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 Butler, who scored 17 points, gave the Bulls a 96-93 lead with
15-foot jumper with 1:23 remaining. The Pacers pulled within a point
when guard Monta Ellis scored with 45 seconds remaining. Chicago
failed to score on its next possession, giving Indiana a final
chance to take the lead.
Bulls guard Derrick Rose scored a team-high 23 points, but he missed
the final stretch of the fourth quarter due to a left ankle injury.
He sustained the injury with 7:01 remaining and did not return. He
also had a team-high six assists.
Suns 120, Lakers 101
PHOENIX -- Brandon Knight recorded his first career triple-double
with 30 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 15 assists as Phoenix
broke open a tight game early in the fourth quarter.
Eric Bledsoe continued his hot scoring streak with 21 points, all in
the first three quarters, extending his career-long streak of games
with 20 or more points to five.
Jordan Clarkson had 20 points for Los Angeles, who played without
the resting Kobe Bryant.
Spurs 93, Trail Blazers 80
SAN ANTONIO -- Kawhi Leonard scored 19 points and Manu Ginobili and
Tony Parker hit key shots down the stretch as San Antonio outlasted
Portland for its fifth straight victory.
The Spurs led for all but two minutes in the first quarter but the
game went down to the final minutes, when the Trail Blazers got to
within 81-78 on a 3-pointer by Noah Vonleh with 3:48 to play. San
Antonio outscored Portland 12-2 down the stretch.
Ginobili added 17 points for the Spurs while Boris Diaw and Danny
Green hit for 12 and Parker and Tim Duncan scored 10 apiece.
Celtics 111, Rockets 95
HOUSTON -- Avery Bradley scored 21 points off the bench as Boston
turned a pair of backbreaking runs into a win over struggling
Houston.
Isaiah Thomas added 23 points and six assists as Boston erased what
was once a 15-point deficit with a 15-0 blitz late in the second
quarter, a spurt that included eight points from Bradley.
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Boston put the game on ice by closing the third quarter with another
15-0 run, turning a 72-68 lead into an 87-68 runaway entering the
fourth.
Mavericks 92, 76ers 86
PHILADELPHIA -- Dirk Nowitzki scored seven of his 21 points in the
final 3:23 as Dallas held off winless Philadelphia.
Chandler Parsons added a season-high 20 -- all in the first half --
for Dallas, which used a game-ending 11-4 rush to win its fourth
straight.
Deron Williams contributed 12 points and six assists.
Grizzlies 122, Thunder 114
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- In just his third game with Memphis, Mario
Chalmers set his career high for points off the bench with 29 in a
win over Oklahoma City, which was playing without Kevin Durant for
the third straight game.
Chalmers, recently acquired in a trade with Miami, did much of his
work in the fourth quarter, scoring 16 points and knocking down two
3-pointers.
Russell Westbrook had a double-double with 40 points and 14 assists,
going 13-for-19 from the field and 5-for-8 from 3-point range for
the Thunder.
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