(The Sports Xchange) – DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points and was 15-for-15 from the free throw line to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 122-100 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.
Terrence Ross added 25 points off the bench for the Raptors, who won for the ninth time in their past 10 games, including the past three in a row.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and had eight rebounds for the Bucks, who lost their third in a row.
Heat 112, Wizards 101
Goran Dragic scored 34 points as Miami snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating Washington at AmericanAirlines Arena.
It was Dragic’s highest-scoring game since he joined the Heat two years ago. The Heat was a game-high plus-25 points when Dragic was on the floor.
Pacers 110, Hornets 94
Paul George and Myles Turner each scored 22 points, and Indiana made a season-best 17 shots from three-point range to beat Charlotte.
Jeff Teague added 16 points and 11 assists for Indiana, which outscored the Hornets 34-21 in the fourth quarter.
Rockets 122, Nets 118
Trevor Ariza delivered a blocked shot and a steal inside the final minute and Houston squeezed out a victory over Brooklyn at Toyota Center.
The Rockets laboured in extending their winning streak to seven games, missing 15 free throws to keep the Nets close.
James Harden had 36 points, eight rebounds and 11 assists, and Eric Gordon added 24 points off the bench, including two free throws with 6.4 seconds left to seal victory.
Mavericks 112, Nuggets 92
Dallas was off and running early and buried the Nuggets in an avalanche of fast breaks and buckets from just about everywhere to build a double-digit lead that expanded to 22 points thanks to a 15-2 run to close out an electric first half.
The Mavs scored a season-best 65 points in the opening 30 minutes as a result of 66.7 percent shooting in the second quarter and 65.1 percent shooting in the first half that included going 24-of-32 inside the arc for a cool 75 percent.
Clippers 121, Trail Blazers 120
Blake Griffin scored 26 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and handed out six assists, and Los Angeles held on for a victory over Portland.
Chris Paul contributed 21 points and 14 assists, while J.J. Redick chipped in 19 points for Los Angeles. Jamal Crawford added 14 points off the bench.
Kings 116, Lakers 92
DeMarcus Cousins scored 16 of Sacramento’s 39 third-quarter points and the Kings rode their best quarter of the season to a victory over Los Angeles.
The Kings, who endured a season-worst, eight-point fourth quarter in Saturday’s loss at Utah, won for just the second time in seven games.
Cousins finished with 31 points, and Darren Collison added 10 of his 20 in the third to help the Kings turn a 58-49 halftime deficit into a 88-71 lead entering the final quarter.
