Quentin Richardson had 34 points and 12 rebounds in one of his best games since joining New York as the short-handed Knicks held on to beat the Washington Wizards 122-117 in the NBA on Saturday.
Richardson made seven 3-pointers, two shy of the team record, and fell a point shy of his highest-scoring game since the Knicks acquired him from Phoenix in June 2005.
Nate Robinson had a season-high 27 points, Wilson Chandler added 23, and David Lee had 22 points and 12 rebounds to help the Knicks snap a three-game losing streak.
Antawn Jamison had 29 points and 13 rebounds for the Wizards, who dropped their fifth straight and fell to 1-10, their worst start since the 1966 Baltimore Bullets also opened 1-10.
CAVALIERS 110, HAWKS 96
At Cleveland, LeBron James led Cleveland to its ninth win in 10 games, scoring 24 points — 19 in the second half — on 8-of-19 shooting.
James added eight assists, seven rebounds and a few more highlight-package dunks to help the Cavaliers improve to 10-3 and match their best start in 20 years.
Mo Williams added 23 points, Delonte West had 19 and Zydrunas Ilgauskas 17 for Cleveland. Maurice Evans scored 21 points for Atlanta, which has lost five of seven after starting 6-0.
ROCKETS 100, MAGIC 95
At Orlando, Florida, Yao Ming had 22 points and 13 rebounds to help Houston win for the fourth time in five games and snap Orlando’s winning streak at five games.
Tracy McGrady and Rafter Alston added 17 apiece for Houston.
Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 21 points and six assists, and Rashard Lewis added 18 points, but the Magic shot only 40.7 percent and All-Star center Dwight Howard wasn’t much of a factor because of foul problems.
HEAT 109, PACERS 100
At Miami, Dwyane Wade shook off flu-like symptoms to score 38 points, and Miami rallied from 15 points down to beat Indiana.
Shawn Marion had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Michael Beasley scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half for Miami.
Marquis Daniels scored 25 points, and Danny Granger added 23 for Indiana.
NETS 112, CLIPPERS 95
At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Yi Jianlian scored a season-high 27 points, and Vince Carter added 26 for New Jersey.
Devin Harris added 18 points and 10 assists, and Brook Lopez finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Baron Davis had 30 points and 10 assists for Los Angeles.
SUNS 102, TRAIL BLAZERS 92
At Phoenix, Shaquille O’Neal had 19 points and 17 rebounds to power Phoenix past Porland.
Amare Stoudemire added 17 points, Steve Nash had 16 on 6-for-7 shooting, and Grant Hill scored 15 for the Suns. Raja Bell scored all 14 of his points in the second half.
Brandon Roy scored 26 points for Portland.
JAZZ 103, GRIZZLIES 94
At Memphis, Tennessee, Mehmet Okur had a season-high 23 points for Utah, and Ronnie Brewer added 21 on 10-of-14 shooting.
O.J. Mayo led Memphis with 23 points, and Rudy Gay added 21.
BUCKS 79, BOBCATS 74
At Charlotte, North Carolina, Ramon Sessions scored 18 points and hit two clinching free throws with 13 seconds left for Milwaukee.
Charlie Villanueva added 15 points and eight rebounds for Milwaukee, which overcame 21 turnovers to hand struggling Charlotte its fourth straight loss.
Gerald Wallace scored 18 points, and Emeka Okafor added 16 points and 18 rebounds before fouling out for Charlotte.
HORNETS 109, THUNDER 97
At New Orleans, David West scored a season-high 33 points and Chris Paul had a triple-double to help New Orleans hand Oklahoma City its 11th straight loss and first under interim coach Scott Brooks.
Paul finished with 29 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds.
Oklahoma City fired coach P.J. Carlesimo on Saturday after its 105-80 home loss to the Hornets on Friday.
Kevin Durant led Oklahoma City with 30 points on 11-of-16 shooting.
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Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei on Saturday won silver in the men’s under-60kg category at the Asian Judo Championships in Hong Kong. Nicknamed the “judo heartthrob” in Taiwan, the Olympic silver-medalist missed out on his first Asian Championships gold when he lost to Japanese judoka Taiki Nakamura in the finals. Yang defeated three opponents on Saturday to reach the final after receiving a bye through the round of 32. He first topped Laotian Soukphaxay Sithisane in the round of 16 with two seoi nage (over-the-shoulder throws), then ousted Indian Vijay Kumar Yadav in the quarter-finals with his signature ude hishigi sankaku gatame (triangular armlock). He
RALLY: It was only the second time the Taiwanese has partnered with Kudermetova, and the match seemed tight until they won seven points in a row to take the last set 10-2 Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova on Sunday won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix women’s doubles final in Stuttgart, Germany. The pair defeated Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri and Estonia’s Ingrid Neel 4-6, 6-3, 10-2 in a tightly contested match at the WTA 500 tournament. Chan and Kudermetova fell 4-6 in the first set after having their serve broken three times, although they played increasingly well. They fought back in the second set and managed to break their opponents’ serve in the eighth game to triumph 6-3. In the tiebreaker, Chan and Kudermetova took a 3-0 lead before their opponents clawed back two points, but
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