Chris Bosh finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds for
the Heat, who trailed most of the third quarter before putting together a 32-13
burst, sealed by a 13-0 run in the final minutes.
It was Miami's final home game for two weeks; the Heat
start a five-game, 10-day trip in Milwaukee on Friday.
Miami has won 11 straight away from home.
John Salmons scored 18 points for Milwaukee, which got 16
from Andrew Bogut and 14 from former Heat guard Keyon Dooling. The Bucks were
outrebounded 47-34.
At Los Angeles, Pau Gasol scored
21 points as the Lakers downed Detroit.
Kobe Bryant added 17 points, moving him past Dominique Wilkins
into 10th on the NBA's career scoring list with 26,671. Andrew Bynum finished
with 13 points after scoring eight of the Lakers' first 14 points of the game.
Lamar Odom had 16.
Tracy McGrady and Greg Monroe scored 14 points each, and
Tayshaun Prince added 12 for the Pistons, who lost their fifth straight to the
Lakers and fell to 3-16 on the road.
The Lakers had lost four of their previous six, including
three at home. They had mixed results against their last two sub.-500
opponents, barely beating Philadelphia 102-98 before losing to Memphis 104-85.
At New York, Wilson Chandler
scored a season-high 31 points as New York overwhelmed San Antonio with a
sensational offensive performance.
Amare Stoudemire and Raymond Felton added 28 apiece for
the Knicks, who snapped the Spurs' four-game winning streak and dropped them to
29-5. New York rang up the highest point total San Antonio has allowed this
season, shooting 55 percent and leading most of the way in its second straight
victory.
Tony Parker had 26 points for the Spurs, while DeJuan
Blair added 17, Manu Ginobili scored 15 and Tim Duncan finished with 14.
At Dallas, Jason Terry
scored 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and DeShawn Stevenson also had
18 points as injury-depleted Dallas held on for the victory.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 28 points and 10 rebounds and
Marcus Camby contributed 10 points and 20 rebounds for Portland.
Tyson Chandler added 14 points and 13 rebounds for the
Mavericks, who are without injured starters Dirk Nowitzki and Caron Butler.
Earlier in the day, the team announced that Butler miss
the rest of the season following surgery Tuesday to repair a torn tendon in his
right knee.
At Memphis, Tennessee, Zach
Randolph scored 31 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, and Tony Allen
made two late free throws to help the Grizzlies get the win.
Allen's two free throws with 15 seconds left gave Memphis
a 108-105 lead. Thunder star Kevin Durant missed a deep 3-pointer on the next
possession and Randolph sealed the win with two more foul shots.
After struggling early in the game, including three
missed layups, Allen scored a season-high 19 points. Rudy Gay scored 27 points
and Randolph added 16 rebounds, leading Memphis to a 42-31 advantage on the
boards.
Durant and Russell Westbrook each scored 28 points for
Oklahoma City. James Harden had 17.
At Sacramento, California, Jamal
Crawford scored a season-high 31 points and Joe Johnson had 29 as Atlanta
earned its fourth victory in five games.
The Hawks squandered a 20-point lead in the fourth
quarter, but made 10 free throws in the final minute to beat the Kings for the
sixth straight time. Josh Smith had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and former
Sacramento star Mike Bibby added nine points and 10 boards.
Tyreke Evans had 15 of his 29 points in the fourth
quarter for the Kings, who outscored Atlanta 39-31 in the final period.
DeMarcus Cousins also had a huge fourth, scoring 16 of his 24 points.
At Chicago, Luol Deng scored 24
points to lead surging Chicago past Toronto for another victory.
Derrick Rose added 19 points and six assists for the
Bulls, who have won five straight and 14 of 16. Reserve Taj Gibson had 16
points and 14 rebounds, helping Chicago to a 44-33 edge on the glass and a
58-38 advantage in points in the paint.
Andrea Bargnani, returning after missing four games with
sore left calf, scored 23 for Toronto. DeMar DeRozan had 18 points.
