Isaiah Canaan scored 22 points and reserve Nik Stauskas had 17 as the lowly Philadelphia 76ers beat the Phoenix Suns 111-104 on Saturday night for their second victory of the season.
Carl Landry added 16 points as Philadelphia (2-30) snapped a 12-game losing streak with their first win since Dec. 1. The 76ers also stopped a 23-game road slide dating to last season.
Former Suns guard Ish Smith, who was acquired in a trade with New Orleans on Thursday last week, scored 14 points in a starting role. Nerlens Noel added 14 points and 11 rebounds.
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The Suns lost leading scorer Eric Bledsoe to a sprained left knee in the first half. The team said he would go for a magnetic resonance imaging examination.
Brandon Knight led Phoenix with 21 points. Devin Booker scored 19 points, and Jon Leuer had 14 points and nine rebounds. The Suns have lost four in a row and six of seven.
TRAIL BLAZERS 105, CAVALIERS 76
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In Portland, Oregon, Allen Crabbe scored a career-high 26 points as Portland held LeBron James to just 12 points.
Crabbe scored 21 in the first half, helping Portland (12-20) stop a five-game losing streak. He was four for six from three-point range for the night.
C.J. McCollum had 16 points for the Trail Blazers, while Mason Plumlee had 11 points and 14 rebounds.
James missed his first four shots, had six points at halftime and did not play in the fourth quarter. He matched his season-low scoring total.
Kevin Love had 13 points for Cleveland, who were coming off an 89-83 loss at Golden State on Friday last week.
MAVERICKS 118, BULLS 111
In Dallas, Texas, J.J. Barea made a career-high seven three-pointers and finished with 26 points coming off his first 30-point game to power the Mavericks to the win.
Derrick Rose led the Bulls with 25 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, but had a key turnover before getting called for a 5-second violation when Chicago had a chance to tie in the final 11 seconds.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 16 points in his first home game since passing Shaquille O’Neal on the career scoring list, and Zaza Pachulia had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Barea was seven for eight from beyond the arc.
Nikola Mirotic had 23 points, seven rebounds and three blocks for the Bulls, who were trying for back-to-back wins a night after winning at Oklahoma City.
CLIPPERS 109, JAZZ 104
In Salt Lake City, Utah, J.J. Redick scored 25 points and Paul Pierce had 20 to lead the Clippers to the road victory.
Chris Paul scored 19 points and DeAndre Jordan added 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Clippers, who won their second straight game after losing three in a row.
Gordon Hayward scored 28 points for Utah.
PELICANS 110, ROCKETS 108
In New Orleans, Anthony Davis had 24 points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots for New Orleans, and Tyreke Evans stole Trevor Ariza’s inbounds pass in the final seconds.
Eric Gordon scored 26 for the Pelicans, hitting six three-pointers as New Orleans shot 13 of 24 from long range. Ryan Anderson scored 16, and Evans finished with 11 points and 13 assists.
James Harden scored 25 points for Houston. His final basket was a three-pointer that tied it at 108 with 2 minutes, 27 seconds left.
Ariza and Patrick Beverley each had 16 points for Houston.
Right after Harden’s tying three-pointer, Davis dunked an alley-oop lob from Evans, and neither team scored in the final 2 minutes.
In other results, it was:
‧ Wizards 111, Nets 96
‧ Hawks 117, Knicks 98
‧ Spurs 101, Nuggets 86
‧ Hornets 98, Grizzlies 92
‧ Heat 108, Magic 101
‧ Celtics 99, Pistons 93
‧ Raptors 111, Bucks 90
‧ Pacers 102, Timberwolves 88
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