Heat handle T’wolves
MINNEAPOLIS — Dwyane Wade had 32 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, LeBron James shrugged off a sore left knee to score 20 points and grab 10 rebounds, and the Miami Heat earned their franchise-record 15th straight victory with a 97-81 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.
Chris Bosh added 11 points and nine rebounds, and James played 35 minutes despite being listed as a game-time decision with a twisted left knee.
Derrick Williams had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Ricky Rubio had 14 points, eight assists, six steals and five rebounds for the Timberwolves.
OTHER GAMES
Knicks 102, Cavaliers 97 at Cleveland: Amare Stoudemire scored 22 points, J. R. Smith added 18 and New York overcame a 22-point deficit without All-Star Carmelo Anthony, ending a 10-game losing streak in Cleveland.
The Knicks trailed 5230 in the second quarter of this one when Anthony injured his right knee. He stumbled and fell awkwardly after catching a pass and did not return.
Kyrie Irving scored 22 points in his return after missing Cleveland’s past three games with a hyperextended right knee.
Nuggets 104, Hawks 88 at Denver: Corey Brewer scored 22 points and Ty Lawson had 18 in Denver’s win over depleted Atlanta.
The Nuggets won their 11th straight game at the Pepsi Center and matched Miami’s NBA-best 26-3 home record, but for most of three quarters it wasn’t the cakewalk many expected.
Al Horford scored 18 points for Atlanta, and Josh Smith chipped in 15 points, becoming the 24th player in league history to collect 10,000 points, 5,000 rebounds, 2,000 assists and 1,000 blocks.
Magic 105, Hornets 102 at New Orleans: Arron Afflalo scored five of his
DEVEOPMENTS
game-high 26 points in the final 38 seconds, and Orlando snapped a threegame skid.
Jameer Nelson, returning from a left knee injury that sidelined him six games, scored 15 points and Tobias Harris also scored 15 for Orlando.
Anthony Davis had 17 points, 15 rebounds and four blocked shots for New Orleans.
Bucks 109, Jazz 108 (OT) at Milwaukee: Monta Ellis scored 34 points, Brandon Jennings added 20 points and 17 assists, and Milwaukee won in overtime.
Jordan asks court to drop paternity suit: NBA hall of famer Michael Jordan asked a Georgia court on Monday to dismiss a paternity suit against him, calling it a “shameless, bad faith attempt to abuse the legal system.”
Jordan’s lawyer John Mayoue said in a document filed in Fulton County Superior Court that the six-time NBA champion is not the father of Pamela Y. Smith’s 16-year-old son. The paternity of the teen was “conclusively established” in divorce filings between Smith and her exhusband, Jordan’s attorney wrote.
Briefly: The Associated Press reported that Aaron Brooks has agreed to rejoin the Houston Rockets, who drafted him in 2007. Brooks was waived by Sacramento on Friday.... The Washington Wizards’ team doctors say guard Bradley Beal has a sprained left ankle. He is listed as day-to-day.