Grizzlies 84, Kings 78
At Memphis, Tennessee, Pau Gasol scored 24 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Memphis.
Back-to-back three-pointers by Shane Battier put Memphis ahead 80-78 with 4:34 left. Neither team would score again until a pair of free throws by Eddie Jones with 13.9 seconds remaining. Two more free throws by Chucky Atkins with less than a second left sealed the Memphis victory.
Cavaliers 113, Celtics 109, 2 OT
At Boston, LeBron James had 43 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season and Cleveland overcame Paul Pierce's 50-point performance.
Drew Gooden added 19 points and 11 rebounds and Damon Jones had 13 points for Cleveland.
Pierce shot 17-for-36 from the field and 16-for-20 from the free-throw line to become the first Celtic to score 50 since Larry Bird had 50 in November 1989.
Suns 116, Nuggets 101
At Denver, Shawn Marion had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Raja Bell added 20 points to lead Phoenix.
Steve Nash added 19 points and 12 assists for the Pacific Division-leading Suns, who go into the All-Star break winning six-of-seven games. Phoenix was 14-for-25 on 3-pointers and beat the Nuggets at their own game, outscoring Denver 36-30 on fastbreak points.
Carmelo Anthony, who was left off the Western Conference All-Star team, had 29 points.
The Northwest-leading Nuggets were 0-for-14 on 3-pointers.
Mavericks 103, Wizards 97
At Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points with a key assist and the Mavericks took over the best record in the Western Conference going into the All-Star break.
Dallas (41-11) went ahead to stay with a 10-0 run midway through the second quarter, but had to hold off the Wizards, who got within a point four times in the fourth quarter. The Mavericks responded immediately each time, including Nowitzki's inside pass to Erick Dampier for a layup with 53 seconds left.
Hawks 114, Lakers 110
At Los Angeles, Josh Smith had 21 points and 15 rebounds to match his career bests, and Atlanta held off Los Angeles to snap a 23-game road losing streak to Western Conference teams.
Josh Childress scored a season-high 21 points, and Joe Johnson had 20 points and a career-high 15 assists for the Hawks, who were 0-12 on the road against Western Conference teams this season and lost their last 11 last season.
Kobe Bryant had 39 points and nine assists for the Lakers (26-26), who enter the break having lost six of their last eight.
Warriors 88, Clippers 81
At Oakland, California, Derek Fisher had 20 points and nine assists to help Golden State end a seven-game losing streak to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jason Richardson scored 20 points and had 10 rebounds for the Warriors, who also denied Los Angeles its second straight season series sweep. Sam Cassell scored 16 for the Clippers.
RSS