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Clippers get past Knicks 103-94
Corey Maggette scored 19 points in his return to the lineup, and the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a nine-game road losing streak by beating the slumping New York Knicks 103-94 on Monday night.
Chris Kaman, who like Corey Maggette had missed the last four games with the flu, added 15 points and nine rebounds as Los Angeles improved to 1-2 on its seven-game road trip. Cuttino Mobley had 14 points as the Los Angeles Clippers handed the Knicks their sixth straight loss.
RAPTORS: 114 | HEAT: 82
MIAMI (AP) – CHRIS BOSH SCORED 24 POINTS ON 8-FOR-11 SHOOTING, ANDREA BARGNANI ADDED 22 AND THE TORONTO RAPTORS SHOT 60 PERCENT MONDAY NIGHT ON THE WAY TO BEATING THE HAPLESS MIAMI HEAT 114-82.
ANTHONY PARTER SCORED 18 POINTS FOR THE RAPTORS, WHO DELIVERED MORE INDIGNITY TO MIAMI'S SEASON OF EPIC STRUGGLE BY HANDING THE HEAT THEIR BIGGEST LOSS OF THE YEAR.
HAWKS: 96 | 76ERS: 91
ATLANTA (AP) – JOSH SMITH HAD 19 POINTS, NINE ASSISTS AND NINE BLOCKS, AND THE ATLANTA HAWKS OVERCAME AN ABYSMAL FIRST QUARTER IN A 96-91 VICTORY OVER THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS ON MONDAY NIGHT.
MAVERICKS: 107 | MAGIC: 98
ORLANDO, FLA. (AP) – JOSH HOWARD SCORED 28 POINTS AND THE DALLAS MAVERICKS OVERCAME HEDO TURKOGLU'S TRIPLE-DOUBLE TO HOLD OFF THE ORLANDO MAGIC 107-98 MONDAY NIGHT.
DALLAS LED BY AS MANY AS 19, BUT ORLANDO GOT WITHIN 83-80 ON RASHARD LEWIS' 3-POINTER WITH 7:15 LEFT. THE MAGIC DIDN'T SCORE AGAIN FOR ALMOST 5 MINUTES, AND DALLAS WENT ON A 10-0 RUN TO PUT THE GAME AWAY.
TURKOGLU HAD 13 POINTS, A CAREER-HIGH 13 ASSISTS AND 12 REBOUNDS, WHILE DWIGHT HOWARD SCORED 28. BUT HOWARD, THE NBA'S REBOUND LEADER AVERAGING 15, HAD ONLY SEVEN, AND ORLANDO WAS OUTREBOUNDED 47-34.
JASON TERRY SCORED 20 POINTS – 12 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER – DIRK NOWITZKI HAD 20 POINTS AND NINE REBOUNDS AND BRANDON BASS SCORED 16 FOR DALLAS.
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