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NBA: New Jersey 114, Denver 70

Sun, 08/02/2009 - 12:03 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

East Rutherford, N.J. -- Devin Harris had 28 points and five assists Saturday night when the New Jersey Nets routed Denver 114-70, their second-largest margin of victory ever.

The Nets led 24-19 after the first period but took a commanding 59-39 lead at the half. A 13-2 run at the end of the third period made the lead 92-55 heading into the final stanza.

The Nuggets' blowout loss came just 24 hours after an easy 124-103 win at Washington Friday night.

Brook Lopez had 15 points and nine rebounds and Jarvis Hayes scored 14 points. Ryan Anderson scored 13 points with 12 rebounds, and Vince Carter added 12 points and eight assists in the Nets' season-high fourth straight win.

Denver finished with a huge 54-30 rebounding edge.

Carmelo Anthony was the only Denver player in double figures with 15 points. Chauncey Billups and Nene scored nine points each for the Nuggets, who had won four in a row.

NBA: LA Clippers 121, Atlanta 97

Sun, 08/02/2009 - 11:39 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Atlanta -- Al Thornton scored a game-high 31points Saturday when the LA Clippers trounced the Atlanta Hawks, 121-97, avenging a 97-80 loss in Los Angeles Jan. 14.

LA gradually expanded a 27-17 lead after the first period, and it grew to 100-74 lead with 9:15 left to play. The lead never dropped below 20 points in the late stages.

Zach Randolph scored 25 with nine rebounds. Marcus Camby had 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists, while Baron Davis scored 13 with eight assists and Eric Gordon added 11 points and three assists for the Clippers, who are just 2-7 in their last nine games.

Marvin Williams and Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 17 points apiece. Josh Smith recorded his 12th double-double this season with 16 points and 15 rebounds.

Zaza Pachulia had 12 points and four rebounds, while Maurice Evans added 10 points for the Hawks, whose two-game winning streak ended.

NBA: Philadelphia 94, Miami 84

Sun, 08/02/2009 - 11:38 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Philadelphia -- Andre Miller and Marreese Speights had 15 points each Saturday night and the Philadelphia 76ers rode a 31-15 third quarter to a 94-84 win over Miami.

The Heat led 69-63 going into the third but Philadelphia took the lead at 76-74 when Lou Williams sank a pair of free throws with 7:31 remaining, and the 76ers never trailed after that.

Miller added five assists and Speights had six rebounds. Thaddeus Young scored 14 points and Andre Iguodala had 12 points and five assists for the 76ers, who have won three games and dropped two in their season-long seven-game homestand.

Dwyane Wade led Miami with 21 points, four rebounds, and seven assists.

Mario Chalmers had 18 points, seven assists and five rebounds. Michael Beasley scored 14 points, while Shawn Marion had 11 points and six rebounds for the Heat, who have lost four of their last five games.

Scoring error costs James triple-double

Sat, 07/02/2009 - 19:45 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

New York -- The NBA announced a statistical change Friday that took a historic triple-double away from Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James.

James was credited with a triple-double Wednesday when official statistics gave him 52 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in Cleveland's 107-102 win over New York.

A review of the video of the game showed, however, that James was incorrectly given a rebound with 39.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

The rebound should have been credited to teammate Ben Wallace.

James was initially given credit for being the first player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975 to record a triple-double while scoring at least 50 points.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

NBA: Utah 111, Sacramento 107

Sat, 07/02/2009 - 11:46 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Sacramento -- Deron Williams put Utah in front with 39 seconds to play Friday night and the Jazz went on to win their third straight game -- 111-107 over Sacramento.

The struggling Kings, coming off an ugly 48-point loss to Phoenix, fought Utah on even terms all night but finally fell for the 10th time in 11 games.

Williams' layup gave Utah a 107-105 lead with 39 seconds to go and after Kevin Martin missed a jumper for Sacramento, Kyle Korver added two free throws for the Jazz with 9 seconds remaining.

Bobby Jackson brought Sacramento within two with 3 seconds to go, but Williams then hit two foul shots with 2 seconds left for the final margin.

Williams led Utah with 34 points, hitting 11-of-19 from the field and 12-of-13 from the line. He almost doubled his season average of 18 points per game.

NBA: New Orleans 101, Toronto 92

Sat, 07/02/2009 - 11:45 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

New Orleans -- Rasual Butler made two 3-pointers during a 17-0 run in the fourth quarter Friday night that rallied the New Orleans Hornets to a 101-92 victory over Toronto.

Peja Stojakovic made 7-of-11 long-range shots and scored a season-high 28 points, helping the Hornets end a four-game losing streak.

Butler and Posey both had 17 points and the Hornets went 8-for-15 from beyond the arc in the final period.

Toronto took an 83-75 lead with 7:02 remaining in the fourth quarter on a jumper by Jermaine O'Neal, but did not score again until just 2:48 was left in the game.

O'Neal scored 24 points to lead Toronto, loser of five straight.

