At Minneapolis, Wally Szczerbiak scored 21 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves ended a four-game losing streak with a win over the New Orleans Hornets.
Kevin Garnett had 17 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for Northwest Division-leading Minnesota, whose skid was its longest since dropping six consecutive games from Jan. 30 to Feb. 8 last season.
Szczerbiak has been the Wolves' leading scorer in eight of their 10 games this month. He has scored at least 20 points in each of his last six games, the longest streak of his career.
Rookie Chris Paul scored 15 points and David West added 11 for New Orleans, which had a season low in points and shot just 33 percent from the field.
Minnesota set season bests for points allowed in a game and the first half (30).
Other games
At Memphis, Tennessee, Pau Gasol scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to give the Memphis Grizzlies a 89-79 win over the past Portland Trail Blazers.
At Houston, Morris Peterson scored 18 points and shut down Tracy McGrady to lead Toronto over injury-depleted Houston, taking the Raptors to a 94-81 win over the Rockets.
At Denver, Gilbert Arenas scored 36 points to help the Washington Wizards snap a three-game losing streak with a 116-110 win over the beat-up Denver Nuggets.
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