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 Guard Jeff Teague scored eight of his 25 points in the fourth
quarter, and the Hawks rallied from a 15-point deficit early in the
period for a 104-96 victory Tuesday night. Atlanta center Al Horford
finished with 18 points, and forward Paul Millsap added 16 points
and 14 rebounds.
Harden, the NBA's leading scorer, was suspended for the game by the
NBA for kicking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James during a
scuffle in Sunday's overtime victory at Houston.
Atlanta guard Jason Terry and forward Terrence Jones went scoreless
in the fourth quarter after scoring 21 and 18 points, respectively,
to that point. The victory was the fifth straight for the Hawks. The
Rockets saw their five-game winning streak end.
Nuggets 106, Bucks 95
DENVER -- Forward Danilo Gallinari scored a season-high 26 points,
guard Ty Lawson had 16 points and 10 assists, and Denver beat
Milwaukee hours after coach Brian Shaw was fired.
Forward Kenneth Faried had 14 points and 14 rebounds for Denver,
which ended a six-game losing streak. The Nuggets responded to
Shaw's firing with their first home win since beating Dallas on Jan.
14. Denver had lost 10 consecutive home games and 19 of 21 overall
before Shaw was dismissed.
 Forward Giannis Antetokounmpo had 19 points and 11 rebounds and
guard Khris Middleton had 20 points for the Bucks, who lost for the
fifth time in six games.
Cavaliers 110, Celtics 79
CLEVELAND -- Guard Kyrie Irving returned from a shoulder injury to
score 18 points, forward LeBron James scored 27 points, and
Cleveland hammered Boston. James moved past guard Ray Allen and into
21st place on the NBA's all-time scoring list, while Irving looked
sharp after missing the previous two games.
The Celtics began the night averaging 108 points in their previous
six games, but they entered the fourth quarter Tuesday with 53
points and shooting 33 percent before they made a run when the Cavs
cleared the bench.
The Cavaliers lost their previous two games, but they buried the
Celtics with a 29-16 first quarter and kept piling on the rest of
the night, carrying a 42-point lead into the fourth. Boston forward
Brandon Bass had 15 points and five rebounds, and guard Isaiah
Thomas scored 11 points off the bench.
Hornets 104, Lakers 103
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Center Al Jefferson had 21 points and 16
rebounds, and guard Mo Williams and forward Cody Zeller also had
double-doubles as Charlotte beat Los Angeles.
Williams finished with 20 points and 13 assists, and Zeller had 10
points and 11 rebounds as the Hornets won their second straight. The
Hornets led by as many as 11 in the second half, but the Lakers
eventually cut the final margin to one on guard Jeremy Lin's
3-pointer at the final buzzer.
Lin came off the bench to lead Los Angeles with 23 points. Guard
Jordan Clarkson scored 19, forward Carlos Boozer had 15 points and
11 rebounds.
Kings 124, Knicks 86
NEW YORK -- Forward Rudy Gay scored 25 points and center DeMarcus
Cousins added 22 as Sacramento opened a season-high eight-game road
trip with a wire-to-wire rout of New York.
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Guard Ben McLemore added 20 points and reserve forward Derrick
Williams contributed 17 for Sacramento, which improved to 3-3 under
new coach George Karl. Guard Nik Stauskas and forward Omri Casspi
chipped in 15 apiece for the Kings, who led by double digits over
the final 37:39.
The Kings had 35 points after the first quarter, 65 at halftime and
100 through three quarters in a game that was originally postponed
by a snowstorm in New York on Jan. 26. Guard Alexey Shved led New
York with 15 points.
Bulls 97, Wizards 92
CHICAGO -- Playing without three regulars, including starting guards
Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler, Chicago hung on late to beat
Washington. The Wizards cut a nine-point deficit to 94-91 on a
runner by forward Otto Porter with 1:49 left in the fourth quarter,
but the Bulls sealed the win at the free-throw line in the final
minute.
Led by rookie reserve forward Nikola Mirotic, center Pau Gasol,
guard Aaron Brooks and forward Joakim Noah, the Bulls extended the
Wizards' road losing streak to eight games. They also stopped a
losing streak to Washington in Chicago that spanned five games
including the playoff series between them last season.
Mirotic led all scorers with 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds,
and Brooks scored 22 points and had eight assists. Gasol had 20
points and 10 rebounds for his NBA-leading 39th double-double, while
Noah scored 14 points, pulled down 12 rebounds and helped Chicago
hold Wizards power forward Nene scoreless. Guard John Wall paced
Washington with 21 points and 11 assists.
Jazz 93, Grizzlies 82
MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- Memphis didn't have its top defender and one
of its key scorers, and Utah made the Grizzlies pay for it on both
ends of the floor.
Forwards Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors scored 21 points apiece,
and forward Rudy Gobert had 15 points and Jazz franchise-record 24
rebounds.
Memphis, which lost for the third time in its last four games, was
without starting forward Zach Randolph (illness) and a pair of
reserves in guards Beno Udrih (illness) and Tony Allen. Allen, the
Grizzlies' top defender, was serving a one-game suspension for a
undisclosed violation of team rules that head coach Dave Joerger
declined to elaborate on. Guard Courtney Lee led Memphis with 18
points.
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