Kobe Bryant had 23 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds for his 21st career triple-double as the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Denver Nuggets 111-103 on Tuesday night to end a three-game losing streak.
Bryant shot six of 11 from the floor, giving him 25,000 field-goal attempts for his career. The only players who have attempted more shots in NBA history are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28,307) and Karl Malone (26,210).
The Lakers star played nearly 32 minutes in his second game back. He missed three games last month because of overall soreness.
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Carlos Boozer scored 19 points and Ronnie Price added a season-high 18.
Ty Lawson and Jusuf Nurkic both finished with 16 points for the Nuggets, who have lost four of five.
GRIZZLIES 95, SPURS 87
Mike Conley had 30 points and six assists, while Marc Gasol added 17 points to help Memphis defeat San Antonio.
Conley connected on 10 of 13 from the field and missed only one of his five shots from outside the arc as the Grizzlies won their second straight and claimed at least a tie with the Spurs in the season series.
Tayshaun Prince added 12 points for Memphis.
Marco Belinelli and Cory Joseph scored 18 apiece for the Spurs.
WARRIORS 126, 76ERS 86
Marreese Speights scored 23 points, while Stephen Curry added 13 points and nine assists as Golden State beat Philadelphia.
Draymond Green had 10 points and 10 rebounds, while Leandro Barbosa scored 17 off the bench for the Warriors, who won their 10th straight home game to improve to an NBA-best 25-5.
Golden State led by as many as 47 in a game that was even more lopsided than the final score. Warriors coach Steve Kerr pulled his starters early in the fourth quarter, only to see his reserves add to the lead.
Henry Sims had 19 points and seven rebounds for Philadelphia. The 76ers (4-26) have dropped three straight following back-to-back road wins over Miami and Orlando.
MAVERICKS 114, WIZARDS 87
Monta Ellis scored 20 points in 27 minutes as Dallas handed Washington their most lopsided loss of the season.
Nine of Ellis’ points came in the final 2 minutes and 35 seconds of the second quarter, when the Mavericks outscored the Wizards 36-21 for a 63-45 halftime lead. He shot eight of 15 and finished with four steals without playing in the fourth quarter.
The Mavericks’ 10 straight wins over Washington represent their longest active winning streak against any team.
Chandler Parsons scored 14 points, Dirk Nowitzki added 13 — despite shooting two for eight from the field — while Rajon Rondo had 11 points and five assists.
Washington’s John Wall had 11 points and eight assists.
TRAIL BLAZERS 102, RAPTORS 97, OT
Damian Lillard had 26 points and nine assists to help Portland rally past Toronto in overtime.
LaMarcus Aldridge, who returned after missing three of the past four games because of an upper respiratory illness, had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who won their fourth straight.
The Blazers (26-7) rallied in the fourth quarter after trailing by 13 points, but Amir Johnson’s short jumper for the Raptors tied the game at 87 and sent it into overtime.
Portland took a 96-90 lead in the extra period on consecutive three-pointers from Lillard, Wesley Matthews and Nicolas Batum.
Kyle Lowry finished with 24 points, while James Johnson had 14 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season for Toronto (24-8).
NETS 96, BULLS 82
Brook Lopez scored a season-high 29 points, while Joe Johnson had 20 points and 11 rebounds as Brooklyn snapped Chicago’s seven-game winning streak.
Lopez, playing his fifth game since returning from a lower-back strain, started in place of Kevin Garnett and was 13 for 21 from the field. Johnson was eight for 14.
Mike Dunleavy led the Bulls with 23 points on nine-for-15 shooting, including five of nine on three-pointers.
Jimmy Butler, who averaged 26.4 points during the winning streak, scored just eight points. Derrick Rose managed only four.
Brooklyn had just one previous win this season against a team with a winning record.
In other results, it was:
‧ Pistons 109, Magic 86
‧ Jazz 100, Timberwolves 94
‧ Pelicans 110, Suns 106
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