NBA basketball game results, March 18 - San Francisco Chronicle

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NBA basketball game results, March 18 - San Francisco Chronicle Mar 19th 2012, 06:11 Paul Millsap scored 24 points, Enes Kanter added 17 points and eight rebounds, and the Utah Jazz handed the Los Angeles Lakers just their second home loss since Christmas, 103-99 on Sunday night. Rookie Alec Burks scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for the Jazz, who snapped the Lakers' five-game winning streak while winning three straight games of their own for the first time in two months. NBA scoring leader Kobe Bryant had 15 points on 3-for-20 shooting for the Lakers, punctuating his horrific night by missing a tying three-point attempt in the waning seconds. Andrew Bynum had 33 points and 11 rebounds, making 12 of 14 shots. Heat 91, Magic 81: Dwyane Wade scored 14 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter, Chris Bosh added 23 points, and Miami extended its home winning streak to 13 games. ... LeBron James finished with 14 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and five steals for the Heat. His pass with 3:46 left made it past two Magic defenders and set up Bosh for perhaps the clincher, a three-point play that stretched Miami's lead to 84-73. ... Dwight Howard finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds for Orlando. Kings 115, Timberwolves 99: Marcus Thornton scored 24 points, and host Sacramento used a strong second half to beat slumping Minnesota, which plays in Oakland tonight. ... ... Kevin Love had his 33rd 20-10 game, scoring 21 points and getting 11 rebounds for the Timberwolves. Thunder 111, Trail Blazers 95: Russell Westbrook scored 28 points, and Kevin Durant had 26 points, seven rebounds and six assists, for host Oklahoma City. Clippers 87, Pistons 83: Chris Paul scored nine of his 19 points in overtime and added a season-high 15 assists for host Los Angeles. ... Blake Griffin had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and he tipped in Paul's missed layup with 19 seconds left in regulation before Paul swiped the ball from Tayshaun Prince to send the game to overtime. ... After hitting two long jumpers early in overtime, Paul capped a dominant performance by grabbing control of a jump-ball tip and getting it to Randy Foye for a layup with 7 seconds left. He added two free throws with 3.4 seconds left as Los Angeles finished 3-3 in a stretch of six home games in eight days. ... Greg Monroe scored six of his 23 points in overtime and added 15 rebounds for Detroit, 1-3 on its West Coast trip. Suns 99, Rockets 86: Michael Redd scored a season-high 25 points off the bench, and host Phoenix won its fourth straight. ... Channing Frye scored 19, and Marcin Gortat had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Suns, who moved within a half-game of the Rockets for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Grizzlies 97, Wizards 92: Rudy Gay scored 27 points, including five in the final 23.9 seconds, for host Memphis. ... Mike Conley added 17 points and six assists for Memphis, which snapped a two-game losing streak. ... John Wall led Washington with 25 points. Hawks 103, Cavaliers 87: Joe Johnson scored 28 points, and short-handed Atlanta won at Cleveland. ... Atlanta had only 10 players available, but took an early lead that it never relinquished. ... Alonzo Gee matched a career high with 20 points to lead Cleveland. This article appeared on page B - 10 of the San Francisco Chronicle This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.

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