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Highlights from Friday's NBA games

ByReuters

Published 26/11/2016 at 04:05 GMT

Nov 25 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights from National Basketball Association games on Friday:

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Spurs 109, Celtics 103
Kawhi Leonard took over down the stretch as the San Antonio Spurs extended three winning streaks with a 109-103 victory over the Boston Celtics.
The Spurs, who trailed by 14 points in the first half, rallied for their eighth successive win, their ninth in as many road games and also beat Boston for the 10th consecutive time.
Leonard, who finished with 25 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, scored nine points in the fourth quarter.
The San Antonio bench totalled 56 points and 17 rebounds.
Wizards 94, Magic 91
John Wall scored six of his 26 points in the final two minutes to deliver the Washington Wizards' 94-91 win over the Orlando Magic.
Otto Porter helped erase a four-point Orlando lead in the fourth quarter to finish with 19 points, while Bradley Beal added 14 points for the Wizards.
Bulls 105, 76ers 89
Jimmy Butler and Dwyane Wade scored 26 points apiece as the Chicago Bulls closed out a six-game road trip with a 105-89 rout of the Philadelphia 76ers.
Taj Gibson contributed 12 points and Robin Lopez had 10 for Chicago, who went 4-2 on the trip. Rajon Rondo finished with six points, eight rebounds and 10 assists.
The Bulls never trailed and led by as many as 28 points.
Ersan Ilyasova had 14 points to top the Sixers.
Cavaliers 128, Mavericks 90
Kevin Love scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the Cleveland Cavaliers' dismantling of the Dallas Mavericks.
Kyrie Irving scored 25 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 11 assists and Tristan Thompson scored 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 15 points, Seth Curry scored 13 off the bench and Andrew Bogut grabbed 11 rebounds for the Mavericks, who lost their eighth straight.
Pistons 108, LA Clippers 97
Marcus Morris led a balanced attack with 17 points as the Detroit Pistons ended six years of futility against the Los Angeles Clippers with a 108-97 victory.
The Pistons had lost 11 straight to the Clippers. Their last victory was in November, 2010.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 16 points and a career-high 10 assists and Andre Drummond collected his 11th double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Blake Griffin and J.J. Redick had 24 points apiece for the Clippers.
Jazz 95, Hawks 68
Gordon Hayward scored 24 points and George Hill added 23 to help the Utah Jazz cruise to a commanding victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
Rudy Gobert added 10 points, 10 rebounds and a season-high five blocked shots for Utah, while Trey Lyles chipped in 13 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
Dennis Schroder scored 16 points to lead Atlanta while Paul Millsap and Thabo Sefolosha chipped in 11 apiece.
Pacers 118, Nets 97
Glenn Robinson III started in place of injured Paul George and scored a career-best 20 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
The Pacers said that leading scorer George, who has lower back soreness, will also miss Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers and the Nov. 30 game at Portland.
Rodney Stuckey came off the bench to score 18 points for Indiana.
Brook Lopez led Brooklyn, who have lost six successsive games, with 20 points.
Knicks 113, Hornets 111 (OT)
Carmelo Anthony's jumper with three seconds left in overtime gave the New York Knicks a win over the Charlotte Hornets.
Anthony scored a season-high 35 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Kristaps Porzingis and Derrick Rose scored 16 points each for the Knicks.
Nicolas Batum led Charlotte with 18 points and Kemba Walker added 17 points.
A dunk from the Hornets' Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had tied the game at 111-111 with 27 seconds left in overtime.
Raptors 105, Bucks 99
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 27 points and almost single-handedly led the Milwaukee Bucks back in the closing minutes, but DeMar DeRozan's 25 points helped the Toronto Raptors to a 105-99 victory.
Toronto got 19 points from Kyle Lowry and 14 from Demarre Carroll.
Heat 90, Grizzlies 81
Guard Tyler Johnson scored a game-high 22 points off the bench as the Miami Heat defeated Memphis 90-81 to snap the Grizzlies' six-game winning streak.
Johnson also grabbed five rebounds and had two steals and a block.
The Heat led by as many as 17 points in the second half; Memphis never had a lead in the game and in the fourth quarter drew no closer than eight.
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