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| Friday, 03 February 2012 17:17 |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, and LeBron James had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Miami Heat to a 99-79 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. Mario Chalmers scored 13 points and Chris Bosh had 12 to help the Heat go on a dominant late run that put away the pesky Sixers. The Heat used a 15-0 spurt in the fourth quarter to turn a tight one for 36 minutes into a comfortable victory and hand the Sixers just their third home loss of the season. Thaddeus Young scored 16 points for the Sixers, who snapped a four-game winning streak. Wade used a pair of ferocious dunks during the game-changing run that pushed the Sixers' first sellout crowd of the season toward the exits. The Sixers opened the week with wins against Orlando and Chicago before the Heat squashed the home-week sweep. MAGIC 102, CAVALIERS 94 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Dwight Howard scored 19 points, had 16 rebounds and blocked eight shots as Orlando outlasted Cleveland. Jason Richardson also had 19 points in his first action in two games after resting a sore knee. Hedo Turkoglu added 18 points and Ryan Anderson chipped in 17. The Magic won their seventh straight over the Cavaliers, despite playing without injured starting point guard Jameer Nelson and suspended reserve big man Glen Davis. Alonzo Gee scored 20 points and Kyrie Irving added 18 for the Cavs, who have lost three of their last four. TIMBERWOLVES 108, NETS 105 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Luke Ridnour made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:23 left and Nikola Pekovic scored a career-high 27 points as Minnesota beat New Jersey. The Timberwolves overcame a career-high 42 points from Anthony Morrow, whose eight 3-pointers in 11 attempts were the most in the NBA this season. Kevin Love added 20 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota, which surpassed its road victory total from last season by improving to 6-4. The Wolves, just 5-36 on the road last season, have won three in a row away from home. Ricky Rubio finished with 10 points and 10 assists for the Wolves. PISTONS 88, BUCKS 80 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Rookie Brandon Knight scored a season-high 26 points, holding his own against Milwaukee's Brandon Jennings and helping Detroit snap a seven-game slide. Knight, who was outscored 21-0 by Jennings in a loss at Milwaukee on Monday, helped the Pistons build a 15-point lead in the third quarter. Milwaukee went on an 11-0 run spanning the end of the third and beginning of the fourth, and Detroit led by only four with 2:54 remaining. Knight responded with a floater, followed moments later by a driving shot off the glass, and the Pistons held on. Jennings scored 20 points, but only seven after the first quarter. RAPTORS 106, WIZARDS 89 TORONTO (AP) - Leandro Barbosa shook off flulike symptoms to score 19 points, and Amir Johnson had 18 points and 13 rebounds as Toronto beat Washington. Linas Kleiza added 15 points and Jose Calderon had a season-high 17 assists for the Raptors, who bounced back from consecutive blowout losses to Atlanta and Boston and improved to 2-9 without leading scorer Andrea Bargnani, who is out with a strained left calf. Barbosa missed Friday's shootaround with flulike symptoms but showed no ill effects against the Wizards. He scored nine points in the second quarter and had six more in the third. Nick Young scored 21 points and John Wall had 15 as the Wizards lost their third straight. |
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