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Highlights of Saturday's NBA games

ByReuters

Published 23/11/2014 at 04:37 GMT

Nov 22 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of National Basketball Association games played on Saturday:

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76ers 83, Knicks 91
The New York Knicks extended the Philadelphia 76ers' losing streak to 13 games with a 91-83 win at Madison Square Garden.
Philadelphia has yet to win a game this season. The record for consecutive losses to start a season is 18 by the 2009-10 Nets, who finished 12-70.
The 76ers are off to their worst start since opening a franchise-worst 0-15 in 1972-73 when they finished with an NBA-record 73 losses.
Forward Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 25 points and forward Amar'e Stoudemire scored 16 points and pulled down 11 rebounds.
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Heat 99, Magic 92
Center Chris Bosh scored 32 points as Miami beat Orlando.
Guard Mario Chalmers had 24 points and eight assists, and guard Shabazz Napier scored 12 points.
The Heat made 12 three-pointers, including four from Bosh, who also had 10 rebounds. They shot 52 percent overall (37 of 71).
Magic center Nikola Vucevic scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds. Guard Victor Oladipo had 14 points.
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Raptors 110, Cavaliers 93
Toronto guard Lou Williams scored a career-high 36 points off the bench as the Raptors rallied from an early 18-point deficit to beat Cleveland for their fourth successive victory.
Williams scored 14 points in the second quarter when the Raptors turned a 26-8 first-quarter deficit into a 56-54 lead at halftime.
They extended the lead to 19 in the second half, sending the Cavs spiraling to their fourth consecutive loss.
It's the first time LeBron James has lost four consecutive games since his first season in Miami when the Heat lost five straight after the All-Star break.
James had 15 points and 10 assists, forward Kevin Love had 23 points and seven rebounds and guard Kyrie Irving had 21 points and six assists for the Cavs.
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Suns 106, Pacers 83
Gerald Green racked up 23 points in 22 minutes off the bench against his former team, sparking Phoenix to a victory over injury-riddled Indiana.
Traded from Indiana to Phoenix in July 2013 along with Miles Plumlee and a first-round pick used on Bogdan Bogdanovic in exchange for Luis Scola, Green made eight of 15 shots, including five three-pointers.
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Kings 113, Timberwolves 101
DeMarcus Cousins scored 31 points and grabbed 18 rebounds as the Sacramento Kings defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-101.
The Wolves led for much of the first half, including a four-point lead at halftime.
But Kings guard Ben McLemore sparked a 24-10 run to start the second half. McLemore scored 13 of his 22 points on the run, as the Kings built a double-digit lead.
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Spurs 99, Nets 87
San Antonio point guard Tony Parker scored 22 points and handed out seven assists as the Spurs defeated the Brooklyn Nets 99-87.
San Antonio have won six of their last seven games, including one at Minnesota on Friday in which Parker scored 28 points in 25 minutes.
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Rockets 95, Mavericks 92
James Harden converted a three-point play with 28.2 seconds left that lifted the Houston Rockets to a 95-92 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
Harden was fouled by Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons while making a jump shot, converted the subsequent free throw to give the Rockets a 93-92 lead, then added a blocked shot on Mavericks guard Monta Ellis to force a critical turnover.
Harden finished with 32 points and eight rebounds. (Compiled by Simon Evans)
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