Grizzlies defeat Bucks, Knicks fall short against Raptors - NBA Round Up

ByReuters

Updated 29/01/2016 at 04:55 GMT

Jeff Green led from the front for Memphis on Thursday night, leading his team to victory and the day's NBA highlights.

Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol of Memphis Grizzlies

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Grizzlies 103, Bucks 83

Memphis cruised to a victory over Milwaukee at FedExForum as Jeff Green scored a team-high 21 points off the bench on Thursday.

Mario Chalmers led the Grizzlies' assist brigade (28) with 10 and also chipped in seven points. Mike Conley handed out nine assists with five points.

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Greg Monroe scored a team-high 21 points, but also made a team-high five turnovers for the Bucks.

Raptors 103, Knicks 93

Kyle Lowry scored 26 points and dished out 10 assists as the Toronto Raptors extended their winning streak to a franchise-record 10 games by defeating the New York Knicks 103-93.

The team's previous record winning streak was nine games from March 22-April 9, 2002.

DeMar DeRozan also had 26 points for the Raptors. Jonas Valanciunas added 11 points and grabbed a season-best 18 rebounds and Patrick Patterson chipped in with 10 points.

Pacers 111, Hawks 92

Monta Ellis scored 25 points and rookie Myles Turner added 20 in his first career start to lead Indiana over Atlanta in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

George Hill added 18 and Paul George had 11 for the Pacers despite making only 2-of-11 field goal attempts.

Jeff Teague had 20 for the Hawks and Al Horford added 14.

Nuggets 117, Wizards 113

Danilo Gallinari scored 26 points and Denver topped Washington.

Emmanuel Mudiay had 20 points and Nikola Jokic finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Nuggets, who had lost two straight and four of six.

Garrett Temple led the Wizards with 20 points. John Wall and Bradley Beal each scored 17 points.

Pelicans 114, Kings 105

Ryan Anderson scored 30 first-half points in matching his career high of 36 and Jrue Holiday scored 25 points off the bench to lift New Orleans over Sacramento at the Smoothie King Center.

Anderson's 30 first-half points were the most scored by any NBA player this season in the first half and also set a Pelicans franchise record for first-half scoring.

Demarcus Cousins finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and Ben McLemore matched him with 26 points for the Kings.

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