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NBA Scores from Feb. 13; Dwyane Wade, Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, and Chris Bosh lead their teams to wins.
Dwyane Wade scored 35 points and the Miami Heat (26-26) used a big fourth quarter to put away the Portland Trail Blazers (22-31) 104-85. James Posey scored 11 points and grabbed 8 rebounds and the Heat shot 55 percent from the floor in the win. Zach Randolph led Portland with 17 points but the Heat outscored the Trail Blazers 31-15 in the final quarter to get the win.
Tim Duncan scored 21 points and pulled down 8 rebounds while Tony Parker added 19 points and the San Antonio Spurs (34-18) beat the New Jersey Nets (25-28) 107-82. The Spurs shot 53 percent from the field and finished the night 23-24 from the free-throw line. Vince Carter led the Nets with 18 points in the loss.
Dirk Nowitzki finished with 38 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists as the Dallas Mavericks (43-9) continued to roll, beating the Milwaukee Bucks (19-33) 99-93. The Mavericks entered the fourth quarter trailing by 11 points but outscored the Bucks 28-11 to get the win. Jason Terry had 11 points and 10 assists while Josh Howard ended the night with 15 points and 8 rebounds. Andrew Bogut had 16 points and 17 boards in the Milwaukee loss.
Pau Gasol had 11 points and 15 rebounds while Hakim Warrick had 15 points and 12 rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies (14-39) rallied to beat the NO/Oklahoma City Hornets (24-28) 108-104. Mike Miller added 22 points and Chucky Atkins finished with 19 points in the win. Tyson Chandler led the Hornets with 17 points and 23 rebounds but NO/Oklahoma City shot just 59 percent from the foul-line.
Chris Bosh scored 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors (28-24) held off the Chicago Bulls (29-24) 112-111. Andrea Bargnani added 22 points for the Raptors and Jose Calderon finished with 16 points and 9 assists. Luol Deng led the Bulls with 30 points in the loss. Chicago led in just about every category and put up 14 more shots than the Raptors but fell short.
Tracy McGrady finished with 28 points and 12 assists while Shane Battier added 25 points and 8 rebounds as the Houston Rockets (33-18) beat the Sacramento Kings (22-28) 109-104 in overtime. The Rockets played with just eight players while the Kings were limited to nine in the contest. Chuck Hayes had 14 rebounds and Dikembe Mutombo added 9 boards to give the Rockets a 50-38 advantage on the glass. Ron Artest led the Kings with 39 points.
Eddy curry scored with 7 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and David Lee blocked Lamar Odom’s last second shot to lift the New York Knicks (23-29) past the Los Angeles Lakers (30-23) 107-106. Jamal Crawford finished with 24 points for the Knicks and Quentin Richardson had 19 points and 12 rebounds in the win. Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 31 points and 7 rebounds.
