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Derrick Rose was pulled with 4 minutes left, and Carlos Boozer quickly joined him on the sideline. Luol Deng was a cheerleader for most of the fourth quarter. The Chicago Bulls’ latest victory over the Detroit Pistons featured plenty of valuable rest for the team’s biggest stars. Boozer scored 23 points and Chicago beat Detroit [...]

Carl Landry scored 21 points, Chris Kaman added 20 and the New Orleans Hornets beat the Denver Nuggets 94-81 on Monday night. Marco Belinelli scored 19 and Jarret Jack had 13 points and nine assists for the Hornets, who lost at home to the Nuggets on Friday. Danilo Gallinari and Ty Lawson had 14 points [...]

Carmelo Anthony shook off a poor shooting night to make the tiebreaking basket with 2:39 remaining and score 22 points, and the New York Knicks avenged an embarrassing loss to the Charlotte Bobcats with a 91-87 victory on Monday night. Amare Stoudemire also shot poorly but had 25 points and 12 rebounds, while Tyson Chandler [...]

Josh Smith scored a season-high 26 points and the Atlanta Hawks shot nearly 54 percent from the field in beating the New Jersey Nets for the third time this season, 106-101 on Monday night. Joe Johnson added 22, Jeff Teague had 20 and Al Horford had 14 points and nine rebounds as the Hawks led [...]

Andrea Bargnani matched his season-high with 31 points, Amir Johnson had a season-high 19 points and 11 rebounds for his second straight double-double and the Toronto Raptors beat Minnesota 97-87 on Monday night. Jose Barea scored a season-high 16 points and Kevin Love had 13 points and 14 rebounds for Minnesota, which hasn’t won in [...]

Andre Iguodala scored 20 points and Lou Williams added 13 to help the Philadelphia 76ers win their fifth straight game, 96-86, over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. Led by Iguodala and a deep roster, the Sixers are dominating in the second half to turn close games into comfortable ones. Against the Pacers, it was [...]

Forward Jeff Green had successful surgery Monday at the Cleveland Clinic to repair an aeortic aneurysm, discovered by the Celtics medical staff during a routine entrance physical in December. Coach Doc Rivers received the news following practice on Monday from team president Danny Ainge. “Surgery went well,” Rivers said.

Raptors center Aaron Gray underwent a procedure Monday aimed at preventing episodes of a rapid heart rate that have kept the four-year veteran out of action so far this season. He’s expected to return in two weeks. The procedure, known as an ablation, was performed at a Toronto hospital. Gray, who signed a free-agent deal [...]

NBA teams are having an easy time with the hardest part of the compressed schedule. Teams are 6-0 playing on the third night of three straight games and say it isn’t as tough as it appears on the schedule. Houston forward Chase Budinger had his highest-scoring game of the season in the finale of a [...]

The Dallas Mavericks have recalled 7-foot forward Yi Jianlian from their D-League team. Yi was scheduled to join the Mavericks in time for their game Tuesday night at Detroit. Yi signed a free agent contract with the Mavericks on Friday, and was then assigned to the Texas Legends. Yi averaged 23 points, 12 rebounds and [...]