Dwyane Wade scored 39 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while -LeBron James finished with 32 points and 10 rebounds of his own, as the Miami Heat beat the Philadelphia 76ers 111-99 on Friday night.
Chris Bosh added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat, who went on a 23-2 run in the second quarter to erase what was a 16-point deficit, then put it away with a 24-5 burst in the fourth.
Louis Williams scored 24 points for Philadelphia, who got 15 more from fellow reserve Thaddeus Young.
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Bobcats 83, Celtics 81
In Boston, Dante Cunningham hit a 15-foot jumper with 34 seconds left as the Charlotte Bobcats erased a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the struggling Boston Celtics.
The Bobcats outscored the Celtics 30-15 in the final period.
Boston’s hopes ended when Ray Allen missed a three-point attempt and Kevin Garnett failed to hit a jumper in the final 5 seconds.
Charlotte moved two games behind Indiana, who lost to Sacramento, for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Boston, who began the night a half-game behind Chicago for the best record in the East, lost for the sixth time in 10 games.
D.J. White led the Bobcats with a career-high 17 points. Boston were led by Paul Pierce with 18.
Magic 95, Nets 85
In Orlando, Florida, Dwight Howard had 21 points and 14 rebounds, while Hedo Turkoglu added 20 points and 13 assists to lead Orlando over New Jersey.
Orlando won their fifth straight game and completed a 4-0 season sweep of New Jersey.
Anthony Morrow had 19 points for the Nets, while Jordan Farmar added 15 points and 16 assists. New Jersey lost for the fifth time in six games.
Bulls 99, Grizzlies 96
In Chicago, Derrick Rose scored 24 points and added seven rebounds and seven assists as the Bulls won their 11th in 12 games.
Rose made two free throws with two-and-a-half minutes left to give Chicago the lead, then drove past Tony Allen and converted over Marc Gasol with 10 seconds remaining to give Chicago a game-winning lead.
Luol Deng scored 23, while Carlos Boozer added 12 points and nine boards for Chicago.
Zach Randolph scored 16 points and Gasol added 14 for Memphis.
Lakers 112, Clippers 104
In Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant scored 37 points, while Pau Gasol added 26 points and eight rebounds, as Los Angeles never trailed in their 14th victory in 15 games since the All-Star break.
During a game filled with flashy plays and two more jaw-dropping alley-oop dunks by rookie Blake Griffin, the Lakers maintained a steady lead over their city rivals for their NBA-leading 10th start-to--finish win of the season.
Mo Williams scored a season-high 30 points and Griffin added 22 for the Clippers, who have lost four of six.
Bucks 102, Knicks 96
In New York, Brandon Jennings scored a season-high 37 points to help Milwaukee send New York to their fifth consecutive loss.
Australian Andrew Bogut added 21 points and 17 rebounds for the Bucks, who won for the third time in four games and pulled within two games of Indiana for the final playoff spot in the East.
Amare Stoudemire scored 28 points for the Knicks, losers of eight of nine and 7-11 since acquiring Carmelo Anthony.
Kings 110, Pacers 93
In Indianapolis, DeMarcus Cousins had 18 points and 14 rebounds to help Sacramento to their fourth win in seven games.
Samuel Dalembert had 16 points and 10 rebounds, while Francisco Garcia scored 16 points and Marcus Thornton added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Kings.
Danny Granger scored 20 points for the Pacers.
In Friday’s other action, it was:
‧ Cavaliers 97, Pistons 91
‧ Thunder 111, T-Wolves 103
‧ Nuggets 114, Wizards 94
‧ Trail Blazers 98, Spurs 96
‧ Warriors 138, Raptors 100
‧ Hornets 106, Suns 100
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