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NBA: Former Lobo sinks free throw to beat Cavaliers
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Posted: Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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INDIANAPOLIS — LeBron James scored 47 points Tuesday night, but his foul with 0.2 seconds left allowed former University of New Mexico forward Danny Granger to sink the winning free throw, giving the Pacers a 96-95 victory over Cleveland.

It's the first time this season the Cavaliers have lost two straight games and this one was a surprise because the short-handed Pacers were missing three key players: Mike Dunleavy, Jeff Foster and Marquis Daniels.

Granger finished with 15 points and five rebounds.

Spurs 108, Nets 93

In East Rutherford, N.J., Tim Duncan had 27 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and San Antonio beat the Nets for the 13th straight time.

Matt Bonner scored 13 of his 22 points in the opening 5 minutes of the third quarter in helping the Spurs win for the 15th time in 19 games.

Tony Parker added 20 points and Bruce Bowen came off the bench in the third quarter to help cool off a hot Vince Carter, who led the Nets with 25 points.

Nuggets 99, Heat 82

In Miami, Chauncey Billups scored 13 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, Carmelo Anthony finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, and Denver swept the series with the Heat for the fourth consecutive year.

Kenyon Martin had 18 points and 10 rebounds, while J.R. Smith scored 10 for Denver, which wasted much of a 20-point first-half lead before pulling away late and defeating Miami for the eighth straight time.

Dwyane Wade scored 33 points on 12-for-22 shooting for Miami.

Hawks 111, Wizards 90

In Atlanta, the Hawks bounced back from their worst loss of the season.

Joe Johnson scored 22 points and Atlanta shook off an embarrassing home defeat to the Clippers.

Atlanta raced to a 9-1 lead before most of the sparse crowd had even settled into its seats.

The Hawks pushed the margin as high as 22 points in the second quarter against an injury-plagued team that has managed the modest feat of back-to-back wins only once this season.

Raptors 110, Timberwolves 102

In Minneapolis, Jason Kapono, the two-time defending 3-point contest champion, scored 18 points on 7 of 10 shooting as a reserve.

Jermaine O'Neal had 22 points and eight rebounds and Joey Graham scored 24 for the Raptors, who rallied from 13 down in the third quarter in their third straight game without All-Star forward Chris Bosh.

Randy Foye had a career-high 33 points and eight rebounds for the Wolves, who played the first game of the rest of the season without center Al Jefferson.

Mavericks 118, Kings 100


In Dallas, the Mavericks were just fine in their first game without injured Jason Terry against one of the NBA's worst teams.

Josh Howard and Antoine Wright both had 23 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 21 and J.J. Barea had 10 as the primary fill-in for sixth-man standout Terry.

The Kings (11-42) became the first NBA team guaranteed to have a losing season — and they still have 29 games remaining. Sacramento is 2-13 since beating Dallas 102-95 at home on Jan. 11.

Terry, the team's second-leading scorer (19.9 points a game), broke his left hand over the weekend and is expected to be out three to six weeks.

Bulls 107, Pistons 102


In Chicago, Ben Gordon converted the go-ahead four-point play, Derrick Rose and Tyrus Thomas made strong contributions late, and the Bulls rallied to beat Detroit.

Playing their first home game since Jan. 23, the Bulls trailed 100-90 with about 31/2 minutes. But with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen watching, they showed some of their old mettle and finished on a 17-2 run.


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