Ray Allen scored 22 points and Kevin Garnett added 18 as the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 86-83 on Tuesday to snap a five-game losing streak.
Boston, who couldn’t hold a 16-point lead in the first quarter, avoided their first six-game skid since dropping seven in a row from April 4 to April 15, 2007.
Kyrie Irving returned from a bruised elbow that sidelined him late in the second quarter and led Cleveland with 24 points, 19 in the second half.
Irving hit two free throws with 1:21 remaining to give Cleveland an 81-80 lead. After Allen missed a three-pointer, Garnett tipped Irving’s pass, leading to Allen’s dunk with 48.6 seconds left.
Nets 93, Mavericks 92
In Dallas, Brook Lopez scored 38 points in only his third game back from a broken right foot and made the go-ahead free throws with 42 seconds left for New Jersey.
The two free throws by Lopez came right after the Mavericks had taken the lead with a 13-2 run after missing 14 consecutive field goals.
Jason Kidd’s three-pointer from the right wing only six seconds earlier had put Dallas ahead 92-91.
Jason Terry forced a turnover with 18 seconds left and Dallas called timeout. Kidd then had the ball in the left corner, but it was knocked loose by DeShawn Stevenson. Kidd got it back, but his desperate heave at the buzzer was short.
Bulls 99, Hornets 95
In Chicago, Derrick Rose scored 32 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 19.4 seconds left, and Chicago closed with an 8-0 run.
Joakim Noah had 15 points and 16 rebounds for the Bulls and -Carlos Boozer and Luol Deng added 14 points apiece. Rose scored six points in Chicago’s final run.
Chris Kaman had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Hornets and Trevor Ariza scored 16 points.
Rockets 88, Raptors 85
In Houston, Kyle Lowry scored 26 points and Luis Scola had 15 points and 10 rebounds as Houston beat Toronto.
Kevin Martin scored 14 points, though he missed a key free throw with 11.7 seconds left that gave the Raptors a chance to tie it. However, Linas Kleiza missed a long three-point try, Martin corralled the rebound and the Rockets won for the 18th time in the past 25 games.
DeMar DeRozan scored 17 points, James Johnson had 16 and Ed Davis tied a career-high with 15 rebounds for the Raptors. Toronto outrebounded Houston 47-37, but went two-for-17 from three-point range and committed 17 turnovers.
Bucks 119, Wizards 118
In Milwaukee, Ersan Ilyasova scored on a tip-in with 2.2 seconds left as Milwaukee handed Washington their fifth consecutive defeat.
Mike Dunleavy scored a season-high 28 points for the Bucks, who snapped a six-game losing streak at home.
Brandon Jennings took an inbounds pass with 6.8 seconds left and drove left of the lane, attempting a short jumper. It bounced off the rim, but Ilyasova had position and tipped in the miss for the winning points.
Roger Mason Jr then received an inbounds pass on the baseline for Washington, but was called for traveling with one second to go without getting off a shot.
Pacers 102, Golden State 78
In Indianapolis, Danny Granger scored 25 points to help Indiana win their fifth straight game.
Tyler Hansbrough scored 15 points and Roy Hibbert added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Pacers, who remained in third place in the Eastern Conference.
Monta Ellis and Brandon Rush each scored 14 points for the Warriors, who finished with season lows in points and field-goal percentage (.341).
In other NBA action, it was:
‧ 76ers 97, Pistons 68
‧ T-Wolves 109, Clippers 97
‧ Kings 103, Jazz 96
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