Kobe Bryant had 27 points, Gasol finished with 25 points
and 14 rebounds, and Andrew Bynum added 16 points and 17 rebounds to help the
Lakers snap a two-game losing streak.
Allen scored 22 points and Kevin Garnett had 12 points
and 12 rebounds for Boston, which had won five in a row and nine of its
previous 10 games. But Garnett was 6 for 23 from the field and Paul Pierce was
7 for 18, including a clean-look jumper at the end of overtime. It rimmed out
and Allen tried to push the rebound in, but Gasol got his fingertips on it and
it floated away as the buzzer sounded.
The Lakers had lost six of their last seven games on the
road.
In Sacramento, California, Tyreke
Evans scored 22 points, DeMarcus Cousins had 19 points and nine rebounds and
Sacramento rallied to beat Oklahoma City, dropping the Thunder to second
overall in the NBA.
Sacramento won for the fourth time in five games, scoring
its final nine points on free throws.
Russell Westbrook scored 33 points, and Kevin Durant
added 27 for Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City, at 20-6 a game behind
Chicago for the overall lead. The Thunder squandered an eight-point lead in the
fourth quarter, committing six of their 23 turnovers in the period.
In Denver, Stephen Curry
scored a season-best 36 points and Golden State handed fading Denver its fifth
straight loss, the Nuggets' longest losing streak in five seasons.
Denver has dropped seven of eight games overall and also
has lost five in a row at home.
Klay Thompson added 19 points, Dorrell Wright had 15 and
Monta Ellis 14 for the Warriors, who snapped a two-game skid and posted just
their third win in nine road games.
Arron Afflalo led the Nuggets with 26 points.
In Phoenix, Luis Scola scored 16
points, Patrick Patterson added 14 to help Houston beat Phoenix.
Chase Budinger and Kyle Lowry each scored 12 points, and
the Rockets used a 57-13 edge in scoring from their backups to win their third
straight and fourth in five games.
Channing Frye scored a season-high 21 points, and Marcin
Gortat added 16 for the Suns, who had won a season-high three straight games.
Steve Nash, selected to his eighth All-Star game earlier Thursday, scored 14
points on 7-for-7 shooting and had 13 assists.
