Davis deals L.A. first loss

NEW ORLEANS — Baron Davis was too quick and too accurate for Kobe Bryant, and the New Orleans Hornets became the first team this season to defeat the revamped Los Angeles Lakers with a 114-95 victory Friday night.

Davis made four 3-pointers and scored 23 points with 12 assists and four steals, dominating his one-on-one matchup with Bryant to such a degree that the Lakers were forced to switch other defenders onto him.

Davis got plenty of help. P.J. Brown shot 7-for-7 and scored 20 points with seven rebounds, David Wesley added 17 points and five assists and George Lynch scored 15 to pace six players in double figures.

One night after a double-overtime victory over San Antonio that lasted more than 3 1/2 hours, the Lakers didn't have the legs to keep up with the Hornets during a 28-10 third-quarter rally that turned a one-point deficit into a 17-point lead.

Shaquille O'Neal had 21 points for the Lakers, who won their first five games. Bryant added 11, shooting 4-for-14 while hearing far fewer boos than he did the previous night in San Antonio.

New Orleans improved to 5-1, matching the best six-game start in franchise history, despite playing without Jamal Mashburn.

WIZARDS 86, RAPTORS 60: At Washington, Toronto set records for offensive futility again, scoring just four points in the second quarter and a franchise-low 23 in the first half of a loss to Washington. Larry Hughes scored 16 points to pace the Wizards, who led 51-23 at halftime and took over by pushing the tempo and controlling the boards in the second quarter. Washington outscored Toronto 29-4 in the period — tying a franchise low for the Raptors.

The half of ineptitude came exactly one week after the Wizards held the Raptors to a franchise-low 27 first-half points in an 82-79 Raptors win at Toronto. The next day, the Raptors scored 24 in the second half against Minnesota and finished with a franchise-low total in a 73-56 loss.

The game also goes into Washington's record books. The four points are the fewest the Wizards have ever allowed in a quarter; the 23 points are the fewest they've yielded in a half; 60 are the fewest for a game.

NETS 94, CELTICS 87: At Boston, Jason Collins set career highs with 19 points and 13 rebounds, leading New Jersey over Boston in a victory that made Byron Scott the winningest coach in Nets history. Jason Kidd had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets, who had lost consecutive games since Scott tied Kevin Loughery with 129 career wins. Loughery coached the team for five years; Scott is six games into his fourth season.