article_snippet.sent: San Antonio guard Tony Parker Tony Parker scored 27 points and Kawhi Leonard added 20 for the Spurs who overcame a slow start to lead by as much as 22 points before easing up.
article_snippet.sent: Jason Terry led Houston with 22 points, while the Rockets got only three points from James Harden over the final three quarters.
article_snippet.sent: Memphis pulled even with Houston by routing New Orleans 110-74.
article_snippet.sent: Zach Randolph had 15 points and 13 rebounds while Jeff Green and Marc Gasol also each had 15 points for the Grizzlies, who rediscovered Jeff Green and Marc Gasol best form after a rocky patch.
article_snippet.sent: Anthony Davis scored 12 points for the Pelicans, who dropped back into a tie with Oklahoma City for the Western Conference's final playoff spot.
article_snippet.sent: Playing without injured All-Star Paul Millsap and further undermanned after Pero Antic and Thabo Sefolosha were arrested early Wednesday at the scene of a nightclub stabbing and didn't play, the Hawks recovered after blowing a 12-point, fourth-quarter lead.
article_snippet.sent: Brook Lopez had 26 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets, who are level with Boston in seventh and eighth in the East.
article_snippet.sent: LeBron James scored 21 points with nine rebounds and eight assists for the Cavs, including 10 points in the fourth quarter.
article_snippet.sent: Michael Carter-Williams scored 30 points for the Bucks, who are sixth in the the East standings but yet to clinch a playoff berth.
article_snippet.sent: Zach Randolph had 15 points and 13 rebounds for Memphis in their 110-74 routing of New Orleans .
article_snippet.sent: Tyson Chandler had 12 points and 23 rebounds, two off Tyson Chandler season high, for Dallas while Gerald Green had a season-high 30 points to lead the Suns.
article_snippet.sent: DeMar DeRozan scored 18 points and Lou Williams and Greivis Vasquez each scored 16 points for the Atlantic Division-leading Raptors.
article_snippet.sent: Kemba Walker had 15 points for Charlotte, which is three games off eighth place in the East.
article_snippet.sent: Orlando's Victor Oladipo scored on a layup with 1.5 seconds left to give the Magic a 105-103 victory over Chicago, spoiling Derrick Rose's return to the Bulls.
article_snippet.sent: Orlando's Victor Oladipo had 23 points and Nik Vucevic added 22 in the Magic's third straight win.
article_snippet.sent: Derrick Rose's started and played for the first time in more than a month since undergoing knee surgery.
article_snippet.sent: The point guard was 3 of 9 from the field and finished with nine points in 19 minutes.
article_snippet.sent: Jimmy Butler scored 19 points for the Bulls, who had a last chance after Orlando's Victor Oladipo's basket, but an inbounds pass from Mike Dunleavy to Pau Gasol sailed out of bounds.
article_snippet.sent: Portland boosted Portland chances of home advantage in the playoffs by beating lowly Minnesota 116-91, with LaMarcus Aldridge contributing 24 points and 13 rebounds before sitting out the fourth quarter.
article_snippet.sent: Washington shot a franchise-record 65.3 percent from the field in beating Philadelphia 119-90, despite resting All-Star guard John Wall and ending All-Star guard John Wall consecutive games streak at 208.
article_snippet.sent: Utah's Derrick Favors scored 18 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked three shots as the Jazz defeated Sacramento 103-91 in a matchup of non-playoff teams.
article_snippet.sent: Denver's Kenneth Faried scored a season-high 29 points and had 11 rebounds to lead the Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 119-101.