)
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