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Wallace’s 38 and 11 power Bobcats to win

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—Gerald Wallace(notes) scored a season-high 38 points and had11 rebounds and the Charlotte Bobcats defeated the Sacramento Kings 103-96 onSaturday.

Wallace keyed the decisive third quarter when the Bobcats pulled away byoutscoring Sacramento 34-13. Scoring on several uncontested baskets insideagainst the Kings’ uninspired defense, Wallace had 19 points to help Charlottetake a 90-67 lead into the fourth.

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Nazr Mohammed(notes) had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Bobcats. Stephen Jackson(notes)and Flip Murray(notes) each had 13 points.

Kevin Martin(notes) scored 31 points for the Kings, who have dropped two straightand nine of 10. Omri Casspi(notes) scored 14 points and Jason Thompson(notes) had 12 pointsand 16 rebounds.

Kings rookie guard Tyreke Evans(notes), who bruised his left hip and only playedseven minutes in the second half, had four points, one more than his season-lowagainst Memphis. Evans had 34 points in a Jan. 18 game in Charlotte.

With the Bobcats struggling on offense in the fourth quarter, the Kingsmounted a comeback. Martin made a difficult driving layup and followed with asteal and a dunk, pulling the Kings to within 100-96.

But Raymond Felton(notes) quickly scored at the other end for Charlotte and Wallaceadded a late free throw to secure the victory.

The Bobcats started their six-game road trip with a loss in Denver. But theyhave won three straight and conclude the West Coast swing with Sunday’s game inPortland and meet the Lakers on Tuesday.

Drafted by the Kings in 2001, Wallace rarely left the bench in three seasonswith Sacramento. He was picked in the expansion draft by Charlotte in 2004 andhas thrived in his eighth season, becoming the first player in Bobcats historyto make the All-Star game.

On Saturday, Wallace made his first eight shots and ignited the Bobcats inthe third quarter. Wallace finished on two alley-oops late in the quarter, thesecond one giving Charlotte an 83-59 lad with 2:54 remaining.

Wallace made all six shots and scored 14 points in the opening half when theBobcats led 56-54. Martin had 21 points for the Kings, who were outscored 27-21in the second quarter.

Notes: Annie Wersching from the hit show “24,” attended the game. … TheKings have lost seven of their past 10 home games.

Bucks hold off short-handed Heat 95-84

MILWAUKEE (AP)—Hakim Warrick(notes) scored 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarterand the Milwaukee Bucks held off the short-handed Miami Heat for a 95-84 win onSaturday.

Andrew Bogut(notes) and Brandon Jennings(notes) each had 17 points for Milwaukee.

Dwyane Wade(notes) led the Heat with 21 points, but was in foul trouble most of thegame. Quentin Richardson(notes) had 16 points and Jermaine O’Neal(notes) had 15 points and 10rebounds.

The Heat were without forward Michael Beasley(notes), their second-leading scorer,and guard Mario Chalmers(notes). Beasley missed his second consecutive game with ahyperextended right knee. Chalmers sprained his left thumb when he got it caughtin a jersey Friday night against the Detroit Pistons.

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The Bucks led from early in the first quarter and held a comfortabledouble-digit lead through the third. Miami finally got under 10 points early inthe fourth quarter when a basket by Daequan Cook(notes) and a jumper by Carlos Arroyo(notes)pulled the Heat to 71-63 with 9:59 left. Carlos Delfino(notes) answered for Milwaukeewith two free throws and Warrick tipped in a shot as Milwaukee regained adouble-digit lead at 75-63.

Wade, with five fouls, came back with 7:24 to go and the Bucks leading79-65, but it wasn’t enough.

The Bucks’ lead slipped to 89-84 with just under a minute to play whenDorell Wright(notes) hit a 3-pointer, but on the next possession Jennings came back andmade a 3. Wade missed two 3-point attempts before Jennings sealed the victorywith three free throws.

