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 Hawks 104, Rockets 96
Jeff Teague scored eight of his 25 points in the fourth quarter as
the Hawks rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat a Houston team
playing without James Harden.
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.
The Rockets (41-19) were still positioned to win before Atlanta's
(48-12) late run.
Houston guard Jason Terry and forward Terrence Jones went scoreless
in the fourth quarter, though, after scoring 21 and 18 points,
respectively.
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Jazz 93, Grizzlies 82
Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors scored 21 points apiece and
second-year forward Rudy Gobert had 15 points and a Jazz
franchise-record 24 rebounds to help Utah knock off Memphis.
Memphis (42-17), 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.
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Cavaliers 110, Celtics 79
Kyrie Irving returned from a shoulder injury to score 18 points,
LeBron James added 27 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers hammered
the Boston Celtics.
James moved past guard Ray Allen and into 21st place on the NBA's
all-time scoring list as the Cavaliers (38-24) took a 42-point lead
into the fourth.
Brandon Bass had 15 points for the Celtics (23-35), who remain in
contention for the final two playoff spots in the East.
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Bulls 97, Wizards 92
Aaron Brooks scored 22 points, Pau Gasol added 20 and 10 rebounds
and the injury-laden Chicago Bulls hung on to beat Washington.
The Bulls played without ailing starters Derrick Rose and Jimmy
Butler.
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John Wall had 21 points and 11 assists for Washington (34-27) who
cut a nine-point deficit to 94-91 in the final two minutes before
Chicago (38-23) sealed the win at the free-throw line.
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Kings 124, Knicks 86
Rudy Gay scored 25 points and center DeMarcus Cousins added 22 as
the Sacramento Kings opened a season-high eight-game road trip with
a wire-to-wire blowout win.
Alexey Shved had 15 points for the Knicks (12-47) who suffered the
worst loss of their disastrous season.
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Hornets 104, Lakers 103
Al Jefferson had 21 points and 16 rebounds, and Mo Williams added 20
points and 13 assists as the Charlotte Hornets beat the Los Angeles
Lakers.
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Nuggets 106, Bucks 95
Danilo Gallinari scored a season-high 26 points, guard Ty Lawson had
16 points and 10 assists and the Denver Nuggets beat the Milwaukee
Bucks after coach Brian Shaw was fired.
The Nuggets responded to Shaw's firing with their first home win
since beating Dallas on Jan. 14. (Compiled by Jahmal Corner; Editing
by John O'Brien)
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