SCOREBOARD
Saturday, Dec. 22
L.A. Clippers at San Antonio (8:30 p.m. EST). The Spurs own the league’s best home record at 13-1.
STARS
Thursday
-Anthony Carter, Nuggets, hit a floater in the lane with 0.8 seconds left in double overtime to give Denver a 112-111 win over the Houston Rockets.
IN THE CLUTCH
Anthony Carter hit a floater in the lane with 0.8 seconds left in double overtime to give the Denver Nuggets a 112-111 win over the Houston Rockets on Thursday. Carmelo Anthony scored 37 points and a career-high 16 rebounds, and Allen Iverson had 36 points and nine assists for Denver, which ended a two-game losing streak.
ADVANTAGE: LEBRON
r-8 from the floor in the final 4 minutes.
STRONG IN DEFEAT
Dwyane Wade scored 41 points in Miami’s 107-103 overtime loss to the New Jersey Nets on Thursday night.
SPEAKING
“I didn’t even ask. I just told Sasha (Pavlovic) to go somewhere else.” – LeBron James, on guarding Kobe Bryant in the final 2:33 of the Cavaliers 94-90 victory over the Lakers on Thursday night. Bryant finished with 21 points, but missed two shots with James chasing him and the Lakers went 0-for-8 from the floor in the final 4 minutes.