LOS ANGELES (AP) — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Barton scored 23 points, Gary Harris added 19 and the Denver Nuggets snapped their three-game losing streak with a 115-99 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night despite LeBron James’ move into fourth place on the NBA’s career scoring list.
James scored 31 points and surpassed Michael Jordan’s 32,292 career points on a driving layup during the second quarter. His Lakers erased most an early 23-point deficit before fading in the fourth quarter of their fourth consecutive loss.
HEAT 91, HORNETS 84
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kelly Olynyk had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Hassan Whiteside added 18 points and 15 rebounds off the bench and Miami beat Charlotte to break a tie for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference.
Olynyk was 8 of 14 from the field, including 5 of 7 from beyond the 3-point arc as Miami won its third straight game.
BULLS 108, 76ERS 107
CHICAGO (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 39 points and hit the go-ahead layup in the closing seconds to lead Chicago to wild win over Philadelphia.
LaVine scored 13 in the fourth quarter as the Bulls wiped out a 10-point deficit in a game that featured two endings.
SUNS 107, KNICKS 96
PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored a season-high 41 points and Phoenix rolled to its fourth victory in five games.
Booker made 14 of 23 shots, including six of 10 3-pointers, and the Suns (15-51) took over after a slow start in a matchup of the teams with the NBA’s worst records.
WIZARDS 132,
MAVERICKS 123
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bradley Beal dunked over 7-foot-2 Salah Mejri and then stared him down in the most dramatic part of a 30-point performance as Washington beat Dallas.
Beal added eight assists and seven rebounds as Washington beat Dallas at home after losing nine in a row when hosting the Mavericks.
PISTONS 131,
TIMBERWOLVES 114
DETROIT (AP) — Andre Drummond had 31 points and 15 rebounds and surging Detroit beat Minnesota.
Drummond posted his 16th straight double-double — the second-longest streak in franchise history. He set the record with 18 last season.
SPURS 111, HAWKS 104
ATLANTA (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge scored 32 points and San Antonio pulled away from Atlanta in the closing minutes for its fourth straight victory.
Derrick White scored seven straights points, putting San Antonio ahead to stay with a 3-pointer before hitting two straight shots in the lane. He finished with 18 points and nine assists.
NETS 113,
CAVALIERS 107
NEW YORK (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 12 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and Brooklyn beat Cleveland for its second straight win.
D’Angelo Russell added 25 points for the Nets.
Kevin Love had 24 points and 16 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who had won four of six since that loss to the Nets in the final game before the All-Star break. David Nwaba added 22 points.
JAZZ 114,
PELICANS 104
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Derrick Favors scored 25 points, Rudy Gobert added 22 points and 13 rebounds, and Utah beat New Orleans for the second time this season
Donovan Mitchell had 22 points, and Joe Ingles had 10 points and 10 assists for the Jazz, who exacted a measure of revenge for the Pelicans’ surprising comeback victory in Utah on Monday night.