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 DeRozan set an NBA record by draining 24 consecutive free throws
before missing his final attempt and the Raptors set a franchise
mark with 43 free throws.
Kyle Lowry, the reigning Eastern Conference Player of the Week,
added 28 points and six assists while Jonas Valanciunas had 17
points and 10 rebounds.
Toronto (41-19) swept the season series with Portland (33-30).
Damian Lillard's 50 points and five assists led the Trail Blazers.
C.J. McCollum added 24 points and five assists.
Suns 102, Magic 84
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Unheralded Alex Len scored a career-high 31 points
and grabbed 15 rebounds in leading surprising Phoenix over Orlando.
Phoenix (16-46) snapped a 17-game road losing streak.
Tyson Chandler had 10 points and 12 rebounds, and Devin Booker had
14 points and six assists for the Suns. Ronnie Price had 14 points
and five rebounds, and Archie Goodwin had 10 points.
Orlando (27-34) was led by Elfrid Payton, who had 19 points and 11
assists. Nikola Vucevic had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Evan Fournier
scored 12 points after returning from a three-game absence. Rookie
Mario Hezonja contributed 12 points.
Nets 121, Nuggets 120 (OT)
DENVER -- Brook Lopez scored 20 points, including a game-winning
tip-in with four-tenths of a second left in overtime, and the Nets
defeated the Nuggets.
Markel Brown scored a career-high 21 points and Bojan Bogdanovic had
17 for Brooklyn, which has won three in a row in Denver and five
straight overall against the Nuggets.
Emmanuel Mudiay had 25 points and seven assists and Gary Harris tied
a career-high with 21 points, but Denver suffered another tough loss
to Brooklyn.
The Nets (18-44) beat the Nuggets 105-104 in Brooklyn on Feb. 8 when
Joe Johnson hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer.
Cavaliers 108, Wizards 83
CLEVELAND -- LeBron James had 19 points, 13 rebounds and seven
assists while making his first start at power forward and Kyrie
Irving had 21 points and eight assists in the Cavaliers' victory
over the Wizards.
Timofey Mozgov had 14 points and five rebounds and Matthew
Dellavedova had 12 points off the bench for Cleveland.
John Wall had 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for
Washington, which had its four-game winning streak was snapped.
Markieff Morris had 13 points and five assists and Bradley Beal had
11 points off the bench.
Celtics 105, Knicks 104
BOSTON -- The Celtics stormed from eight points down in the final
3:22 to defeat the Knicks for their 13th straight home victory.
Avery Bradley scored on a tough drive for the winning points with
17.7 seconds remaining.
The victory gave Boston (38-25) its longest home winning streak
since 2008-09 and 16 wins in its last 20 games.
Isaiah Thomas had 32 points and eight assists in his second straight
30-point game for the Celtics.
Carmelo Anthony scored 30 points and was 13 of 27 from the floor
while adding seven rebounds and four assists for New York.
Heat 112, 76ers 102
PHILADELPHIA -- Dwyane Wade had 21 points and Hassan Whiteside added
19 points and 19 rebounds as the Heat beat the short-handed 76ers
for their fourth straight victory.
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Goran Dragic collected 15 points and 11 assists for Miami (36-26),
which has won 13 of 18 to assume the lead in the NBA's Southeast
Division. Luol Deng had 13 points and nine rebounds
Ish Smith had 26 points and Robert Covington contributed 25 for
Philadelphia (8-54), which dropped its 11th straight. The NBA's
worst team dressed only nine players because of injuries to Jahlil
Okafor (bruised right shin) and Nerlens Noel (bruised right knee),
as well as the illnesses of Nik Stauskas and Kendall Marshall.
Hornets 108, Pacers 101
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kemba Walker recorded 33 points and Nicolas Batum
scored 31, and the Hornets completed a three-game season sweep of
the Pacers.
Walker and Batum hit four 3-pointers apiece as Charlotte went 13 for
31 from 3-point range.
The win allowed the Hornets (33-28) to pick up a full game on
Indiana in the race for Eastern Conference playoff positioning.
Charlotte has won three straight and nine of its last 11.
Paul George scored 35 points for the Pacers (32-30), who have lost
four of their last five.
Grizzlies 94, Jazz 88
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Zach Randolph scored 25 points and Lance
Stephenson added 16 off the bench to lead the Grizzlies over the
Jazz.
The win was the seventh in nine games for the Grizzlies (37-24) and
the first of the season in three tries over the Jazz (28-33). Utah
lost its fifth straight and fell to 9-21 on the road.
Gordon Hayward led the Jazz with 18 points and Rudy Gobert
contributed 13 points and 18 rebounds.
Bucks 116, Timberwolves 101
MILWAUKEE -- Khris Middleton made eight 3-pointers and Giannis
Antetokounmpo barely missed a triple-double in the Bucks' victory
over the Timberwolves.
Middleton finished with 32 points, crossing the 30-point mark for
the third time in four games, while making 11 of 16 shots from the
field and eight of nine from beyond the arc.
Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 21 points while Shabazz
Muhammad scored 17 off the bench for the Timberwolves.
Hawks 106, Lakers 77
LOS ANGELES -- Dennis Schroder scored 16 points to lead six Atlanta
players in double figures in a crushing win against the short-handed
Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center.
Kyle Korver scored 15 points, Kris Humpries had 14 points and eight
rebounds in his Hawks' debut, and Jeff Teague added 12 points and
eight assists for Atlanta, winners of three of its last four. Paul
Milsap chipped in 11 points and Kent Bazemore contributed 10.
Julius Randle collected 16 points and 10 points to lead the Lakers,
who have lost 10 of their last 11 games. Brandon Bass came off the
bench to scored 12 points and grab seven rebounds. D'Angelo Russell
managed just seven points on 3-of-16 shooting, missing five of his
six 3-point attempts.
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