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 Lakers 114, Hawks 109
Kobe Bryant scored 28 points to surpass 32,000 in his career and
helped the Los Angeles Lakers to a 114-109 win over the Atlanta
Hawks, just their second victory this season.
Bryant joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and Michael Jordan as
the only players to surpass 32,000 career points.
Bryant needs 291 more points to catch the third-placed Jordan, who
has 32,292.
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Jazz 98, Thunder 81
Alec Burks scored 20 points and collected a career-high 14 rebounds
while Enes Kanter chipped in 16 points and 15 boards to help Utah
rally for a victory over Oklahoma City.
 Trey Burke added 17 points and nine assists for Utah, helping the
Jazz rally from a 17-point second-quarter deficit.
The Jazz shot 51.1 percent from the field in the second half after
struggling to find any sort of offensive rhythm for much of the
first.
Jeremy Lamb had 19 points to lead the Thunder, who lost for the
sixth time in seven road games this season. Oklahoma City played
short-handed with six players sitting out because of injuries.
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Bucks 117, Knicks 113
Jerryd Bayless made five of six free throws in the final minute and
Ersan Ilyasova scored 20 points as Milwaukee held off a furious
fight back by New York.
Ilyasova scored 11 of his points in the final quarter.
New York got 26 points from Carmelo Anthony and 24 from Tim Hardaway
Jr.
Milwaukee led by as many as 26 in the second half and scored the
first seven points of the final quarter to take a 102-84 lead before
the Knicks rallied.
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Pelicans 106, Kings 100
Anthony Davis scored 28 points, the first Kings opponent to reach
that total this season, and the Pelicans rode a big second half to
victory over Sacramento at Sleep Train Arena.
Ryan Anderson added 22 points and made four of 12 three-pointers for
New Orleans, who won despite playing without forward Omer Asik for
the second straight night. (Editing by Cameron French/Peter
Rutherford)
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