Delfino scored 16 points for the Bucks.

A bit of good news for the Heat came when O’Neal showed no lingering effectsof his knee injury suffered in the first minute of the win over Detroit onFriday night.

Bogut, Warrick and Jerry Stackhouse(notes) keyed the second quarter as Milwaukeeoutscored Miami 33-17.

Bogut converted consecutive three-point plays before his two free throwsgave the Bucks a 56-38 lead at the half. Warrick and Stackhouse, who signed afree-agent contract 13 days ago, each had eight points as a reserve as momentumseemed to swing toward the Bucks.

Charlie Bell(notes) guarded Wade for most of the game before Delfino took over inthe fourth.

Wade finally had enough when he complained to referee Kane Fitzgerald thathe had been fouled by Bell when Wade lost the ball. Fitzgerald promptly called atechnical on Wade who moments later left the game after picking up his fifthfoul.

^NOTE: Chalmers’ streak of 128 consecutive games played ended. He isaveraging 7.2 points.

Miller, Jamison lead Wizards over Knicks

WASHINGTON (AP)—Mike Miller(notes) scored a season-high 25 points—including seven3-pointers—and Antawn Jamison(notes) had 21 points and a career-high 23 rebounds tolead the Washington Wizards to a 106-96 win over the New York Knicks onSaturday.

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Miller, who missed 26 games due to injuries this season, had four 3-pointerslate in the third quarter and early in the fourth as the Wizards took an 85-73lead with 10:45 to play in the fourth quarter.

On Friday, Washington had a one-point win over the New Jersey Nets despiteall five of its starters failing to score in double figures for the first timesince Dec. 27, 2001.

Miller, who was acquired in a trade with Minnesota in June, missed 19 gameswith a strained right calf, was one 3-pointer away from the franchise high. TheWizards equaled their season high with 11 3-pointers.

Washington raced to a 36-19 first quarter lead—its largest margin afterone quarter this season, grabbing 18 rebounds.

For the game, the Wizards had a season-high 59 rebounds. They were outscored25-14 in the second quarter when they missed 18 of their 24 shots.

Danilo Gallinari(notes) and Jared Jeffries(notes) hit 3-pointers to tie the game at 50 tostart the second half. A 12-1 Washington run gave the Wizards a 64-53 lead, andthen Miller went to work and Washington ended its four-game losing streak athome.

It’s been a roller-coaster week for the Knicks, who’ve lost four of theirlast five. Last Sunday, they suffered their worst home loss in history, a50-point embarrassment to Dallas. They followed it with a 27-point win overMinnesota and a two-point loss to Toronto.

David Lee(notes), who found out this week he didn’t make the All-Star team, led theKnicks with 24 points. He scored the last 12 points for the Knicks in the thirdquarter, but failed to record a double-double for the first time in his pasteight games. Jeffries had 17.

^NOTES: Knicks F Al Harrington(notes), the team’s second-leading scorer, did notplay due to a sore right knee. … New York G Larry Hughes(notes), a former teammate ofthe suspended Gilbert Arenas(notes), thinks that Arenas will again play in Washington.“When things go bad, you always get mad at the authority, but I think it willblow over. I think he’ll be back here.” … Miller also recorded a season highwith eight assists. … A fan wore an Arenas jersey with “GIL-TY” taped aboveArenas’ name.

Fill-in Collison gets Hornets by Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Darren Collison(notes) did his best Chris Paul(notes) imitation, helpingthe New Orleans Hornets finally find a way to win in overtime.

Collison, subbing for the injured Hornets’ point guard, scored 17 points andhad a career-best 18 assists and New Orleans defeated Memphis 109-102 inovertime on Saturday, snapping the Grizzlies’ 11-game home winning streak.

“I give credit to (Paul),” the rookie from UCLA said. “I get the chanceto watch him every day in the pick-and-roll. I was being a lot more aggressivein the pick-and-roll finding my gaps. I am so small (6-foot, 160 pounds) andquick that I can use it to my advantage.”

