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Lamar Odom has returned to Staples Center as a visitor, and he’s still adjusting to the trade that sent him from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Dallas Mavericks last month. Odom got a lengthy standing ovation when he entered Monday night’s game as a reserve midway through the first quarter. The Lakers honored him [...]

Russell Westbrook scored 26 points, hitting a pair of 3-pointers in the final 91 seconds on Monday night to help the Oklahoma City Thunder pull away from Boston and beat the slumping Celtics 97-88. Kevin Durant scored 28 with seven rebounds for the Thunder, who won their seventh consecutive game. Thabo Sefolosha scored 12 of [...]

Kevin Love had 33 points and 11 rebounds and Luke Ridnour added 25 points and nine assists to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 99-86 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night. Wayne Ellington scored 15 points off the bench for Minnesota, a significant contribution for a backcourt that was missing J.J.

A charter flight bringing the Detroit Pistons to Houston for a game against the Rockets had to make an emergency landing at Hobby Airport on Monday afternoon. Team spokesman Kevin Grigg says everyone on the plane was OK. A Houston Airport System spokesman says the crew of MD-80 displaying the Pistons team logo reported problems [...]

With floor general Chris Paul nowhere in sight, the Los Angeles Clippers turned to Chauncey Billups for his veteran leadership. And they got exactly what coach Vinny Del Negro was hoping for when the team obtained the 35-year-old point guard in a waiver auction from the New York Knicks in December. Billups scored nine of [...]

Josh Smith scored 28 points and pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds and Joe Johnson added 27 points to help the Atlanta Hawks win their third straight game with a 93-84 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday. Leandro Barbosa finished with 22 points in a reserve role for Toronto, which has lost five straight.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 22 points and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a three-game skid with an 84-77 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday. Nicolas Batum add 19 points and Gerald Wallace 14 for Portland, which blew open a tie game early in the third quarter with a 17-2 run during which Aldridge made [...]

Kyrie Irving scored 25 points and had seven assists to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 102-94 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday. The Bobcats led 94-93 with less than two minutes to play, but the Cavaliers closed out the game by scoring the final nine points, getting a pair of key inside baskets [...]

Kevin Martin scored 25 points, Samuel Dalembert added 20 and the Houston Rockets broke away in the third quarter Monday to beat John Wall and the Washington Wizards 114-106. Wall scored a career-high 38 points on 13 of 22 shooting. He began the game making under 35 percent this season. Luis Scola had 18 and [...]

Jrue Holiday scored 24 points and Andre Iguodala had 21 to help the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 94-82 on Monday and remain unbeaten at home. Everything is going right for the Sixers this season. They’ve won three straight, nine of 10 overall and already hold a four-game lead over the second-place New York [...]