Toronto was without all-star forward Chris Bosh, who sprained his right knee Wednesday in a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. New Orleans was missing Chris Paul, who suffered a groin injury Monday in a loss to Portland.

NBA: Oklahoma City 102, Portland 93

Sat, 07/02/2009 - 11:43 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Oklahoma City -- A 31-point performance by Kevin Durant Friday lifted the Oklahoma City Thunder to its eighth victory in 2009, a 102-93 win over Portland.

The Thunder, who lost 16 of their first 17 games this season, continued their resurgence with a solid victory that saw them make half their shots from the field.

Nick Collison added 21 points with 13 rebounds and Jeff Green produced 10 points in boosting Oklahoma City's win total this season to a dozen.

Portland was paced by Brandon Roy with 32 points and Travis Outlaw with 20.

The Trail Blazers have dropped back-to-back games.

Oklahoma City took a 15-point lead into the fourth quarter and had it cut to eight with 1:19 to play. Two baskets by Russell Westbrook halted the Portland comeback.

NBA: Denver 124, Washington 103

Sat, 07/02/2009 - 11:35 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Washington -- Carmelo Anthony led seven Denver players in double figures with 23 points Friday night and the Nuggets crushed Washington 124-103.

Denver took a 102-70 lead into the fourth quarter and won for the seventh time in eight games. Chauncey Billups and Kenyon Martin both returned to the lineup after injuries and helped the Nuggets shoot 56 percent from the floor.

Billups (ankle) and Martin (flu) both missed Wednesday's win over Oklahoma City.

With the Los Angeles Clippers picking up their 11th win of the season Friday, Washington now is stuck with the fewest number of victories in the NBA at 10. The Wizards have lost their last three and eight out of nine.

Antawn Jamison scored 26 for Washington and Nick Young had 20 off the bench.

NBA: LA Clippers 126, Memphis 105

Sat, 07/02/2009 - 11:34 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Memphis -- Zach Randolph led Los Angeles to a rare one-sided victory Friday night, scoring 35 points and carrying the Clippers past Memphis 126-105.

Los Angeles broke a seven-game losing streak and won for only the 11th time in 50 games this season. It was the Clippers' sixth road victory.

Randolph also claimed 10 rebounds and the Clippers got 24 points from Ricky Davis and 23 from Eric Gordon.

Memphis, which had won its first two games in February after losing 12 straight to finish January, was led by Rudy Gay with 26 points.

Los Angeles finished off the second period with an 11-2 run that gave the Clippers a 68-49 advantage at the break. Their lead grew to as many as 25 points in the second half.

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NBA: Boston 110, New York 100

Sat, 07/02/2009 - 11:33 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

New York -- Eddie House scored all eight of his points in the fourth quarter Friday night, helping the Boston Celtics pull away late for a 110-110 victory over New York.

The Celtics bounced back from Thursday's overtime home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers to fight off a New York team that has recently faced the best the NBA has to offer.

The Knicks have dropped three in a row to the Lakers, Cleveland and Boston.

Paul Pierce had 26 points to lead Boston, which finally put away the Knicks after New York took a one-point lead with 9 minutes to play.

Ray Allen had 22 points and Kevin Garnett had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Celtics, who shot 51.3 percent from the floor.

New York was paced by Al Harrington with 27 points. David Lee contributed 18 points and 18 rebounds.

NBA: Indiana 107, Orlando 102

Sat, 07/02/2009 - 11:31 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Indianpolis -- Mike Dunleavy and Danny Granger combined to make four free throws in the final 13 seconds Friday night to preserve the Indiana Pacers' 107-102 win over Orlando.

Orlando overcame a 12-point deficit late in the third period to tie the game with 8:20 to play. The Pacers, however, outplayed the Magic down the stretch to down Orlando for the first time in six tries this season.

Granger scored 33 points and made all 12 of his foul shots to help Indiana snap a three-game losing streak. T.J. Ford added 21 points and Troy Murphy had 20 and eight rebounds.

Orlando, the runaway leader in the Southeast Division, has lost two in a row. Dwight Howard had 21 points and 20 rebounds to lead the Magic, Hedo Turkoglu had 20 points and J.J. Redick produced 17 off the bench.

NBA: Atlanta 102, Charlotte 97

Sat, 07/02/2009 - 11:28 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Charlotte, N.C. -- Marvin Williams scored a season-high 29 points Friday night, hitting 18-of-20 foul shots in the process and rallying Atlanta to a 102-97 win over Charlotte.

The Hawks trailed by as many as 17 points in the second period, but came back to win for the third time in four games.

Atlanta hit 10-of-18 3-point tries, half of the successful attempts coming from Maurice Evans.

Evans finished with 17 points and Mike Bibby had 15 for the Hawks, who played their second straight game without the flu-ridden Joe Johnson.

Charlotte, losers of four in a row, got 17 points from Raja Bell and 15 from both Raymond Felton and Emeka Okafor. Bell left the game in the third period with a strained groin muscle.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.