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Melo bests Artest as Nuggets whip Lakers

Houston Rockets' Luis Scola, left, falls onto Sacramento Kings forward Kenny Thomas during the second half of their NBA basketball game in Sacramento, California, Friday, Nov. 13. ...

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Melo bests Artest as Nuggets whip Lakers

Monta Ellis, Kelenna Azubuike and Corey Maggette all had 22 for the Warriors, who easily improved to 1-1 on a five-game Eastern Conference road trip by shooting 58 percent from the field. Reserve C.J. Watson finished with 19.

Danilo Gallinari had 19 points and 10 rebounds in his first career double-double for the Knicks, who dropped their sixth straight and fell to 1-9. David Lee scored 17 points and former Warriors forward Al Harrington had 16.

Trail Blazers 86, Hornets 78 At New Orleans, LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points and 13 rebounds to help Portland beat a New Orleans team that lost Chris Paul to a sprained ankle while trying to adjust to new head coach Jeff Bower.

Paul sprained his left ankle at the end of the third quarter, moments after setting up Hilton Armstrong's dunk that cut Portland's lead to 62-52. Brandon Roy scored 15 points for the Trail Blazers, who won their fifth straight game while dropping New Orleans to its fourth loss in five games.

Hawks 97, Celtics 86 At Boston, Joe Johnson scored 24 points and Jamal Crawford had 18 as Atlanta pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Boston.

Josh Smith scored 14 and Al Horford had 12 points and 13 rebounds as the Hawks continued their strong start this season.

Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 24 points despite bruising his left knee early in the third quarter. Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins scored 14 points apiece.

Kings 109, Rockets 100 At Sacramento, California, Jason Thompson had a career-high 27 points and added 11 rebounds for Sacramento's fourth straight win.

The previous time the Kings won four consecutive games was late in the 2007-08 season.

Trevor Ariza scored 28 points for the Rockets. Shane Battier had 23 points and Luis Scola had 20 points and nine rebounds.

Beno Udrih had 22 points for the Kings, and Tyreke Evans had 20 points.

Raptors 104, Clippers 89 At Los Angeles, Chris Bosh had 21 points and 14 rebounds for Toronto, which overcame an early 22-point deficit and made four 3-point shots during a game-ending 16-0 run.

Andrea Bargnani had 19 points and Jose Calderon added 18 for the Raptors.

Chris Kaman, who fought through a virus to get 20 points and 11 rebounds in Wednesday's home loss at New Orleans, made his first five shots against the Raptors and finished with 25 points and seven rebounds in 36 minutes.

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