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Jazz beat Heat in OT 116-114

PAUL Millsap scored a career-high 46 points, including the basket that forced overtime, as the Utah Jazz edged host Miami 116-114 in the NBA yesterday - handing the star-studded Heat their first home loss of the season.

Utah erased a 22-point deficit, plus overcame a 39-point night from Dwyane Wade and LeBron James' 29th career triple-double: 20 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds.

The Heat missed five shots in the final two minutes of overtime that either would have tied the game or given them the lead, including Eddie House's desperation jumper at the buzzer.

Two free throws by Utah's Francisco Elson with 0.4 seconds left gave the Jazz an impressive win.

Deron Williams had 21 points and 14 assists for the Jazz before fouling out late in regulation.

Millsap's 46 were by far the most by any player to face Miami this season - and a big turnaround for a player who previously averaged just 6.9 points in eight games against Miami.

Hornets 101, Clippers 82

In New Orleans, the hosts remained unbeaten this season by comfortably downing Los Angeles.

New Orleans' Willie Green scored 19 points and fellow reserve guard Jarryd Bayless added 15. With Chris Paul on the bench, Bayless and Green took over in the fourth quarter, combining to score the Hornets' first 19 points in the period to put New Orleans up 89-69.

New Orleans is off to a franchise-best 7-0 start under rookie coach Monty Williams.

Al-Farouq Aminu scored 20 for the Clippers, who played most of the game without starting center Chris Kaman after he sprained an ankle.

Pacers 144, Nuggets 113

In Indianapolis, Indiana came close to a perfect shooting record in the third quarter as it racked up a huge score against Denver.

The Pacers made their first 20 shots of the third quarter, coming within 1.9 seconds of a perfect period when Josh McRoberts missed a 3-point attempt.

Mike Dunleavy scored 24 of his 31 points in the Pacers' 54-point period. Indiana, which shot 64 percent overall, led 113-76 at the end of the third quarter.

Darren Collison scored 29 points for the Pacers, who set league season highs for points, field goals made and field-goal percentage.

Ty Lawson led Denver with 19 points.

Cavaliers 93, Nets 91

In Newark, Antawn Jamison and Anthony Parker hit late 3-pointers to lift Cleveland over New Jersey.

Cleveland made five of its nine 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, none being bigger than the ones by Jamison and Parker in the final 2:28.

The Cavaliers got 52 points from the reserves, with J.J. Hickson leading a balanced attack with 18 points.

Travis Outlaw scored a season-high 27 points for the Nets, who have lost five in a row overall and nine in a row to Cleveland.

Bucks 107, Knicks 80

In Milwaukee, the host broke out of an early-season shooting slump with a big win over New York.

Brandon Jennings scored 19 points and Drew Gooden added 17 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks, who shot 68 percent in the first quarter to grab the lead and never trailed in defeating the Knicks for the fourth straight time.

Milwaukee, which came in averaging an NBA-worst 89.6 points, passed that point total by the end of the third quarter. The final point total was a season high.

Amare Stoudemire led the Knicks with 19 points.

Trail Blazers 100, Pistons 78

In Portland, LaMarcus Aldridge had 19 points and 17 rebounds to power Portland past Detroit.

Nicolas Batum added 17 points for the Blazers who missed three-time All-Star Brandon Roy for much of the first half with a leg injury.

The Pistons, who dropped to 0-4 on the road, were led by Rodney Stuckey with 17 points.

Lakers 99, Timberwolves 94

In Los Angeles, the hosts moved to an 8-0 record for just the third time in franchise history after beating Minnesota.

Kobe Bryant scored 33 points and Pau Gasol added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who matched the 1987-88 team for the second-best start in club history. Only the 1997-98 Lakers were better, starting 11-0.

Yet Los Angeles never pulled away from the rebuilding Timberwolves, who lost their sixth straight. Kevin Love had 23 points and a career-high 24 rebounds for Minnesota, which lost its 12th straight to the Lakers despite getting within two points in the final minutes.




 

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