NBA roundup: Jazz slip past Hawks

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[November 16, 2015]  ATLANTA -- Derrick Favors returned to his hometown to score 23 points and grab eight rebounds, leading the Utah Jazz to a 97-96 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday at Philips Arena.

Favors, who grew up in Atlanta and played one season at Georgia Tech before turning professional, shot 11-for-20 from the field. His bucket gave the Jazz a five-point lead at 93-88, a margin from which the Hawks could not recover.

Favors also made an 18-footer as the shot clock was running out with 38 seconds left to extend Utah's lead to four points. He scored 17 points in the second half.

Atlanta had one last chance to win the game. Al Horford made a 3-pointer with 33 seconds left to cut the lead to one, and the Hawks had the ball after Favors missed a jumper with 12 seconds left. Paul Millsap had an open look at the basket as time expired, but his 16-footer bounced off the rim and into the arms of Favors.

Hornets 106, Trail Blazers 94

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Nicolas Batum and Al Jefferson combined for 62 points as Charlotte built a big lead and held on for a victory over Portland.

The Hornets used a dominating inside-outside performance from Jefferson (29 points, five rebounds) and Batum (33 points, 5-of-10 on 3-pointers) to seize a lead in the second quarter that the Hornets would not relinquish.

The Hornets' 15-0 run that secured the lead began with a Batum 3-pointer at the end of the first quarter, and ballooned with the help of eight points from Jeremy Lamb (13 points for the game) in the second quarter.

Grizzlies 114, Timberwolves 106

MINNEAPOLIS -- Jeff Green led hot-shooting Memphis with 21 points during a win over Minnesota.

Mike Conley added 20 for the Grizzlies, who had six players in double figures en route to their second victory in a row. The Grizzles entered the game with the NBA's worst shooting percentage, but they hit on a season-best 56.3 percent of their shots.

Zach LaVine scored 25 points but the Timberwolves fell to 0-5 at home with their fourth consecutive loss. Guard Andrew Wiggins finished with 21 points.

Knicks 95, Pelicans 87

NEW YORK -- Aided by strong play from the bench, New York won for just the second time at home this season, knocking off New Orleans.

Carmelo Anthony paced the Knicks with 29 points and 13 rebounds, but it was the New York reserves who made the difference. Langston Galloway scored 15 points, and Kevin Seraphin added 12 points in 13 minutes.

Pelicans star Anthony Davis showed no ill effects from a hip contusion that kept him out for two previous games. He poured in 36 points, pulled in 11 rebounds and blocked four shots in 40 minutes. Ryan Anderson contributed 16 points.

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Celtics 100, Thunder 85

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Marcus Smart scored a career-high 26 points to lead Boston past Oklahoma City.

Taking on the challenge of guarding Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, Smart still made nine of 14 shots from the field and hauled in eight rebounds. Isaiah Thomas scored 20 points and handed out eight assists for the Celtics.

Westbrook had a game-high 27 points on 5-of-20 shooting. He shot 2-of-10 from behind the 3-point arc. Serge Ibaka other Thunder player in double figures, finishing with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Kings 107, Raptors 101

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- DeMarcus Cousins scored a game-high 36 points, and Ben McLemore's acrobatic layup with under a minute left lifted Sacramento past Toronto.

Cousins produced his third consecutive game of at least 30 points, and the Kings held the Raptors to 12 points over the final 10:23 to win for the third straight time. Cousins stopped DeMar DeRozan's drive to the hoops with 20 seconds left, and Sacramento's Rudy Gay hit two free throws after a foul at the other end to clinch it.

Gay added 27 points, and Omri Casspi contributed 14 for the Kings. DeRozan finished with 24 points, and Kyle Lowry scored 22 for Toronto.

Lakers 97, Pistons 85

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant compiled 17 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, and Los Angeles snapped a four-game skid with a victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night at Staples Center.
 


Guard Jordan Clarkson also had 17 points for the Lakers. Bryant made just six of 19 shots from the floor but was effective in involving his teammates. The Lakers defeated the Pistons for the seventh consecutive time and the 10th time in the past 11 meetings.

Detroit's Andre Drummond extended his streak of double-doubles to 10 in a row with 17 points and 17 rebounds, and Spencer Dinwiddie added 17 points.

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