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Kobe Bryant had his place in history. With “Beat L.A.!” echoing through a second straight sellout crowd, Lou Williams had his shot to remember. Williams nailed the go-ahead 3-pointer, scored 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, and spoiled Bryant’s record-setting night while leading the Philadelphia 76ers to 95-90 win over the Los Angeles Lakers while the Los Angeles Clippers overcame a 15-point first-half deficit and got 29 points and eight assists from Chris Paul to outlast the Orlando Magic 107-102 in overtime. For the first three quarters, the Wizards dominated the Toronto Raptors, and in the fourth they nearly lost the game. In overtime, Washington held Toronto without a field goal and won 111-108 while the Chicago Bulls were too much for the New Jersey Nets even without Derrick Rose. The reigning league MVP played less than 11 minutes in the first half of the Bulls’ easy 108-87 win over the Nets with Carlos Boozer scoring 24 points for the Bulls, Luol Deng 19 points and C.J. Watson adding 14 points and 10 assists in place of Rose. On the eve of his 38th birthday, Steve Nash showed he can still control a game. Nash had 24 points and 11 assists while missing only three shots, and the Phoenix Suns closed the third quarter with a 24-6 run and beat the Atlanta Hawks 99-90 while Jeremy Lin scored a career-high 28 points in his first career start, Steve Novak added a season-best 19, and the New York Knicks overcame the absence of Amare Stoudemire and early loss of Carmelo Anthony to beat the Utah Jazz 99-88. DeMarcus Cousins finished with 28 points and 19 rebounds, and Sacramento stormed back for a 100-92 victory over the slumping New Orleans Hornets while Tony Parker scored 21 points, and Tim Duncan added 19 points and 17 rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to an 89-84 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. Luis Scola scored 25 points and the Houston Rockets handed the injury-riddled Denver Nuggets their third straight loss, 99-90 while Kevin Durant had 33 points, including a dunk with 2.9 seconds left in overtime, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 111-107. Russell Westbrook added 28 points and 11 rebounds for the Thunder, who upped their NBA-best record to 19-5.

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Los Angeles L @ Philadelphia: 90-95
Los Angeles C @ Orlando: 107-102
Toronto @ Washington: 108-111
Chicago @ New Jersey: 108-87
Phoenix @ Atlanta: 99-90
Utah @ New York: 88-99
Sacramento @ Memphis: 100-92
San Antonio @ Memphis: 89-84
Houston @ Denver: 99-90
Oklahoma City @ Portland: 111-107