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 Mavericks 109, Cavaliers 90
Monta Ellis scored 20 points and the Dallas Mavericks won their
fifth straight, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers to spoil forward
Kevin Love's best game with his new team.
Love scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the
Cavaliers, who were again without forward LeBron James and lost
guard Kyrie Irving in the third quarter due to a tight lower back.
The Cavs have lost five of their last seven while the injuries pile
up, but general manager David Griffin emphatically insisted before
the game that head coach David Blatt's future is safe and his job
security was never in question.
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Heat 88, Nets 84
Dwyane Wade scored 10 of Miami's last 12 points as the Heat snapped
a four-game losing streak, holding off the Brooklyn Nets.
 Wade had 25 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Heat forward
Chris Bosh scored a game-high 26 points.
The Heat (15-20) were coming off their worst loss in five year,
falling by 36 points at Houston on Saturday night. But, on short
rest, they improved to 7-12 at home.
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Pistons 114, Kings 95
Brandon Jennings scored a season-high 35 points and the Detroit
Pistons collected their fifth straight victory by defeating the
Sacramento Kings.
Center Andre Drummond added 15 points and 14 rebounds for the
Pistons (10-23).
DeMarcus Cousins led the Kings (14-20) with 18 points and 15
rebounds but shot 5-for-17 from the field.
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Suns 125, Raptors 109
Eric Bledsoe, Goran Dragic and Isaiah Thomas combined for 56 points
and 14 assists, and the Phoenix Suns (20-16) scored a season-high 43
points in the second quarter in a rout of the Toronto Raptors.
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Jonas Valanciunas scored 21 points and Kyle Lowry added 19 points
and seven assists for the Raptors (24-10), who lost three straight
games for the first time this season.
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Lakers 88, Pacers 87
Kobe Bryant scored the game-winning basket with 12.4 seconds
remaining, lifting the Los Angeles Lakers to a victory over the
Indiana Pacers.
Bryant finished with 20 points, six assists and six rebounds as the
Lakers (11-23) ended a three-game losing streak. Nick Young scored a
game-high 22 points for Los Angeles.
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Bucks 85, Knicks 82
The Milwaukee Bucks won their fourth straight on the road by
defeating the New York Knicks 85-82.
The streak is the Bucks' (18-17) longest on the road since winning
five straight from March 11-23 in 2012.
The Knicks (5-31), who were without leading scorer Carmelo Anthony
for the second straight game due to a sore left knee, suffered their
11th straight loss.
(Reporting by Jahmal Corner, editing by Gene Cherry/Peter
Rutherford)
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