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Birthday boy James leads Cavs w/ 48
CLEVELAND ? Anderson Varejao made his first career 3-pointer with 17.2 seconds left to celebrate Cavaliers teammate LeBron James? 25th birthday and give Cleveland a 106-101 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday for their 11th victory in 12 games.
James scored a season-high 48 points with 10 rebounds for the Cavs, who won their sixth straight and 11th in a row at home.
With the score tied at 101 and the 24-second shot clock down to its final tick, the ball wound up in the hands of Varejao, who missed his first 18 career 3-pointers. But the frizzy-haired Brazilian stepped up and drilled his long shot before James rushed into his arms.
Suns 116, Celtics 98
At Phoenix, Amare Stoudemire and Channing Frye scored 26 points each as Phoenix handed what was left of Boston its third straight loss.
The Celtics were without injured Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce in the final stop of what turned out to be an awful four-game road trip.
Eddie House led the Celtics with 19 points, going 5 of 7 on 3s. Ray
Magic 117, Bucks 92
At Orlando, Florida, Vince Carter overcame a hard collision to score 25 points and rally Orlando past Milwaukee.
Carter was thrust under the courtside seats on a hard hit by Ersan Ilyasova late in the third quarter that gave Orlando a brief scare. The Magic?s star shooting guard shook off the pain and never exited, igniting a 17-2 run that helped them pull away.
Raptors 107, Bobcats 103
At Toronto, Chris Bosh had 33 points and 13 rebounds, and Andrea Bargnani matched his season high with 28 points as Toronto beat Charlotte for its season-high fifth straight victory.
Marco Belinelli scored 13 points and rookie DeMar DeRozan had 10 as Toronto avenged its worst defeat of the season, a 116-81 loss at Charlotte on Nov. 25 ? the biggest margin of victory in Bobcats history.
Hornets 95, Heat 91
At New Orleans, David West scored six of his 21 points in the last 55 seconds as New Orleans held on to beat Miami.
Chris Paul had 18 points and nine assists, and Emeka Okafor had 15 points, 14 rebounds and a key block on Udonis Haslem in the final 30 seconds, helping the Hornets end a two-game skid and snap Miami?s three-game winning streak.
Nets 104, Knicks 95
At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Brook Lopez had 21 points and 14 rebounds as New Jersey posted a rare victory to snap a 10-game losing streak with a blowout of New York.
Yi Jianlian added 22 points, Chris Douglas-Roberts had 17 and Devin Harris had 17, eight assists and seven rebounds as New Jersey (3-29) ended its second double-digit losing streak of the season.
The Nets set an NBA record opening the season with 18 straight losses.
Grizzlies 121, Pacers 110
At Indianapolis, Rudy Gay scored 31 points to lead Memphis over Indiana, the Pacers? eighth straight loss.
Zach Randolph had 28 points and 13 rebounds, and Marc Gasol added 21 points and 10 boards for the Grizzlies.
Jazz 107, Timberwolves 103
At Minneapolis, Deron Williams had 21 points and 12 assists as Utah avoided an embarrassing third consecutive loss to lowly Minnesota.
The Timberwolves trailed by 17 with 4:30 remaining, but cut the deficit to three after a pair of 3-pointers by Kevin Love with about 35 seconds left.
Trail Blazers 103, Clippers 99
At Portland, Oregon, Brandon Roy had 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists as Portland beat Los Angeles despite losing LaMarcus Aldridge to a sprained left ankle in the first quarter.
Martell Webster added 15 points, Jerryd Bayless had 14 and rookie Jeff Pendergraph had eight points and 14 rebounds for the Blazers, who have won four in a row and seven of eight against the Clippers.
76ers 116, Kings 106
At Sacramento, California, Lou Williams scored 22 points and Allen Iverson had 20 as Philadelphia pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Sacramento.
Donte Greene and Omri Casspi each scored 21 points for the Kings. Jason Thompson had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Sergio Rodriguez also scored 15 points. /AP
