The Houston Rockets playing well enough to send the game between them and the Los Angeles Lakers into overtime may have been surprise enough. The Rockets couldn’t keep up with the many weapons of the Lakers. Lamar Odom joined the 20-20 club for the night, Kobe scored 32 and Pau Gasol had 26 points with 16 rebounds as the Lakers won 114-106:
The Memphis Grizzlies were down 21 points to the Philadelphia 76ers heading into the 4th quarter. The 4th quarter was a completely different story, however. Memphis outscored their point total for the first half by scoring 42 points in the 4th quarter and thus erased the 21 point deficit:
The Golden State Warriors won a close one against the Indiana Pacers last night. With less than a second remaining, Monte Ellis hit a jumper to match his season high 36 points and give the Warriors a 110-108 victory over the Pacers:
The Boston Celtics may not have their entire squad healthy but they are still managing to find ways to win games down the stretch. Last night was no different for the Celtics as they defeated the 76ers 84-80 for their 14th win in a row:
Tim Duncan passed David Robinson (20,790 points) for the top spot as the Spurs All-Time scoring leader. After scoring 19 points, his total comes to 20,797:
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