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NBA Scores from Wednesday Night
NBA scores and highlights from Wednesday night.
Cleveland (6-2) won their fourth straight as LeBron James scored 32 points to go with his 7 assists and 7 rebounds as the Cavaliers beat the Portland Trail Blazers (4-5) 100-87. Drew Gooden added 17 points for Cleveland and had 6 rebounds in the win. Zach Randolph led the Trail Blazers with 26 points and 11 rebounds.
Keyon Dooling came off the bench to score 25 points for Orlando (6-3) and the Magic beat the visiting Denver Nuggets (3-4) 108-99. Dwight Howard had a quite night, taking only 5 shots to finish with 9 points for the Magic. Carmelo Anthony led the Nuggets with 34 points while Marcus Camby finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
The Boston Celtics (2-6) outscored the Indiana Pacers (4-4) 67-43 in the second half and blew out their guests 114-88 in Boston. Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 32 points and Ryan Gomes finished 12 points and 12 rebounds. Al Harrington led the Pacers with 23 points on the night.
Hilton Armstrong gave NO/Oklahoma City a one point advantage with a free throw and then grabbed an offensive rebound after his second shot missed and the Hornets went on the road and beat the Detroit Pistons (3-5) 100-99. Chris Paul finished with 20 points and 13 assists for the Hornets. Chauncey Billups led the Pistons with 29 points and 9 assists.
Jason Kidd was two rebounds shy of a triple-double as he led the New Jersey Nets (4-3) past the Milwaukee Bucks (3-6) 100-87. Kidd finished with 25 points, 11 assists, and 8 rebounds and the Nets out-rebounded the Bucks 45-30. Mo Williams led the Bucks with 26 points while Michael Redd finished with 25 points on 7-19 shooting.
The New York Knicks (3-6) got their first home win of the season knocking of the Washington Wizards (3-4) 102-82. David Lee had 10 points and 15 rebounds and Quentin Richardson finished with 17 points for the Knicks. Gilbert Arenas finished with 22 points but only shot 5-19 from the field.
Adam Morrison had a career high 27 points for Charlotte (2-6) and the Bobcats surprised the San Antonio Spurs (6-2) 95-92. Emeka Okafor finished with 19 points and 9 rebounds for the Bobcats. Tim Duncan had 24 points and 13 rebounds for the Spurs and Tony Parker added 25 points in a losing effort
Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 21 points and 13 rebounds and Mike Bibby poured in 32 points as the Sacramento Kings (5-2) stayed perfect at home beating the Memphis Grizzlies (1-6) 115-111. Chucky Atkins led the Grizzlies with 27 points. The Kings are now 4-0 at home this year.
The Philadelphia 76ers (4-3) got 28 points from Allen Iverson and Andre Iguodala finished with 12 points, 9 assists, and 8 rebounds as they went on the road and beat the Seattle Supersonics (4-5) 96-90. Rashard Lewis scored 25 points and 15 rebounds for the Sonics.
