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 Favors, who grew up in Atlanta and played one season at Georgia Tech
before turning professional, shot 11-for-20 from the field. His
bucket gave the Jazz a five-point lead at 93-88, a margin from which
the Hawks could not recover.
Favors also made an 18-footer as the shot clock was running out with
38 seconds left to extend Utah's lead to four points. He scored 17
points in the second half.
Atlanta had one last chance to win the game. Al Horford made a
3-pointer with 33 seconds left to cut the lead to one, and the Hawks
had the ball after Favors missed a jumper with 12 seconds left. Paul
Millsap had an open look at the basket as time expired, but his
16-footer bounced off the rim and into the arms of Favors.
Hornets 106, Trail Blazers 94
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Nicolas Batum and Al Jefferson combined for 62
points as Charlotte built a big lead and held on for a victory over
Portland.
The Hornets used a dominating inside-outside performance from
Jefferson (29 points, five rebounds) and Batum (33 points, 5-of-10
on 3-pointers) to seize a lead in the second quarter that the
Hornets would not relinquish.
The Hornets' 15-0 run that secured the lead began with a Batum
3-pointer at the end of the first quarter, and ballooned with the
help of eight points from Jeremy Lamb (13 points for the game) in
the second quarter.
Grizzlies 114, Timberwolves 106
MINNEAPOLIS -- Jeff Green led hot-shooting Memphis with 21 points
during a win over Minnesota.
Mike Conley added 20 for the Grizzlies, who had six players in
double figures en route to their second victory in a row. The
Grizzles entered the game with the NBA's worst shooting percentage,
but they hit on a season-best 56.3 percent of their shots.
Zach LaVine scored 25 points but the Timberwolves fell to 0-5 at
home with their fourth consecutive loss. Guard Andrew Wiggins
finished with 21 points.
Knicks 95, Pelicans 87
NEW YORK -- Aided by strong play from the bench, New York won for
just the second time at home this season, knocking off New Orleans.
Carmelo Anthony paced the Knicks with 29 points and 13 rebounds, but
it was the New York reserves who made the difference. Langston
Galloway scored 15 points, and Kevin Seraphin added 12 points in 13
minutes.
Pelicans star Anthony Davis showed no ill effects from a hip
contusion that kept him out for two previous games. He poured in 36
points, pulled in 11 rebounds and blocked four shots in 40 minutes.
Ryan Anderson contributed 16 points.
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Celtics 100, Thunder 85
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Marcus Smart scored a career-high 26 points to lead
Boston past Oklahoma City.
Taking on the challenge of guarding Thunder guard Russell Westbrook,
Smart still made nine of 14 shots from the field and hauled in eight
rebounds. Isaiah Thomas scored 20 points and handed out eight
assists for the Celtics.
Westbrook had a game-high 27 points on 5-of-20 shooting. He shot
2-of-10 from behind the 3-point arc. Serge Ibaka other Thunder
player in double figures, finishing with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Kings 107, Raptors 101
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- DeMarcus Cousins scored a game-high 36 points,
and Ben McLemore's acrobatic layup with under a minute left lifted
Sacramento past Toronto.
Cousins produced his third consecutive game of at least 30 points,
and the Kings held the Raptors to 12 points over the final 10:23 to
win for the third straight time. Cousins stopped DeMar DeRozan's
drive to the hoops with 20 seconds left, and Sacramento's Rudy Gay
hit two free throws after a foul at the other end to clinch it.
Gay added 27 points, and Omri Casspi contributed 14 for the Kings.
DeRozan finished with 24 points, and Kyle Lowry scored 22 for
Toronto.
Lakers 97, Pistons 85
LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant compiled 17 points, nine assists and
eight rebounds, and Los Angeles snapped a four-game skid with a
victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night at Staples Center.
Guard Jordan Clarkson also had 17 points for the Lakers. Bryant made
just six of 19 shots from the floor but was effective in involving
his teammates. The Lakers defeated the Pistons for the seventh
consecutive time and the 10th time in the past 11 meetings.
Detroit's Andre Drummond extended his streak of double-doubles to 10
in a row with 17 points and 17 rebounds, and Spencer Dinwiddie added
17 points.
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