Nets 82, Magic 74
Brook Lopez scored 20 points, Kris Humphries added 14 points and 21 rebounds, and the host Brooklyn Nets beat the Orlando Magic on Sunday to complete a home-and-home sweep. Deron Williams finished with 17 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and a couple key plays down the stretch after what once appeared to be another blowout turned into a close game. The Nets beat the Magic 107-68 at Orlando on Friday and jumped out to an early 20-point lead in this one. Glen Davis had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who have dropped four in a row. Aaron Afflalo also scored 19 for the Magic
Clippers 89, Hawks 76
Blake Griffin scored 16 points, Chris Paul had 15 points and eight assists and the host Los Angeles Clippers beat the Atlanta Hawks. Jamal Crawford, who won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award in 2010 while playing for Atlanta, had 11 points after coming in with a team-high 21.8 average — tops among the league’s reserves. Fifth-year center DeAndre Jordan, coming off the first back-to-back 20-point games of his NBA career, finished with eight points. Josh Smith had a team-high 13 points for the Hawks, who shot 41.7 percent from the field in the opener of a four-game road trip. Atlanta also committed 22 turnovers that were converted into 24 Clippers points.
Grizzlies 104, Heat 86
Reserve Wayne Ellington had career bests with seven 3-pointers and 25 points, leading the host Memphis Grizzlies over the Miami Heat for their fifth straight win. The Grizzlies snapped Miami’s four-game winning streak while extending their own franchise-record home winning streak to 14 dating to last season. Rudy Gay added 21 points and Zach Randolph had his sixth double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds for Memphis. Mike Conley had 18 points and nine assists. Chris Bosh scored 22 points and LeBron James had 20 for Miami.
