LOS ANGELES — Goran Dragic had 26 points and 11 assists, Luis Scola scored 10 of his 25 points during a 2:39 span of the fourth quarter, and the Houston Rockets capitalized on the ejection of Andrew Bynum to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-107 on Friday night.
LOS ANGELES — Goran Dragic had 26 points and 11 assists, Luis Scola scored 10 of his 25 points during a 2:39 span of the fourth quarter, and the Houston Rockets capitalized on the ejection of Andrew Bynum to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-107 on Friday night.
The Lakers were trailing 80-75 when Bynum took exception to a foul by Samuel Dalembert with 1:18 left in the third quarter and had to be restrained by teammates, earning a technical foul. He got another one with 11:17 left in the game after hitting a hook shot and mouthing off to the Houston bench on his way downcourt.
Grizzlies 97, Heat 82
MIAMI — Rudy Gay scored 17 points, Zach Randolph had 14 points and 14 rebounds off the bench, and the Memphis Grizzlies put seven players in double figures to snap Miami’s 17-game home winning streak by beating the Heat 97-82 on Friday night.
Mike Conley and Marreese Speights each scored 15, Gilbert Arenas had 12 and Marc Gasol and O.J. Mayo each added 10 for the Grizzlies, who have won six of their last eight games.
SPURS 128, HORNETS 103
SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan scored 19 points to lead San Antonio to its 10th straight win and moving the Spurs atop the Western Conference.
Manu Ginobili and Patty Mills scored 14 points each and Stephen Jackson and Gary Neal added 13 apiece to help the Spurs sweep the four-game season series against New Orleans.
PACERS 103, THUNDER 98
INDIANAPOLIS — Danny Granger scored 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to help Indiana win its fourth straight.
Roy Hibbert had 21 points and 12 rebounds, David West scored 14 points and Paul George added eight points and a career-high 16 rebounds for the Pacers, who have won eight of 10.
NETS 110, WIZARDS 98
NEWARK, N.J. — Deron Williams had 19 points and 13 assists in fighting off the lingering effects of the flu, leading New Jersey past fading Washington.
Gerald Wallace added 19 points and reserve Anthony Morrow had 17 as the Nets won for the fourth time in six games to keep their microscopic playoff hopes alive with nine games left in the season.
CAVALIERS 84,
RAPTORS 80
TORONTO — Antawn Jamison scored 16 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, Lester Hudson had a career-high 23 points and Cleveland snapped a nine-game losing streak.
Samardo Samuels scored 10 points as the Cavaliers outscored the Raptors 33-17 in the fourth to avoid a sixth loss in seven meetings with Toronto. The Raptors shot 5 for 19 in the fourth.
HAWKS 101, PISTONS 96
ATLANTA — Jeff Teague tied a career high with 24 points and had a season-high 11 assists, and Josh Smith added 20 points and 12 rebounds to help Atlanta hold off Detroit.
The Hawks have won two straight and three of four to hold the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference.
Rodney Stuckey finished with 27 points for the Pistons, who ended a three-game winning streak. Detroit had won five of six overall, but now stands 6-22 on the road.
BUCKS 95, BOBCATS 90
MILWAUKEE — Monta Ellis had 25 points and nine assists to lead Milwaukee.
Byron Mullens scored a career-high 31 points and tied his career high with 14 rebounds, becoming the first Bobcats player to score at least 30 points this season. Kemba Walker added 18 points, and Bismack Biyombo had 14 points and 14 rebounds.
TRAIL BLAZERS 99,
MAVERICKS 97, OT
DALLAS — LaMarcus Aldridge’s buzzer-beating 17-foot jumper lifted Portland past Dallas in overtime.
Raymond Felton scored 16 of his season-high 30 points during Portland’s 30-10 surge in the third quarter. Aldridge, a former Dallas-area high school star who finished with 25 points and 12 rebounds, made the fallaway jumper over the Mavericks’ Brendan Haywood at the overtime buzzer for the victory and was mobbed by teammates at center court.
JAZZ 104, WARRIORS 98
SALT LAKE CITY — Al Jefferson scored 30 points and Devin Harris added a season-high 28 to help Utah snap a two-game home losing streak.
Gordon Hayward’s late jumper and steal sealed the win for the Jazz, who are ninth in the Western Conference but only three games out of the No. 5 spot.
David Lee led the Warriors with 26 points while Klay Thompson added 23 on 9-of-16 shooting.
NUGGETS 105, SUNS 99
DENVER — Arron Afflalo had 30 points, Andre Miller scored 13 of his 15 in the fourth quarter and Denver scored the final nine points to beat Phoenix.
Shannon Brown scored 18 points and Steve Nash had 14 points and 11 assists for the Suns, who had their three-game win streak snapped.