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 Raptors 95, Magic 82
Lou Williams came off the bench to score 18 points as the Toronto
Raptors continued their domination of the Orlando Magic with a
comfortable victory on Monday.
The win was the third in a row for the Raptors (19-6), who defeated
the Magic for a 10th consecutive time to remain top of the Eastern
Conference standings.
Tobias Harris led the Magic with 18 points.
Cavaliers 97, Hornets 88
After racing to a 21-0 lead over the stumbling Charlotte Hornets,
the Cavaliers held on for a ninth consecutive win in contests
against Eastern Conference rivals.
Cleveland (14-9) forward LeBron James had 27 points, 13 assists and
seven rebounds, and forward Kevin Love had 22 points and a
season-high 18 rebounds.
 Pacers 110, Lakers 91
C.J. Miles came off the bench to score 16 of his 20 points during a
dominating first half, and Indiana crushed the Lakers to end an
eight-game losing streak.
Guard Rodney Stuckey had 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists
for Indiana (8-17).
Kobe Bryant, who one night earlier passed Michael Jordan for third
on the all-time scoring list, had 21 points for the Lakers (8-17),
who were playing their third road game in four days.
Hawks 93, Bulls 86
Al Horford did a little bit of everything -- scoring, rebounding and
even leading fast breaks -- to lift Atlanta to an exciting win over
the Bulls.
Horford finished with 21 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and
point guard Jeff Teague made two free throws with 10.8 seconds
remaining to seal the Hawks' (17-7) 10th win in 11 games.
Jimmy Butler led the Bulls with 22 points, and Derrick Rose added 14
points and eight assists as Chicago (15-9) saw its three-game
winning streak snapped.
Celtics 105, 76ers 87
Kelly Olynyk scored a career-high 30 points off the bench as the
Boston Celtics blasted the Philadelphia 76ers.
Avery Bradley added 15 points for Boston, who snapped a three-game
losing streak and dropped Philadelphia to 2-22.
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Trail Blazers 108, Spurs 95 Damian Lillard and LaMarcus
Aldridge scored 23 points apiece to lift the Portland Trail Blazers
over the San Antonio Spurs.
Lillard grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds to go with six assists for
Portland (19-6).
Kawhi Leonard collected 21 points and nine rebounds for the Spurs
(17-8), who played without three regular starters.
Bucks 96, Suns 94
Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton hit an off-balance, 25-foot
bank shot just before the buzzer as the Bucks rallied from a
10-point deficit in the final eight minutes to hand the Phoenix Suns
their sixth straight loss.
Markieff Morris scored 25 points and put the Suns (12-14) ahead
94-93 on a 15-footer with 3.5 seconds left.
The Bucks (13-12) lost forward Jabari Parker to a sprained left knee
in the third period.
Clippers 113, Pistons 91
Blake Griffin scored 18 points and center DeAndre Jordan added 16
points and 15 rebounds as the Los Angeles Clippers hammered the
Detroit Pistons.
Chris Paul finished with 11 points and eight assists for Los Angeles
(17-7), which had six players score in double figures.
(Compiled by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by John O'Brien)
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