Andrew Bynum led the way with a career-best 30 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers beat San Antonio in the NBA on Wednesday.
Controversial star goes board crazy in L.A win
Andrew Bynum grabbed a career-high 30 rebounds to help the
Los Angeles Lakers beat the
San Antonio Spurs 98-84 in NBA action on Wednesday.
Bynum scored 16 points to go with his monster haul of rebounds, which was also an NBA season-high, while Metta World Peace had 26 and Pau Gasol added 21 points along with 11 boards. For the Spurs, who got 22 points from Daniel Green, it was the first time since January they had lost back-to-back games.
San Antonio stayed one game back on Western Conference leaders
Oklahoma City, who also lost, 100-98 to the
Los Angeles Clippers. Chris Paul was the star for the Clippers with 31 points.
Kevin Garnett scored 22 points and Paul Pierce sunk a key jumper as the
Boston Celtics beat
Atlanta 88-86 in overtime. Only six points were scored in the extra period, but Boston got four of them including two from Pierce, who had endured a tough game shooting just six of 19 from the floor.
Melo big for Knicks
Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points to help the
New York Knicks to a 111-107 win over
Milwaukee. Monta Ellis poured in 35 in a losing cause for the Bucks.
Jamal Crawford plundered 34 points from the bench to lead the the
Portland Trail Blazers to a 118-110 win over
Golden State.
Ty Lawson scored 24 points and Arron Afflalo added 21 as
Denver claimed a 113-107 win over
Minnesota.
Jason Smith's 22 points helped the
New Orleans Hornets to a 105-96 win over
Sacramento, while Rudy Gay's season-high 32 points lifted
Memphis to a 104-93 victory over
Phoenix.
The
Utah Jazz beat the
Houston Rockets 103-91, the
Indiana Pacers saw off the
Cleveland Cavaliers 104-98 in overtime while the
Philadelphia 76ers stymied the
Toronto Raptors to claim a 93-75 success.