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Emeka Okafor(notes) had 21 points, including 19 after halftime, as New Orleansovercame a 21-point deficit in the third quarter to win its third game out ofthe past four. The rally was one point shy of the Hornets’ franchise record of a22-point rally to defeat Boston in 1995.

Four of the Hornets past 10 games have gone to overtime, and New Orleans hadlost the previous three before Saturday’s victory.

Collison’s steal and dunk with 24 seconds left put the game out of reach.

“(Collison) seemed a lot more confident, a lot more comfortable getting tothe cup, making decisions,” Okafor said of the second half. “He just startedrolling, and we started rolling.”

David West(notes) led New Orleans with 22 points, while Peja Stojakovic(notes) had 20points. Marcus Thornton(notes) finished with 14 for the Hornets, who moved ahead ofMemphis for the Western Conference’s eighth playoff spot. Houston, Memphis andOklahoma City have identical 25-21 records, a half-game behind the Hornets forthe last spot.

“It’s crazy over here in the West,” Okafor said. “You have like six teamsthat are right there. You just have to play ball and see what happens.”

Zach Randolph(notes) and Marc Gasol(notes) had 25 points apiece for Memphis, which had notlost a home game since a 110-105 defeat to the Boston Celtics on Dec. 4.

O.J. Mayo(notes) scored 17 points and Rudy Gay(notes) and Mike Conley(notes) scored 10 apiece,but struggled from the field, shooting a combined 7 of 30.

Paul, the Hornets’ leading scorer, sat out the game with a bruised leftknee. Paul initially hurt the leg in Wednesday’s game against Golden State, thenhit it again in Friday’s overtime loss to Chicago.

“It was a great win for us on the heels of (Friday) night’s difficultdefeat,” Hornets coach Jeff Bower said.

After Grizzlies guard Jamaal Tinsley(notes) scored the opening basket of the extraperiod, the Hornets scored the next six points as a pair of free throws eachfrom Stojakovic and West were sandwiched around Collison’s 10-footer.

That put New Orleans up 103-99. Randolph’s 3-point play with 2:03 left gaveMemphis some hope.

But the Grizzlies would not score again as New Orleans had the final sixpoints, including Collison’s steal and dunk with 24 seconds left.

Memphis made only 2 of its 13 shots in overtime—Tinsley’s layup andRandolph’s basket on the front of the 3-point play.

Collison replaced Paul when the Hornets’ leading scorer missed eight gamesearlier in the season with an ankle injury. New Orleans is 5-4 in games withoutPaul.

Memphis led by 21 early in the third quarter, but slowly let the game slipaway by shooting 32 percent after the break. It was the biggest lead Memphis hasblown in a losing effort this season.

“We played hard enough early to get up by 21 points, and then we quitexecuting,” Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said. “We turned the ball over. Wedidn’t share the basketball when it should have been shared. We took toughshots. That was the key.”

“We thought we were going to win, and stopped moving the ball and didn’thelp each other,” Gasol said. “This is a lesson we have to learn.”

The Hornets made a run at Memphis to start the second half. New Orleans wasmuch more effective moving the ball, and the Hornets were beginning to connecton their shots, particularly inside.

Okafor’s dunk, his fifth field goal of the quarter, cut the lead to 75-66,and Darius Songaila’s(notes) tip-in got the Hornets closer than they had been in awhile at 75-68.

Okafor had 14 in the quarter, hitting all seven of his shots in the period.That was part of the Hornets going 14 of 16 from the field in the period, andhelped New Orleans cut the Memphis advantage to 81-76 entering the fourth.

“We dug ourselves into a little bit of a rut and had to bring it,” Okaforsaid. “It was either we bring energy or get blown out. We didn’t plan ongetting blown out, so we just buckled down and did what we had to do.”

