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Pistons hold Spurs to 83-68
(AP)
Updated: 2006-01-13 14:09
James' streak of getting at least 30 points, seven rebounds and five assists
was snapped at seven games. He had only two rebounds. Oscar Robertson and Wilt
Chamberlain are the only other players to have accomplished that feat.
Neither team led by more than three points after Jackson made two straight
3-pointers to put the Cavaliers on top 86-85 with 4:43 remaining.
A basket by James put the Cavaliers ahead 61-54, matching the largest lead of
the game for either team. Bryant had only 11 points before scoring six in the
last 2:10 of the third quarter, sparking an 8-3 run that gave the Lakers a 68-67
lead.
Baskets by Devean George, Sasha Vujacic and Brown put the Lakers on top 38-32
early in the second quarter. But the Cavaliers outscored the Lakers 18-8 during
the rest of period for a 50-46 halftime lead. Ilgauskas had 14 of his team's 25
points in the second quarter.
James had 10 points and Bryant nine during the first quarter. Bryant's
3-pointer as the period ended gave the Lakers a 28-25 lead.
Nash's double-double sparks Suns to win
PHOENIX - Steve Nash had 20 points and 16 assists and the Phoenix Suns won
for the eighth time in 10 games, leading from the opening basket Thursday night
in a 112-99 victory over the slumping Golden State Warriors.
Shawn Marion had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Boris Diaw scored 20 for the
Suns, whose only losses in the last 10 both came in triple-overtime.
All five starters scored in double figures for Phoenix. The Suns shot 52
percent from the field and 13-for-25 from 3-point range. Raja Bell had 17
points, Kurt Thomas 15 points and 16 rebounds and Eddie House 15 points.
Nash, who had a career-high 22 assists in a triple-overtime loss in New York
10 days ago, earned his ninth double-double in the last 10 games.
Golden State has lost four in a row and nine of 12. At 17-18, the Warriors
fell under .500 for the first time this season.
Baron Davis scored 22 for the Warriors, who had six in double figures. Mike
Dunleavy added 15 points. Ike Diogu, in his first game in Phoenix since leaving
Arizona State for the NBA, scored 13. Jason Richardson had 12 on 5-for-14
shooting.
The Suns scored the first nine points of the game and were up by as many as
22 in the second half.
Nash had 15 points and 13 assists in the first half, when the Suns shot 56
percent and led 64-54.
Phoenix outscored Golden State 14-5 to start the second half, taking a 78-59
lead on Diaw's 7-foot hook shot with 6:49 left in the third quarter. Diaw's
17-footer with 1:27 to play made it 90-70.
Consecutive 3-pointers by Davis cut the lead to 99-85 with 5:58 to play, and
Suns coach Mike D'Antoni put Marion and Nash back in the game to close it out.
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