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Highlights from Monday's NBA games

ByReuters

Published 24/11/2015 at 05:03 GMT

Nov 23 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights from National Basketball Association games on Monday:

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Cavaliers 117, Magic 103
LeBron James joined Oscar Robertson's elite company while Kevin Love scored a season-high 34 points in the Cleveland Cavaliers' 117-103 win over the Orlando Magic.
James joined Robertson as the only players in NBA history to rank in the top 25 in both scoring and assists.
James' assist on Love's three-pointer with five minutes left in the second quarter gave him 6,387, moving him ahead of Norm Nixon and into 25th place.
James is 19th on the all-time scoring list with 25,274 and should pass Reggie Miller (25,279) for 18th on Wednesday at Toronto.
Robertson ranks 11th all-time in scoring (26,710) and sixth in assists (9,887).
Forward Andrew Nicholson scored 18 points off the bench and center Nikola Vucevic had 12 points and five rebounds for the Magic, who rallied from an early 12-point deficit to take a 42-34 lead in the second quarter before Love got hot.
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Hornets 127, Kings 122 (OT)
Guard Kemba Walker scored a season-high 39 points, including 21 in the fourth quarter as the Charlotte Hornets rallied from a 22-point third period deficit to beat the Sacramento Kings 127-122 in overtime.
The Hornets trailed 91-69 with 2:24 left in the third quarter and were down 91-74 going into the fourth. But Charlotte outscored Sacramento 31-14 in the fourth quarter and 15-10 in the extra five minutes.
Guard Nicolas Batum added 18 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Hornets, who also got 14 points from guard Jeremy Lin, which included eight in overtime, and 12 points from forward Cody Zeller.
Forward DeMarcus Cousins led the Kings with 30 points and 11 rebounds, but he did not play in overtime after suffering a back injury late in the fourth quarter.
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Heat 95, Knicks 78
The Miami Heat snapped the New York Knicks' four-game winning streak with a 95-78 victory.
Miami was led by guard Dwyane Wade and forward Chris Bosh, who scored 16 points each.
Center Hassan Whiteside had 11 points and 11 rebounds, and point guard Goran Dragic added 13 points and nine rebounds.
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Bucks 109, Pistons 88
Center Greg Monroe posted his seventh double-double of the season with 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 109-88 rout of the Detroit Pistons.
Six other Milwaukee players scored in double figures.
Shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Detroit with 17 points while center Andre Drummond scored 15 points, all in the first half.
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Timberwolves 100, 76ers 95
Forward Andrew Wiggins scored 32 points as Minnesota rallied for a 100-95 victory over Philadelphia, giving the Timberwolves their first home win of the season.
Center Gorgui Deng and guard Zach LaVine each added 12 points off the bench for Minnesota, who trailed by more than a dozen in the first half and by six in the fourth quarter but stormed back.
Rookie center Jahlil Okafor led the 76ers with 25 points, but Philadelphia remains in search of their first win of the season and dropped to 0-15.
Forward Robert Covington added 18 points for Philadelphia, who clawed back late in the third quarter after seeing a big lead slip away but could not hold the advantage in the final minutes.
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Spurs 98, Suns 84
Forward Kawhi Leonard had 24 points and 13 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs used a season-high 18 steals to roll past the Phoenix Suns.
Phoenix played without leading scorer guard Eric Bledsoe, who was ruled out just before tipoff with a knee injury. The Suns had a season-high 28 turnovers.
Guard Tony Parker added 20 points and guard Danny Green scored a season-high 18 points for San Antonio.
Reserve guard Patty Mills scored for 10 points for the Spurs.
Phoenix were led by forward Markieff Morris' game-high 28 points, just two of which came in the fourth quarter, on 12-of-15 shooting from the field.
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Thunder 111, Jazz 89
Forward Kevin Durant returned from a hamstring injury and led the Oklahoma City Thunder to an impressive 111-89 blowout win over the Utah Jazz.
Durant showed no signs of rust after missing the past six games as he scored a game-high 27 points.
Thunder guard Russell Westbrook continued his strong play with 20 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
The Thunder, who went 3-3 in Durant's absence, improved to 9-6 overall.
Forward Gordon Hayward scored a team-high 19 points and had four assists for the Jazz.
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