Collison was getting to the basket to keep the Hornets chipping away at theMemphis lead in the fourth. New Orleans pulled even at 85 when Songaila scoredinside.

“(Collison’s) effort was terrific with his own play and how his effortcreated things for others,” Bower said.

NOTES: After a winter storm Friday made Memphis roads slick, the Grizzliesoffered fans the opportunity to exchange their tickets for Saturday’s game fortickets to next Friday’s home game against the Houston Rockets. … It wasRandolph’s first game at home since being selected as a reserve on the All-Starteam. The forward got a rousing ovation from the crowd when the honor wasmentioned as part of his pre-game introduction. … Collison’s assists not onlywere a career high, but also a franchise best for a rookie. The previous was 16by Paul in 2006 against Golden State.

Miller’s 52 help Blazers top Mavs in OT

DALLAS (AP)—Andre Miller(notes) scored a career-high 52 points, including 25 in thefourth quarter and overtime, and Juwan Howard(notes) hit a jumper with 44.8 secondsleft to lift the Portland Trail Blazers past the Dallas Mavericks 114-112Saturday night.

Miller was 22 of 31 from the floor and hit 7 of 8 from the foul line as theBlazers snapped a three-game losing streak.

Portland scored the final six points, including Miller’s layup that tied thegame at 112. On the Blazers’ next possession, Howard connected on a 15-footjumper that gave Portland a 114-112 lead.

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Dirk Nowitzki(notes) scored 28 points, but he missed two shots in the final minuteand one just before the buzzer that could have sent the game into a secondovertime.

Miller fell two points shy of the Portland team record set by DamonStoudamire(notes). Milwaukee rookie Brandon Jennings(notes) has the most points in the NBAthis season with 55 on Nov. 14.

LaMarcus Aldridge(notes) scored 21 points and Jerryd Bayless(notes) added 17 for Portland,which was playing without All-Star guard Brandon Roy(notes) for a sixth straight gamebecause of a right hamstring injury.

Jason Terry(notes) had 18 points and Josh Howard(notes) scored 17 points off the bench forthe Mavericks.

Miller hit a 3-pointer and a jumper to give Portland a 108-107 lead inovertime.

The Mavericks scored the next five points on Terry’s 3-pointer and JasonKidd’s(notes) putback of a Nowitzki miss to go ahead 112-108 with 2:23 remaining.Dallas didn’t score the rest of the way as it missed its final four shots fromthe floor.

The Blazers have won two in a row in Dallas since snapping an 11-game losingstreak here in December.

Portland led 73-69 after three quarters and stretched the lead to sevenearly in the fourth. It was tight the rest of the way as neither team had morethan a two-point advantage the final 5:36 of regulation.

Miller, who scored Portland’s last nine points in regulation, floated in ahook shot over Shawn Marion(notes) to tie the game at 103 with 14.8 seconds remainingin the fourth.

Nowitzki missed a chance to win it in regulation, and Aldridge’s long jumperat the buzzer was short, sending the game into overtime.

^NOTES: Blazers coach Nate McMillan said Roy will be evaluated on Monday andis day to day. … F Eduardo Najera(notes) made his first appearance since theMavericks acquired him from the New Jersey Nets on Jan. 11. He came into thegame with 7:57 left in the second quarter and hit a 3-pointer a little over aminute later.

Hornets rally to beat Grizzlies in OT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Emeka Okafor(notes) had 21 points, Darren Collison(notes) added 17points and a career-high 18 assists and the New Orleans Hornets defeated Memphis109-102 in overtime on Saturday, snapping the Grizzlies’ 11-game home winningstreak.

New Orleans overcame a 21-point deficit in the third quarter to win itsthird game out of the past four. Four of the Hornets past 10 games have gone toovertime, and New Orleans had lost the previous three before Saturday’s victory.

Collison’s steal and dunk with 24 seconds left put the game out of reach.

