Highlights of Friday's National Basketball Association games

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[January 31, 2015]  Jan 31 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Friday's National Basketball Association games:

Hawks 105, Trail Blazers 99

All-Star forward Paul Millsap led six Atlanta Hawks players in double-figures, fueling Atlanta's 18th straight win, a 105-99 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Hawks survived a 37-point performance from Portland forward LaMarcus Aldridge to notch their 12th straight win over a Western Conference foe. Atlanta (39-8) is undefeated in January.

The Hawks matched the 1969-70 New York Knicks, 1981-82 Boston Celtics and 1995-96 Chicago Bulls with 18-game win streaks, tied for the eighth longest in NBA history.

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Jazz 110, Warriors 100

Small forward Gordon Hayward had a huge game and the Utah Jazz snapped a six-game losing streak to the Golden State Warriors with an upset 110-100 home win.

Hayward compiled 24 points, 15 rebounds, six assists and three steals, the first player in the NBA to reach those numbers in a game this season.

Golden State All-Star guard Stephen Curry scored a game-high 32 points and had seven rebounds and six assists, but the Warriors (36-8) experienced a rare off night while losing for the second time in a row.

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Cavaliers 101, Kings 90

Kevin Love had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Sacramento Kings 101-90 for their ninth consecutive victory, their longest winning streak in nearly five years.

Cavs forward LeBron James started after missing one game with a sprained wrist. He had 19 points and seven assists.

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Raptors 127, Nets 122 (OT)

Forward Amir Johnson had the go-ahead putback layup with 41.5 seconds remaining in overtime and the Toronto Raptors withstood a fourth-quarter collapse for a wild 127-122 road victory over the Brooklyn Nets.

Johnson had 24 points and made 10 of 11 shots from the field as the Raptors survived despite blowing a 17-point lead in a game that saw eight lead changes and seven ties in the final 17 minutes.

It was the fifth successive win for Toronto, and the seventh straight home loss for the Nets.

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Mavericks 93, Heat 72

The Dallas Mavericks went on a 23-0 second-half run and snapped their four-game losing streak in style with a 93-72 road win over the Miami Heat.

It was the first Dallas triumph over the Heat since the 2011 NBA Finals, a span of seven straight losses.

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Pelicans 108, Clippers 103

Guard Eric Gordon scored a season-high 28 points and forward Ryan Anderson, playing for injured Anthony Davis, added 24 to lift the New Orleans Pelicans to a 108-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, whose defeat snapped a six-game winning streak.

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Suns 99, Bulls 93

Eric Bledsoe scored 23 points and Goran Dragic 21 as the Phoenix Suns staved off Chicago to beat the Bulls 99-93.

The Bulls, down by 15 points in the third quarter, briefly took the lead late in the period and stayed within striking distance in the fourth quarter but never hit the front again as the Suns survived.

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Rockets 93, Celtics 87

The Houston Rockets shrugged off the absence of injured center Dwight Howard, and a nine-point third quarter, to record their fourth consecutive victory, a 93-87 road win over the Boston Celtics.

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76ers 103, Timberwolves 94

Forward Luc Mbah a Moute scored 18 points and Michael Carter-Williams had a triple double of 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 103-94 in a battle of two lowly teams. (Edited by Andrew Both)

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