Celtics Go To 12-0 At Home

BOSTON — Paul Pierce scored a season-high 32 points and Kevin Garnett had an easy 15 with seven rebounds on Friday night as the Boston Celtics overcame Ray Allen’s absence to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 104-82 and match the franchise record with a 12-0 start at home.
With Allen sitting out a game or two to rest a sore ankle, Tony Allen started and scored 11 points. Rajon Rondo scored 17 — one off his season high — with eight assists for Boston, which also won its first 12 home games in 1984 en route to the ’85 NBA finals.
Garnett played just 29 minutes for the Celtics, who pulled away when they outscored Milwaukee 32-15 in the third quarter.
Kings 109, 76ers 99
PHILADELPHIA — Brad Miller had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Mikki Moore tied his career-high with 24 points as the Sacramento Kings became the final NBA team to win a road game with a victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
John Salmons contributed 19 points and Beno Udrih had 15 for the Kings, who entered the game with nine straight road losses to open a season, matching a team record set in 1987-88 and again in 1993-94.
Andre Miller scored 24 points, Willie Green added 16 and Andre Iguodala and Lou Williams had 15 apiece for Philadelphia, which had its season-best four-game win streak snapped. Kyle Korver added 13 for the Sixers.
Nets 105, Cavaliers 97
— Vince Carter matched a season high with 32 points, Richard Jefferson had 24, and the New Jersey Nets snapped a four-game losing streak with a victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Reserve Josh Boone added a season-high 15, even though he was 2-for-4 from the line when the Cavs intentionally fouled him on consecutive possessions in the fourth quarter. Boone, who threw up an airball from the line earlier, was 3-of-8 there overall.
Jason Kidd finished with eight points, 11 assists and eight rebounds as the Nets overcame their usual slow start at home to win for only the second time in seven games — both against Cleveland.
LeBron James had 29 points, eight assists and six rebounds for Cleveland.
Bulls 101, Knicks 96
CHICAGO — Luol Deng scored 29 points, Kirk Hinrich delivered the second triple-double of his career, and the Chicago Bulls hung on to beat the Knicks, handing New York its fifth straight loss.
The Bulls’ 16-point fourth-quarter lead shrank to 3 in the final minute. But Hinrich hit four free throws in the final 23 seconds and Ben Gordon added two more to help seal the win.
Zach Randolph led New York with 27 points and 15 rebounds. Fred Jones scored 22, and Jamal Crawford added 18.
Raptors 104, Pacers 93
INDIANAPOLIS — Jason Kapono scored 17 of his career-high 29 points in the fourth quarter to help the Toronto Raptors beat the Indiana Pacers for their fourth straight win.
Chris Bosh had 22 points and 16 rebounds, and Jose Calderon had a career-high 16 assists and 18 points for the Raptors (14-10), who overcame a 17-point third-quarter deficit.
SuperSonics 99, Timberwolves 88
MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Wilcox had 19 points and 11 rebounds to help the Seattle SuperSonics overcome a sluggish start and beat the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Kurt Thomas added 18 for Seattle, which won its second straight on the road, and fourth game in six starts overall.
Magic 103, Bobcats 87
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dwight Howard had 33 points and 18 rebounds and the Orlando Magic beat the undermanned Charlotte Bobcats to snap a three-game losing streak.
Howard, who had his NBA-leading 20th double-double, would have had an even bigger night if not for 11-of-20 shooting from the free throw line.
Detroit 91, Atlanta 81
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chauncey Billups scored 23 points and Tayshaun Prince added 17 points and 10 rebounds, helping the Detroit Pistons beat the Atlanta Hawks.
Detroit has won eight of its last 10 games, while the Hawks lost their second straight after a three-game winning streak.
Clippers 98, Grizzlies 91
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Chris Kaman and Corey Maggette both scored 23 points and Kaman grabbed 16 rebounds, as the Los Angeles Clippers used a 10-2 fourth-quarter run to beat the Memphis Grizzlies.
Cuttino Mobley scored 17 points and handed out six assists for the Clippers, who sent Memphis to its sixth straight loss.
Bobcats acquire Mohammed
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Bobcats’ search for a big man ended Friday when they acquired center Nazr Mohammed from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for center Primoz Brezec and forward Walter Herrmann.
Mohammed, averaging 3.3 points and 3.5 rebounds in 21 games for the Pistons, will provide the Bobcats depth they’ve been missing since Sean May underwent season-ending knee surgery during training camp.
The 6-foot-10 Mohammed, in his ninth season from Kentucky, has averaged 6.8 points and 5.5 rebounds a game.
Kidd sued by model
NEW YORK — A 23-year-old model has filed a lawsuit accusing New Jersey Nets star Jason Kidd of groping and threatening her at a Manhattan nightclub two months ago.
A spokesman for Kidd denied the allegations as a “false” and “defamatory” attempt to get money from the player who earns almost $20 million a year.
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court, said Kidd “battered and assaulted” the woman in the Lower West Side club Tenjune on Oct. 10 when he “grabbed her buttocks and crotch on multiple occasions.”
The woman’s lawsuit asks for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.