CLEVELAND (AP) -Shawn Marion dropped in a baseline floater with 1.1 seconds left for his only field goal and the Phoenix Suns burned Cleveland with a season-high 17 3-pointers in a 110-108 over the Cavaliers on Friday night.
Marion was 0-for-3 from the floor before he took a pass in the corner, dribbled past a defender, and as LeBron James came toward him, arched in his shot on the run to put the Suns ahead.
Raja Bell scored 27 points, Steve Nash had 26 – 21 on 3-pointers – and Amare Stoudemire 22 as the Suns improved to 17-2 against Eastern Conference teams. Phoenix went 17-of-33 on 3-pointers.
James scored 36 points, Larry Hughes added 25 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas 21 for Cleveland.
Pistons 101, Magic 93
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) – Richard Hamilton scored 32 points and Rasheed Wallace had 13 of his 15 in the first quarter as Detroit built a big lead and coasted past Orlando.
The Central Divison-leading Pistons have won two straight since dropping a season-high three in a row.
Dwight Howard had 22 points and 14 rebounds and Hedo Turkoglu scored 23 for the Southeast Division-leading Magic, who had won three straight.
Hamilton scoring 14 of Detroit’s 29 points in the second quarter, helping the Pistons score a season-high 68 points in the first half.
Detroit’s Chauncey Billups had 21 points and six assists.
Celtics 87, Timberwolves 86
BOSTON (AP) – Kendrick Perkins scored on a putback with 16.6 seconds left, and Kevin Garnett poked the ball away from Sebastian Telfair as time expired to give Boston the win.
In the first matchup between Garnett and the handful of ex-Celtics traded to Minnesota for him, Boston struggled to put away the team with the worst record in the NBA.
Perkins scored 21 points, Paul Pierce had 19 points and eight assists and Garnett had 10 points and 16 rebounds for Boston.
Telfair scored 18 points, and fellow ex-Celtics Al Jefferson and Ryan Gomes had 15 and 13, respectively. Raptors 106, Bucks 75
TORONTO (AP) – Chris Bosh scored 32 points, Carlos Delfino added 18 and Toronto buried Milwaukee with a 19-0 run in the third quarter.
It was sweet redemption for Bosh, who was held to a season-low one point in a 112-85 loss at Milwaukee on Nov. 6. Bosh has scored 30 or more in five of Toronto’s past eight games.
Anthony Parker and Andrea Bargnani each had 13 and Jose Calderon added 11 points and 12 assists for Toronto, which has won seven of nine. Toronto extended its home winning streak to a season-high five games.
Michael Redd and Charlie Villanueva each scored 12 for the Bucks, who have lost four of five.
Wizards 104, Grizzlies 93
WASHINGTON (AP) – Antawn Jamison had 24 points and 12 rebounds and the Wizards rebounded from their worst defeat in more than six years to beat Memphis.
Washington lost to Cleveland 121-85 on Wednesday, and quickly erased memories of that debacle by holding Memphis to nine points in the first quarter – the fewest points the Wizards have ever allowed in a first quarter.
Mike Miller had 21 points and Kyle Lowry had 13 points and a career-high 10 assists for the Grizzlies, losers of eight of their last 10.
Caron Butler had 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Washington. He converted three free throws without a miss to extend his streak to 60 – longest in the NBA since Kobe Bryant made 62 straight in 2005-2006.
Knicks 89, 76ers 81
NEW YORK (AP) – Zach Randolph had 16 points and 15 rebounds to help New York beat Philadelphia for the first time in five meetings.
Jamal Crawford had 18 points and reserve David Lee finished with 14 for the Knicks, who have won five of seven and now head west for a five-game trip that starts Sunday night at Golden State.
Andre Iguodala scored 24 for Philadelphia, which has lost three straight and four of five. The Sixers are 2-11 this month.
New York had lost four straight, and eight of its last nine against Philadelphia.
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