Bosh scores 30, Heat roll Spurs 110-80
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Chris Bosh scored 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Dwyane Wade scored 29 as the host Miami Heat avenged their worst loss of the season by rolling past the NBA-leading Spurs 110-80 yesterday.
LeBron James finished with 21 points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Heat, who have won three straight and moved within two games of Eastern Conference front-runners Boston and Chicago. Miami lost 125-95 in San Antonio on March 4, the midpoint of a five-game slide that now seems all but forgotten after wins over the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies and now the Spurs.
Tony Parker scored 18 points and Tim Duncan added 14 for the Spurs, who had won 15 of their last 18 against Miami.
Rockets 95, Suns 93
At Houston, Kevin Martin scored 23 points, Chuck Hayes had a career-high 21 points and nine rebounds as Houston snapped a seven-game losing streak to Phoenix.
Kyle Lowry added 18 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Rockets, who stayed three games behind Memphis in the race for the final playoff spot.
Vince Carter scored 21 to lead the Suns, who played without point guard Steve Nash for the second straight game.
The Suns slipped 2 1/2 games behind the Grizzlies in the race for the No. 8 playoff spot in the West.
Nets 88, Celtics 79
At Newark, New Jersey, Brook Lopez scored 20 points, and Deron Williams added 16 and made the clinching 3-pointer, as New Jersey extended its longest winning streak in three years to five games.
Kris Humphries had 16 points and 15 rebounds, following his strong performance against Blake Griffin by turning in one against Kevin Garnett to help the Nets snap a nine-game home losing streak against the Celtics.
Ray Allen scored 19 points and Garnett had 18 for the Celtics.
Thunder 116, Wizards 89
At Washington, Kevin Durant scored 32 points and Russell Westbrook had 18 points and 12 assists as Oklahoma City downed Washington.
It was the 25th time this season that Durant, the NBA scoring leader, scored at least 30 points. He scored 40 in the previous meeting between the two teams on Jan. 28.
Daequan Cook had 18 points and was 6 for 9 on 3-pointers for Oklahoma City, which has now won four straight and six of seven, as well as the last five meetings against Washington.
Trevor Booker had 14 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, John Wall had 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and JaVale McGee also scored 14 points for the Wizards.
Nuggets 114, Hornets 103
At New Orleans, Ty Lawson scored 23 points as Denver combined for 17 3-pointers in a victory over New Orleans.
Raymond Felton added 22 points, hitting six 3s for Denver, while J.R. Smith hit five 3s and finished with 18 points.
Denver made 17 of 29 3-pointers to build a 23-point lead Wilson Chandler's 3 made it 91-68 in the third quarter. Chandler hit four 3s and finished with 21 points.
Chris Paul had 27 points and 10 assists for the Hornets.
Grizzlies 105, Clippers 82
At Memphis, Tennessee, Zach Randolph had 30 points and 12 rebounds to help Memphis snap a two-game losing streak.
Randolph connected on 12 of 18 shots from the field as Memphis secured its hold on the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Sam Young finished with 14 points and Mike Conley had 13 for Memphis. Darrell Arthur chipped in 12 points and Greivis Vasquez scored a career-high 11.
Eric Bledsoe scored 19 points, Chris Kaman added 14 and Mo Williams 11 for the Clippers. Rookie forward Blake Griffin was limited to eight points and nine rebounds, his fourth straight game without reaching a double-double - the longest such drought for Griffin.
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