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David West(notes) led New Orleans with 22 points, while Peja Stojakovic(notes) had 20points. Marcus Thornton(notes) finished with 14 for the Hornets, who moved ahead ofMemphis for the Western Conference’s eighth playoff spot.

Zach Randolph(notes) and Marc Gasol(notes) had 25 points apiece for Memphis, which had notlost a home game since a 110-105 defeat to the Boston Celtics on Dec. 4.

O. J. Mayo scored 17 points and Rudy Gay(notes) and Mike Conley(notes) scored 10 apiece,but struggled from the field, shooting a combined 7 of 30.

Chris Paul(notes), the Hornets’ leading scorer, sat out the game with a bruisedleft knee. Paul initially hurt the leg in Wednesday’s game against Golden State,then hit it again in Friday’s overtime loss to Chicago.

Collison replaced Paul when the Hornets’ leading scorer missed eight gamesearlier in the season with an ankle injury. New Orleans is 5-4 in games withoutPaul.

Memphis opened the game shooting 61 percent for a 15-point lead at the endof the first quarter. Randolph had 11 points and Gasol 10 as Memphis was pushingthe ball inside.

Meanwhile, the Hornets, coming off their overtime loss to Chicago on Fridaynight, struggled from the field.

Things got a tad sloppy for Memphis at the start of the second quarter asturnovers thwarted a couple of potential fastbreaks.

West was doing his best to keep the Hornets in the game. He hit 6 of hisfirst 8 shots, and had 13 points in the half.

But a few more turnovers and West’s shooting weren’t enough for New Orleansto make a dent in the Memphis lead. The Grizzlies closed the half outscoring theHornets 11-2 for a 61-42 lead at the break.

Randolph had 14 points and Gasol and Mayo had 13 apiece as Memphismaintained its 60 percent shooting.

The Hornets made a run at Memphis to start the second half. New Orleans wasmuch more effective moving the ball, and the Hornets were beginning to connecton their shots, particularly inside.

Okafor’s dunk, his fifth field goal of the quarter, cut the lead to 75-66,and Darius Songaila’s(notes) tip-in got the Hornets closer than they had been in awhile at 75-68.

Okafor had 14 in the quarter, hitting all seven of his shots in the period.That helped New Orleans cut the Memphis advantage to 81-76 entering the fourth.

Collison was getting to the basket to keep the Hornets chipping away at theMemphis lead in the fourth. Finally, New Orleans pulled even at 85 when Songailascored inside.

However, New Orleans was unable to overtake Memphis until overtime, thenopened the extra period on a 6-2 run.

^NOTES: After a winter storm Friday made Memphis roads slick, the Grizzliesoffered fans the opportunity to exchange their tickets for Saturday’s game fortickets to next Friday’s home game against the Houston Rockets. … It wasRandolph’s first game at home since being selected as a reserve on the All-Starteam. The forward got a rousing ovation from the crowd when the honor wasmentioned as part of his pre-game introduction. … Collison’s assists not onlywere a career high, but also a franchise best for a rookie. The previous was 16by Paul in 2006 against Golden State.

Magic beat Hawks, claim Southeast lead

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)—Dwight Howard(notes) had 31 points and 19 rebounds and the OrlandoMagic coasted to a 104-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.

The Magic took over first place in the Southeast Division with the victoryand beat the Hawks for the third straight time this season. Rashard Lewis(notes) added17 points, Ryan Anderson(notes) had 16 and J.J. Redick(notes) had eight points and acareer-high seven assists as the Magic reserves had 32 points and 11 assists.

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Joe Johnson(notes) and Jamal Crawford(notes) had 19 points apiece for the Hawks, who shotonly 39.5 percent in the game. Al Horford(notes), selected to back up Howard in theAll-Star Game, had only four points and four rebounds against Howard.

