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 Brooklyn (1-7) parlayed a dominant performance on the offensive
glass and some clutch shooting down the stretch into their first
road win against Houston (4-4) in nine games. Bogdanovic finished
with a team-high 22 points, including a dagger 3-pointer with 70
seconds left that lifted the Nets to a 104-98 lead.
Larkin added 15 points on 6-for-10 shooting. Bogdanovic and Larkin
also combined for 17 rebounds in snapping the Rockets' four-game
winning streak.
Rockets guard James Harden had 23 points, nine rebounds and six
assists while forward Marcus Thornton scored 21 points and added
seven assists. Houston center Dwight Howard posted a double-double
of 20 points and 17 rebounds with five blocks.
Warriors 100, Grizzlies 84
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- After a quiet first half at FedExForum, Stephen
Curry turned up the volume in the second half and finished with a
game-high 28 points as Golden State remained the league's only
unbeaten team with a victory over Memphis.
A little more than a week after the Grizzlies had suffered a
franchise-worst 50-point defeat to the Warriors at Oracle Arena,
Memphis scrapped to within a point of the defending NBA champions in
the third quarter.
Memphis lost its fourth straight and shot just 34.3 percent, going
24-for-70 from the floor. Memphis, which entered the night ranked
29th in the NBA in made treys and 3-point percentage, went 3-for-15
from beyond the arc for 20 percent.
Hawks 106, Pelicans 98
ATLANTA -- With Anthony Davis sidelined, New Orleans didn't have a
frontcourt answer for either Al Horford or Paul Millsap against
Atlanta.
Horford scored 26 points and Millsap had 16 rebounds to go with 19
points as the Hawks pulled away in the fourth quarter to defeat the
shorthanded Pelicans.
Jeff Teague had 14 points and 10 assists for the Hawks and Dennis
Schroder scored 12 points. Eric Gordon scored 26 points for New
Orleans.
Hornets 95, Knicks 93
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cody Zeller hit a layup off an inbounds pass with
0.4 seconds remaining, and Charlotte then held on in a bizarre
finish for a victory over New York.
New York rookie Kristaps Porzingis hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer
that initially was ruled good, but the basket was disallowed after
officials determined that the clock already expired.
Zeller's layup came after the Hornets inbounded under the New York
basket with 2.2 seconds left. Spencer Hawks found Zeller going back
door and delivered a perfect pass.
The win moved the Hornets (4-4) to the .500 mark for the first time
this year. They have won four of their past five after an 0-3 start.
The Knicks were looking for a third consecutive win.
Magic 101, Lakers 99
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Nikola Vucevic hit a shot at the buzzer to lift
Orlando to a victory over slumping Los Angeles.
Vucevic, who entered the game as a reserve after missing the
previous three games with a knee injury, finished with 18 points and
five rebounds. Reserve Shabazz Napier scored a career-high 22 points
to lead all scorers.
The Lakers were without veteran Kobe Bryant for the second
consecutive game because of a sore back.
Raptors 119, 76ers 103
PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Lowry scored 23 points and Luis Scola added 17
of his season-high 21 in the pivotal third quarter as Toronto beat
short-handed Philadelphia.
Cory Joseph notched 15 points, DeMar DeRozan had 14 and Jonas
Valanciunas contributed 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Raptors,
who snapped a three-game losing streak.
Toronto had a season-high point total. The Raptors' 48.3-percent
shooting was also their best of the season.
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Pacers 102, Celtics 91
BOSTON -- For the second time in eight nights, Paul George was just
a bit too much for Boston to handle.
The Indiana forward scored 17 of his 26 points in the second half,
grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out three assists to lead the Pacers
to a victory over the Celtics.
George, who had the same totals in the Pacers' home win over the
Celtics a week earlier, scored nine consecutive Indiana points in a
1:20 span of the third quarter. He also nailed back-to-back shots
with the Pacers ahead by three midway through the third quarter.
C.J. Miles added 17 points and five rebounds, and Monta Ellis had 13
points, six assists and four steals for the Pacers.
Mavericks 118, Clippers 108
DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 31 points to lead
Dallas to a win over Los Angeles at American Airlines Center.
Nowitzki confounded the Clippers with a shooting display for the
ages. The power forward drilled 11-of-14 shots, his last being a
banked 3-pointer 1:05 to play to give the Mavericks a 113-108 lead.
The Mavericks evened their home record at 2-2 and avenged a 16-point
road loss to the Clippers earlier this season.
Nuggets 103, Bucks 102
DENVER -- Kenneth Faried's layup with five seconds left gave Denver
a win over Milwaukee.
Faried finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, and Danilo
Gallinari had 25 points for the Nuggets. Emmanuel Mudiay finished
with 16 points and 11 assists.
Faried delivered the win when he grabbed Gallinari's errant jumper
and put it in.
Khris Middleton missed a 20-foot jumper from the baseline that would
have won it for the Bucks (4-5).
Kings 101, Pistons 92
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- DeMarcus Cousins scored a season-high 33
points and Rudy Gay added 25, as Sacramento took control from the
beginning in a victory over Detroit at Sleep Train Arena.
Rajon Rondo added 14 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds, and the
Kings held off a Detroit rally in the final quarter to snap a
six-game losing streak.
Rondo played 48 minutes for the second straight contest, as
Sacramento played its third straight game without guard Darren
Collision (left hamstring strain) and its second in a row without
guard Seth Curry (right ankle sprain). He finished with his second
triple-double of the season and 24th of his career.
Spurs 113, Trail Blazers 101
PORTLAND, Ore. -- LaMarcus Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard combined for
43 points as San Antonio seized a victory over Portland.
Aldridge scored 23 points and Leonard added 20 as the Spurs won
their third consecutive game.
Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers with 22 points and nine
assists, while guard CJ McCollum added 21 points.
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