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The Phoenix Suns just had too much energy for the worn out Detroit Pistons. Amare Stoudemire scored 21 points and Steve Nash added 20 for Phoenix, then sat out the fourth quarter to watch the Suns rout road-weary Detroit 117-91 on Sunday night for the Pistons' fifth straight loss. Nash made 7 of 8 shots [...]

Dwyane Wade had 31 points, and Udonis Haslem hit a jumper with 15.4 seconds left to lift the Miami Heat past the New Orleans Hornets 102-101 on Sunday night. Haslem finished with 14 points off the bench, including both field goals for Miami in the final minute. He tied the game at 100 with 45 [...]

Nazr Mohammed scored 18 points, Boris Diaw added 17 and the Charlotte Bobcats beat the Indiana Pacers 104-88 on Sunday to snap a seven-game losing streak. Rookie Derrick Brown scored a season-high 13 and Stephen Jackson added 10 in his first home game with Charlotte, helping the NBA's lowest-scoring team to its best offensive performance [...]

Paul Pierce carried the Celtics all game while the rest of the Big Three struggled. So when it came time for the winning shot, of course Pierce would take it. That's what the New York Knicks seemed to think, anyway. Instead, Pierce swung it to a wide-open Kevin Garnett, whose jumper beat the overtime buzzer [...]

Kevin Garnett made a jumper to beat the overtime buzzer, giving the Boston Celtics a 107-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday. Paul Pierce scored a season-high 33 points, and had all of Boston's points in overtime until the final shot. Two Knicks followed Pierce on the final play, leaving Garnett wide open [...]

Becoming one of Ohio's uniformed officers won't be a cakewalk for Shaquille O'Neal. Hoping to further his off-the-court career in law enforcement, the Cleveland Cavaliers star has applied to become a special deputy in the Buckeye state. But the (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported Sunday that O'Neal must pass an examination and undergo training first.

Vince Carter scored 24 points, Dwight Howard had 17 points and 12 rebounds and the Orlando Magic won their fifth straight game, 104-96 over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. J.J. Redick had 19 points, Jason Williams had 16 and Rashard Lewis added 11 for the Magic, who have won eight of 10. Chris Bosh scored [...]

Martell Webster took full advantage of his return to the Portland Trail Blazers' starting lineup. Webster had a season-high 21 points and 13 rebounds and keyed a third quarter rally with three consecutive 3-pointers in the Trail Blazers' 106-78 victory over the free-falling Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.

J.R. Smith finished off the Chicago Bulls. Smith, Denver's streak-shooting sixth man, scored 12 of his 19 points in the final period and the Nuggets pulled away for a 112-93 victory Saturday night. Carmelo Anthony had 30 points, and Chauncey Billups added 21, helping keep Denver in the game and setting the stage for Smith's [...]

Andrei Kirilenko and the Utah Jazz outlasted the Detroit Pistons for their fourth straight victory. Kirilenko scored six of his 22 points in overtime and the Jazz beat the Pistons 100-97 on Saturday night. Carlos Boozer scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half and overtime to help the Jazz escape a back-and-forth [...]