Rockets defeat Celtics 91-73; Yao hit in right eye (AP) Updated: 2005-12-08 08:41
Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 25 points for the Kings, who lost their fourth
straight. Sacramento has lost three straight home games for the first time since
April 7-11, 2000.
Lakers 111, Bucks 92
At Milwaukee, Kobe Bryant scored 33 points to lift Los Angeles to its ninth
straight win over the Bucks.
Lamar Odom added 24 points, Smush Parker had 20, and Chris Mihm scored 13 as
the Lakers beat the Bucks for the 18th time in the last 20 meetings.
Michael Redd scored 21 points for Milwaukee, which had its three-game winning
streak snapped.
Grizzlies 89, Hornets 73
At Memphis, Tenn., Pau Gasol scored 29 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in the
Grizzlies' sixth straight victory.
Desmond Mason and David West led New Orleans with 15 points apiece, while
J.R. Smith and Kirk Snyder each scored 10. P.J. Brown, leading scorer Chris Paul
and reserve guard Speedy Claxton missed a combined 22 of 26 shots.
Knicks 104, SuperSonics 101
Back in his hometown of Seattle, New York's Jamal Crawford scored all of his
season-high 31 points in the second half.
Rookie Channing Frye added 18 points and Stephon Marbury had 16. Nate
Robinson, also a Seattle native, added 10.
Nuggets 125, Hawks 116
At Denver, Andre Miller had 21 points and 14 assists, and Marcus Camby
blocked two key shots in the final 90 seconds of the Nuggets'
tougher-than-expected victory.
Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points, Camby had 24 points and 12 rebounds and
Earl Boykins had 20 points in Denver's highest-scoring game of the season.
Al Harrington had a season-high 35 points for Atlanta.
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