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 Hawks 103, Thunder 93
Oklahoma City came in with a mini-streak but the Thunder could not
stop the Atlanta Hawks from a team-record 15th straight victory.
Paul Millsap had 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Hawks (36-8) won
for the 29th time in the past 31 games.
Russell Westbrook scored 22 points for Oklahoma City, which had won
four straight. Kevin Durant added 21 points for the Thunder (22-21)
but made just eight of 22 shots from the floor.
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Warriors 126, Kings 101
Klay Thompson put on the greatest single-quarter scoring display in
NBA history, single-handedly propelling the Golden State Warriors to
their 18th consecutive home win with a 37-point third quarter in a
over the Sacramento Kings.
Thompson's 37-point quarter topped the previous mark of 33 that had
been shared by George Gervin of the San Antonio Spurs and Carmelo
Anthony of the New York Knicks.
Thompson finished with a career-best 52 points as the red-hot
Warriors improved to 35-6.
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Bulls 102, Mavericks 98
Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler scored 20 points each and the Chicago
Bulls topped Dallas to earn a win in the second of back-to-back
games.
Having defeated San Antonio on Thursday, the Bulls held off the
Mavericks to improve to 29-16.
Dirk Nowitzki scored a team-high 24 for the Mavericks (30-14).
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Rockets 113, Suns 111
James Harden scored 33 points and hit the game-winning jumper from
20 feet at the buzzer to give the Houston Rockets a win over the
Phoenix Suns.
Donatas Motiejunas added 15 for the Rockets (30-14), who led by 16
points with 6:11 to play before the Suns put on a furious rally,
tying the game on a three-point play by forward Markieff Morris with
16.6 seconds left.
But guard Harden held the ball out by midcourt before backing down
Phoenix (26-19) defender P.J. Tucker and hitting the game-winning
shot.
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Cavaliers 129, Hornets 89
The Cleveland Cavaliers enjoyed their biggest halftime lead in
franchise history, 75-40, and rolled easily to a victory against the
Charlotte Hornets.
LeBron James had 25 points, nine assists and six rebounds in a
season-low 27 minutes. J.R. Smith scored 21 points -- all on
3-pointers -- as the Cavs set a season high in scoring, won their
most lopsided game of the season and won their fifth straight.
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Pelicans 92, Timberwolves 84
Anthony Davis recorded 21 points and 12 rebounds and the New Orleans
Pelicans held off the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves drew as close as three in the fourth quarter before
key shots from forward Anthony Davis in the final minutes provided
New Orleans (22-21) enough of a boost to put Minnesota (7-35) away
for good.
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Spurs 99, Lakers 85
Kawhi Leonard produced 15 points and 14 rebounds, helping the San
Antonio Spurs defeat the Los Angeles Lakers.
It was the seventh straight loss for the Lakers (12-32), who played
without guard Kobe Bryant who suffered a torn rotator cuff in his
right shoulder on Wednesday and is believed to be out for the
season.
San Antonio improved to 28-17.
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Heat 89, Pacers 87
Luol Deng returned from illness to score 23 points as the Miami Heat
won their first home game in 19 days, defeating the slumping Indiana
Pacers.
Indiana (15-30), which trailed by as many as 21 points late in third
quarter, rallied to within one point with 52.5 seconds left in the
game.
But Heat guard Mario Chalmers scored on a drive, and that was as
close as the Pacers got.
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Knicks 113, Magic 106
The New York Knicks have a three-game winning streak for the first
time this season after defeating the Orlando Magic.
The Knicks, who ended a franchise-worst, 16-game losing streak on
Jan. 19, got 25 points from Carmelo Anthony to improve to 8-36.
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Raptors 91, 76ers 86
Newly minted All-Star Kyle Lowry scored 17 of his 21 points in the
final 5:30, and backcourt partner Greivis Vasquez dropped in the
go-ahead layup with 25.9 seconds left as the Toronto Raptors rallied
to beat the Philadelphia 76ers.
Center Jonas Valanciunas contributed a key steal in the closing
seconds for the Raptors (28-15), who erased a 77-68 deficit to win
for just the fourth time in 12 games.
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Celtics 100, Nuggets 99
Avery Bradley scored eight of his 18 points in the fourth quarter
and the Boston Celtics held on to beat the Denver Nuggets.
Bradley made a three-pointer to give the Celtics (15-26) a 98-96
lead with 1:23 left as they finished off Denver (18-25). (Editing by
Sudipto Ganguly)
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