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Highlights of Friday's
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[February 11, 2017] Feb 10 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Friday's National Basketball Association games.

Heat 108, Nets 99

Reserve James Johnson scored a season-high 26 points and the Miami Heat extended their winning streak to 13 games with a 108-99 comeback victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night.

Johnson came within one of a career high set Feb. 21, 2015, at Houston. Goran Dragic had 21 points for Miami (24-30), which outscored Brooklyn 50-30 in the final 19:24.

Warriors 122, Grizzlies 107

Klay Thompson scored 36 points and Golden State rolled past Memphis at FedExForum

Thompson tied his season high for made 3-pointers as he went 8 of 15. Kevin Durant had 24 points, five rebounds and four assists and Stephen Curry had 18 points and five assists. Draymond Green only scored four points but had a rare 12-rebound, 10-assist, 10-steal triple-double in addition to five blocks.

Nuggets 131, Knicks 123

Nikola Jokic poured in a career-high 40 points to lead Denver over New York at Madison Square Garden.

The second-year center was 17 of 23 from the field, grabbed nine rebounds and had five assists for the Nuggets (24-29). Wilson Chandler scored 19 points and Gary Harris and Jameer Nelson registered 16 points each. Nelson also had 11 assists.

Spurs 103, Pistons 92

Kawhi Leonard had 32 points, six rebounds and five assists and San Antonio never trailed Detroit at The Palace.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Dewayne Dedmon contributed a season-high 17 points and a career-high 17 rebounds for San Antonio (41-12), which improved to 2-1 in its eight-game Rodeo road trip.

Pelicans 122, Timberwolves 106

Anthony Davis had his sixth 40-point game of the season and New Orleans pulled away from Minnesota at Target Center.

Davis was instrumental in helping New Orleans (21-33) turn a 15-point first-half deficit into a double-digit victory. The Pelicans standout was an efficient 16 of 22 from the floor, including 2 of 3 from 3-point range, en route to 42 points. Jrue Holiday chipped in 25 points and rookie Buddy Hield scored 17 off the bench for New Orleans.

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Wizards 112, Pacers 107

John Wall had 26 points and 14 assists as Washington resumed its winning ways at home.

Markieff Morris finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds for the Wizards (32-21), who have won two straight and eight of nine. Washington had won 17 straight home games and seven in a row overall before losing a thrilling 140-135 overtime matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday.

Lakers 122, Bucks 114

Nick Young scored 26 points and Lou Williams added 21 as Los Angeles withstood a furious comeback bid by Milwaukee at the Bradley Center.

Young went 8 of 11 from the floor with five 3-pointers as the Lakers (19-37) shot 52 percent from the field and got double-digit scoring efforts from six players.

Suns 115, Bulls 97

Devin Booker and Eric Bledsoe combined for 50 points and Phoenix used a small-ball lineup to beat Chicago.

Booker scored 27 points and Bledsoe had 23 for the Suns (17-37), who played without center Alex Len (suspended) and lost center Tyson Chandler to a sprained right ankle before halftime. But Phoenix led by 13 at the half and Chicago never got closer than six points in the second half.

Kings 108, Hawks 107

Darren Collison scored 22 points, the last two on a driving layup that he kissed off the top of the glass with 3.5 seconds left, to lift Sacramento over Atlanta at the Golden 1 Center.

Collison's layup capped Sacramento's comeback from a 22-point deficit and gave the Kings (22-32) consecutive wins at home for the first time since December. It also allowed the Kings to prevail in a game that saw four lead changes in the final minute.

(Compiled by Peter Rutherford)

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