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Updated Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:39 am TWN, AP |
![]() Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant, left, drives on Toronto Raptors' Jarrett Jack during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 9. (Reuters) Enlarge Photo
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Bucks beat Celtics 86-84 in fourth quarter comebackJameer Nelson had 17 points and Rashard Lewis added 15 to help the Magic take a 26-point halftime lead and cruise to a blowout after beating the Lakers in an NBA finals rematch Sunday. Trail Blazers 88, Kings 81 At Portland, Oregon, Brandon Roy scored 19 points and hit a clinching jump shot with just over two minutes left to lead Portland to its fifth straight victory over Sacramento. Roy added eight rebounds for Portland. Nicolas Batum and Andre Miller each scored 14 points. Marcus Camby returned after sitting out the Blazers' last game, a 118-106 loss at Denver, with a sprained left ankle. Tyreke Evans had 18 points for the Kings, who have lost three straight overall. Carl Landry finished with 17 points and eight rebounds. Pacers 107, 76ers 96 At Indianapolis, Dahntay Jones scored 25 points to help Indiana end a four-game losing streak. Brandon Rush had 24 points and nine rebounds, and Troy Murphy added 19 points for the Pacers (21-43), who won for just the second time in nine games. Indiana played without leading scorer Danny Granger, suspended one game by the NBA for his part in an altercatio n in Phoenix on Saturday. Jrue Holiday scored 21 points and Samuel Dalembert added 16 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks for the 76ers (23-40). Philadelphia has dropped six of eight since Allen Iverson left the team for personal reasons. Rockets 96, Wizards 88 At Washington, Luis Scola had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Kevin Martin scored 21 points as Houston moved back above .500. The Rockets took the lead for good midway through the second quarter and were hardly threatened in the second half by the Wizards, who have lost four straight and six of seven. Aaron Brooks added 14 points and Trevor Ariza returned from an injury to score 13 for the Rockets, who won despite shooting 38 percent to the Wizards' 42. | |||||||||||||