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From the Associated Press

at Cleveland 121, Washington 85: Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 24 points on 10-for-10 shooting and the Cavaliers won their season-high fifth in a row by shooting 70% (16 of 23) in the third quarter and outscoring the Wizards, 43-17, en route to their most lopsided victory since beating the Lakers by 38 on Nov. 30, 1994.

at Minnesota 117, Phoenix 107: Al Jefferson had a career-high 39 points and 15 rebounds and the Timberwolves won two in a row for the first time this season in beating the Suns for the second time this season. Jefferson had 32 points and 20 rebounds in the earlier victory.

at New Orleans 96, Portland 81: Jannero Pargo scored a season-high 24 points in 24 minutes and the Hornets extended their season-best winning streak to six games. The Hornets (29-12) have won 14 of 16 games in their best first half of a season in franchise history.

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at Chicago 108, Indiana 95: Kirk Hinrich scored a career-high 38 points on 14-for-21 shooting and the Bulls won without Luol Deng (Achilles’ tendinitis) and Ben Gordon (sprained wrist). Deng is expected to be sidelined one to three weeks. Gordon is day-to-day.

Houston 109, at Seattle 107: Tracy McGrady had 28 points, including the Rockets’ final eight, to help them rally from a 10-point deficit with five minutes left to hand the SuperSonics their 12th loss in a row. Kevin Durant missed a three-pointer at the buzzer for Seattle, winless in 2008.

Dallas 102, at Charlotte 95: Devin Harris scored 23 points, Josh Howard added 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Mavericks improved to 7-0 against the Bobcats, who trailed by 14 points early in the fourth quarter before rallying within three with 2:38 left.

Detroit 86, at Philadelphia 78: Richard Hamilton scored 21 points to help the Pistons beat the 76ers for the eighth time in their last nine meetings to avoid their first four-game losing streak since the 2004-05 season. Detroit won despite missing their first six shots of the final quarter.

Orlando 112, at Memphis 85: Hedo Turkoglu scored 26 points and the Magic made a team-record 18 three-pointers. Turkoglu was six of eight from behind the arc. The Magic’s previous record for three-pointers was 16 against the Atlanta Hawks on April 18, 1996. Orlando won its third in a row.

at Denver 107, Atlanta 100: Allen Iverson had 29 points and Marcus Camby added 13 points and 21 rebounds to help the Nuggets win without Carmelo Anthony (ankle). Josh Smith had his first career triple-double for the Hawks, finishing with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

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Toronto 114, at Boston 112: The Raptors made 15 of 21 three-point shots to avoid a season sweep (1-3) against the Celtics. Toronto won for the sixth time in its last eight games and became only the fifth team to score more than 100 points this season against Boston.

at San Antonio 103, Lakers 91: Trailing by nine points at halftime, the Spurs opened the third quarter with a 14-0 run to take control.

at Clippers 111, Sacramento 85: The Kings committed 22 turnovers and fell to 0-9 on the road this season against Western Conference teams.

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