Turner paces 76ers’ romp over Celtics

Evan Turner scored a careerbest 26 points, helping the Philadelphia 76ers rout the Boston Celtics, 103-71, Wednesday night at Philadelphia to maintain their lead in the Atlantic Division.

Before tipoff, Turner denied a radio report that a mystery problem was causing his inconsistent play. Then Turner went out and proved he’s just fine, making 11of 19 shots and grabbing nine rebounds.

at Miami 89, Atlanta 86: Lebron James had 31 points and 11 rebounds, Dwyane Wade scored 18 points and set up Udonis Haslem for an alley-oop dunk with 12 seconds left, and the Heat rallied from 10 points down in the third quarter for its 11th consecutive home win.

Chicago 106, at Milwaukee 104: Derrick at the buzzer Rose to drilled give the a long Bulls jumper their eighth scored 30 consecutive points and victory. Chicago Rose overcame 32 the points Bucks, from who Ersan got a Ilyasova careerhigh and Gooden. a season-high 27 from Drew

at The Oklahoma Thunder City won 115, its 14th Phoenix in a 104: row at home as Russell Westbrook scored 31 points, Kevin Durant scored 30, James Harden had a career-high 30 off the bench and Oklahoma City roared back from a 16-point deficit.

at San Antonio 118, New York 105: Tony Parker scored 32 points and the Spurs dealt the sliding Knicks a third consecutive loss as New York fell to 2-5 with Carmelo Anthony back in the lineup.

at Minnesota 106, Portland 94: Wes Johnson scored 19 points to back Kevin Love’s 29 points and 16 rebounds as the Timberwolves moved into the eighth spot in the Western Conference playoff race.

Cleveland 100, at Denver 99: Kyrie Irving made a driving layup with four seconds left to cap a seesaw battle as the Cavaliers ended a sixgame losing streak. at Sacramento 99, New Orleans 98: John Salmons made the goahead layup with 6.8 seconds left, Marcus Thornton scored 25 points, and the Kings ended a four-game losing streak.

Memphis 110, at Golden State 92: Rudy Gay had 26 points, 12 rebounds and five assists to lead the Grizzlies to their fifth win in a row.

Utah 99, at Charlotte 93: Al Jefferson had 31 points and nine rebounds and the Jazz dominated the inside against the Bobcats, outscoring them 54-36 in the paint.

at Toronto 116, Houston 98: Demar Derozan scored 23 points as the Raptors set season highs in points and shooting percentage (59.2).

at Washington 106, Lakers 101

at New Jersey 101, Clippers 100