Hedo Turkoglu nailed an off-balance 3-pointer with time expiring to lift the Orlando Magic over the Kevin Garnett-less Boston Celtics 96-93 in the NBA on Sunday.
It was Orlando's second home win over league-leading Boston this season, and the Celtics' first game without Garnett, who has an abdominal strain.
Dwight Howard had 18 points and 16 rebounds for Orlando, and Rashard Lewis scored 15 points.
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Paul Pierce led Boston with 24 points and nine rebounds.
Cavaliers 98, Lakers 95
At Los Angeles, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant went back and forth throughout an intense fourth quarter with James and Cleveland prevailing.
James scored 14 of his 41 points in the final period, and Bryant scored nine of his 33 points in the fourth quarter, and also had 12 rebounds and six assists. But Los Angeles lost its third straight game, matching its longest losing streak of the season.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 16 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out with 6:14 to play for the Cavaliers, who have beaten the Lakers in their last five meetings.
Timberwolves 98, Nets 95
At Minneapolis, Al Jefferson had a career-high 40 points and 19 rebounds, hit the go-ahead free throws with 11.4 seconds to go, and helped Minnesota extend New Jersey's losing streak to nine.
Richard Jefferson scored 35 points and Vince Carter added 25. But Carter attempted an ill-advised fallaway jumper with the Nets clinging to a 95-94 lead in the final 25 seconds. New Jersey's skid is its longest since November 2004.
Warriors 106, Knicks 104
At Oakland, California, Stephen Jackson scored 16 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter and Andris Biedrins grabbed a NBA season-high 26 rebounds to help Golden State rally from another double-digit deficit to beat New York.
Golden State trailed by 10 points in the third quarter before finding its long-range shooting touch late to win. The Warriors have trailed by double digits in 11 of their 26 wins this season.
Nate Robinson led New York with 22 points.
Mavericks 90, Nuggets 85
At Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki scored 16 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, most coming over the final minutes to help Dallas hold off Denver.
Nowitzki scored 14 of Dallas' last 16 points, and 4-for-4 on free throws in the final minute.
Allen Iverson had 23 points and nine assists for Denver.
Trail Blazers 94, Hawks 93
At Portland, Oregon, Brandon Roy scored 24 points, including the go-ahead free throw with 2.3 seconds left, and Portland erased a 19-point deficit to beat Atlanta.
Joe Johnson led the Hawks with 19 points. Marvin Williams and Josh Smith each had 17.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Trail Blazers.
Suns 88, Bulls 77
At Chicago, Amare Stoudemire scored 24 points and Phoenix pulled away early in the fourth quarter to beat Chicago.
Leandro Barbosa scored 13 and started a 12-0 run in the fourth, sending the Suns to their sixth win in seven games.
Kirk Hinrich did all he could to keep the Bulls in the game, finishing with 31 points.
Jazz 97, Rockets 89
At Houston, Deron Williams had 17 points and 12 assists, Kyle Korver added 17 points, including two late 3-pointers, and Utah took advantage of Yao Ming's absence to beat Houston.
Yao, voted the starting center for the Western Conference in next month's All-Star game, sat out with an upper respiratory infection, the first game he's missed this season.
Bucks 105, Wizards 102, OT
At Milwaukee, Mo Williams scored 25 points, including two key 3-pointers, and Charlie Bell added 22 as short-handed Milwaukee beat Washington in overtime.
Andrew Bogut added 18 points and 15 rebounds and the Bucks overcame a career-high 40 points from the Wizards' Caron Butler.
Washington overcame an 11-point deficit in the final 92 seconds of regulation to force overtime.
Kings 103, SuperSonics 101
At Seattle, Kevin Martin scored Sacramento's final five points, including a frantic race the length of the court for a 20-footer as the clock expired, and the Kings extended Seattle's franchise-record losing streak to 14.
Martin finished with 26 points, one of seven Kings in double figures.
Kevin Durant led Seattle with 19 points, but missed 15 of his 20 shots. Seattle has yet to win in 2008.
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