The Magic led 58-54 in the middle of the third quarter when Howard led a16-2 spurt to make it 74-56. The Magic center had eight points in the run,including a coast-to-coast fastbreak that ended in a three-point play.

Howard tipped a defensive rebound toward halfcourt, beat Hawks’ guard MikeBibby(notes) to it, then dribbled the rest of the way for a dunk with Bibby hanging onhis back. That made it 68-54 and though Johnson interrupted the run with adriving layup, the Magic went on to score six straight points and seize controlof the game.

The only time the Hawks got the deficit under 10 after that was when Johnsonmade a 3-pointer that cut Atlanta’s deficit to 81-72 with 8:41 left in the game.

Howard and the Magic reserves responded with a 14-5 run capped by Anderson’s3-pointer that made it 95-77 with 4:11 left.

A tip-in by Johnson gave the Hawks a 16-6 lead to start the game, but theMagic went on a 15-2 run to end the quarter with a 21-18 lead.

Anderson and Redick combined for 12 points in the second quarter asOrlando’s reserves pushed the advantage to 42-34 before Atlanta’s offense camealive.

The Hawks hit five straight jumpers, including a 10-footer by Crawford thatcut the deficit to 46-44 with five seconds to play in the half.

However, Josh Smith(notes) fouled Jameer Nelson(notes) as he attempted a shot from justinside halfcourt and the Magic point guard made all three free throws to giveOrlando a 49-44 halftime lead.

Notes: Magic coach Stan Van Gundy will be the East coach in the All-StarGame if the Magic defeat Detroit on Sunday. … Orlando has beaten Atlanta sixstraight times. The average margin of victory is 18.5 points. … Mike Bibby isshooting 13 of 40 in his past five games for the Hawks.

Heat’s Beasley, Chalmers sidelined

MILWAUKEE (AP)—Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley(notes) missed his secondconsecutive game with a hyperextended right knee and guard Mario Chalmers(notes) wasout with a sprained left thumb.

Both took part in the pregame shootaround before Saturday night’s gameagainst the Milwaukee Bucks, but the team decided to play it safe and made theminactive.

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Beasley had played in 105 consecutive games, including starting the first 45games of this season. He was hurt in the first quarter of Miami’s loss atToronto on Wednesday night and did not play against the Detroit Pistons onFriday night.

Chalmers sprained his left thumb when he caught it in a jersey Friday night.Chalmers’ streak of 128 consecutive games played has ended. He is averaging 7.2points.

Bruised knee sidelines Hornets PG Paul

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—New Orleans point guard Chris Paul(notes), the Hornets’ leadingscorer, will not play in Saturday night’s game against the Memphis Grizzliesbecause of a bruised left knee.

Paul averages 20.4 points and leads the NBA with 11.2 assists.

Paul hurt the knee at Golden State on Wednesday. Then, on the last play ofregulation Friday night against the Chicago Bulls, Paul was chasing an errantpass when he went out of bounds striking a camera on the same spot he gotinjured two nights earlier.

“It was based on how he felt today, this morning and on the way to thearena,” New Orleans coach Jeff Bower said.

Darren Collison(notes) will start in place of Paul.

“It’s just short term, day to day is the extent of it,” Bower said.

Also, reserve forward James Posey(notes) will not play against Memphis because of astrained right Achilles’.

Rockets PG Lowry out at least a week

HOUSTON (AP)—Houston Rockets point guard Kyle Lowry(notes) will be out at least aweek with a sprained left knee.

The Rockets said Lowry had an MRI exam on Saturday that confirmed the injuryhe sustained in Friday’s win over Portland.

The 6-foot Lowry came up limping after colliding with LaMarcus Aldridge(notes) on adrive in the second quarter. He played another four minutes, then went to thelocker room and did not return.

Lowry is the Rockets’ fifth-leading scorer (8.7 points per game) and rankssecond in assists (4.7 per game) behind starting point guard Aaron Brooks(notes).

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