It was just the third field goal of the game for Bryant, who finished with 11 points on 3 of 21 shooting as the Lakers ended a two-game skid at home. Pau Gasol had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Andrew Bynum added 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Ramon Sessions had 10 points and 10 assists.

Bryant was 0 for 7 on 3-pointers before making his only one. He had five assists, three rebounds and four fouls in 39 minutes.

Jarrett Jack had 18 points and 10 assists for the Hornets, but he missed a go-ahead bank shot with 4.9 seconds left.

In Philadelphia,  Elton Brand scored 13 of his season-high 25 points in the fourth quarter to rally Philadelphia past Atlanta.

Andre Iguodala scored 18, and Brand had 10 rebounds to go with his 10-for-12 shooting.

Coming off a 21-point loss to lowly Washington on Friday that knocked them out of first place in the Atlantic Division and down to No. 7 in the Eastern Conference, the Sixers earned a hard-fought win against a team ahead of them in the standings.

In New York, JR Smith scored 20 points, Carmelo Anthony had 19, and New York shook off bad Jeremy Lin injury news to beat Cleveland.

Already without Amare Stoudemire, the Knicks announced before the game that Lin would have surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and could miss six weeks. That leaves them without their second- and third-leading scorers as they try to hold onto a playoff spot.

But they showed they still may have enough. Tyson Chandler had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the eighth-place Knicks, who bounced back from a loss in Atlanta on Friday to win for the ninth time in 11 games. They have won seven in a row at home.

In Auburn Hills, Michigan, Will Bynum’s 3-pointer with 15.7 seconds left in regulation sent the game into overtime, and Detroit went on to edge Charlotte.

The Bobcats led 93-85 with under 2:00 remaining before Detroit’s Brandon Knight made a pair of 3-pointers and Bynum sank his tying shot from the left wing. Gerald Henderson had a great chance to win it for Charlotte, but his driving bank shot missed in the final seconds.

Jonas Jerebko put the Pistons ahead 105-103 on a tip-in with 50.5 seconds left in overtime, and Detroit led 108-104 before Reggie Williams made a 3-pointer with 6.4 seconds left to cut it to one. 

In San Antonio,  Tim Duncan had 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead San Antonio to its seventh consecutive win.

Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili added 18 points apiece for the Spurs, who are 8-1 since making a rare plunge into midseason moves by adding forward Stephen Jackson and Boris Diaw.

Paul George and Danny Granger each scored 18 for Indiana. The Pacers have lost two of three while trying to break out of the jammed East playoff picture and secure some home-court edge.

In Milwaukee,  O.J. Mayo scored a season-high 24 points, and Rudy Gay had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Memphis past Milwaukee.

Marc Gasol added 13 points and 14 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who are in the midst of playing seven games in nine days. They opened the stretch with a 98-89 loss at Houston on Friday.

Brandon Jennings scored 24 points on 9-of-18 shooting for Milwaukee.

In Sacramento, California, Anthony Morrow made six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to lead New Jersey to its season-high third straight win.

Deron Williams had 19 points, 15 assists and six rebounds for the Nets, who had lost 12 of their previous 13 visits to Sacramento. Gerald Wallace added 18 points, Kris Humphries had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Johan Petro scored 12 points.

The Nets, now 12-16 on the road, are one of two teams — along with New Orleans — to have a better record on the road than at home.

In Los Angeles, Chris Paul scored 26 points, Blake Griffin added 24 and the Clippers won their fifth in a row for the first time since 2006.

Randy Foye added 17 points and DeAndre Jordan had 10 rebounds for surging Los Angeles, which has won six straight at home and is a game behind the first-place Lakers in the Pacific Division. They hadn’t won five consecutive games since opening the 2006-07 season 5-1.