NBA roundup: Hornets win 6th straight

WASHINGTON — Chris Paul scored eight of his 26 points in the final three minutes Sunday to lead the New Orleans Hornets to their sixth-straight win, 115-110 over a Washington Wizards team that has turned its game up a notch since the suspension of Gilbert Arenas.

Peja Stojakovic scored 20 points, and Paul added 14 assists for the Hornets.

Antawn Jamison tied his season-high with 32 points, and Randy Foye had 23 starting in place of Arenas to set a season-high for the second straight game.

SPURS 97, NETS 85: At San Antonio, Manu Ginobili scored 21 points and San Antonio Spurs sent New Jersey to its 34th loss in 37 games this season. Spurs center Ian Mahinmi made his first appearance of the season memorable with career highs of 15 points and nine rebounds. Brook Lopez scored 28 points and Yi Jianlian added 16 for New Jersey.

LAKERS 95, BUCKS 77: At Los Angeles, Andrew Bynum had 17 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers led all the way in beating the Milwaukee Bucks 95-77 Sunday night to avoid their first three-game losing streak in nearly two years. Shannon Brown added 19 points, Jordan Farmar scored 15 of his 17 in the second half, Kobe Bryant had 12 points on 4 of 21 shooting

CAVALIERS 106, TRAIL BLAZERS 94: At Portland, Ore., LeBron James had 41 points and 10 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off a fourth-quarter Portland rally to beat the Blazers. Shaquille O'Neal had 11 points and 11 rebounds. James was 8 for 8 from the floor for 20 points in the first quarter alone. .

CELTICS 114, RAPTORS 107: At Toronto, Rajon Rondo had 22 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds for his first triple-double of the season, and Rasheed Wallace scored a season-high 29 points in Boston's seventh straight win over the Raptors. Wallace made five of Boston's 11 3-pointers. Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Kendrick Perkins each scored 16 points for Boston. Chris Bosh had 31 points and 13 rebounds, and Andrea Bargnani added 23 points for Toronto.

HEAT 94, CLIPPERS 84: At Los Angeles, Chris Kaman had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Baron Davis had 11 points and 14 assists, and the revitalized Clippers won their sixth straight home game. Eric Gordon scored 17 points and Rasual Butler added 13 for the Clippers, who moved within one game of .500. Dwyane Wade scored 24 points for the Heat, who have lost five of seven to drop within one game of .500.