NBA Games Wrap UP and Highlights (January 12, 2012)

Count Josh Smith and Joe Johnson among those willing and wanting to develop Al Horford. They stepped into the void left by Atlanta's injured center Thursday and scored season highs of thirty and twenty three points, respectively, during a 111-81 win Thursday over the visiting Bobcats.

The Hawks learned earlier within the day that Horford are going to be out a minimum of 3 months with a torn left pectoral (chest) muscle, and whether or not Atlanta adds a giant man to the roster or not, the Hawks are aiming to would like additional production from Smith and Johnson.

Coach Larry Drew's team got that during a few ways in which, as Smith added a game-high thirteen rebounds and Johnson had eight assists and 7 rebounds. Atlanta conjointly had a season-low 9 turnovers.

Charlotte never led, and therefore the Bobcats fell steadily additional behind once trailing 57-47 at halftime. Byron Mullens scored a career-high twenty one points in his initial begin, however the Charlotte center had very little facilitate aside from guard Gerald Henderson. He scored sixteen points, nevertheless the Bobcats lost their fifth straight as no Charlotte player aside from Mullens or Henderson scored in double digits.

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Brandon Jennings scored twenty seven points, and Stephen Jackson added twenty five points, six rebounds and 6 assists to steer the Milwaukee usd to a 102-93 victory over the Detroit Pistons Thursday night at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.Jennings created 9-for-15 shots, together with 3-for-4 on 3-pointers. Jennings is 16-for-28 (57.1 percent) and 4-for-5 on 3-pointers within the last 2 games.

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Coming off a seven for twenty one performance against Oklahoma town, Memphis forward Rudy Gay had the motivation of each answering critics on when he was attending to improve and lead the Grizzlies, moreover as taking part in against his longtime buddy, big apple Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony. Gay answered each charges, scoring a season-high twenty six points to guide the Grizzlies to a 94-83 win. Anthony scored fourteen before leaving the sport with 10:05 remaining within the third quarter when he sprained his right ankle. Anthony, who conjointly features a wrist injury, is listed as day-to-day.

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Rookie Kyrie Irving scored a career-high twenty six points and added six assists to raise the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 101-90 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.
Antawn Jamison had twenty three points and Daniel Gibson added ten for the Cavaliers, who snapped a two-game losing streak despite shooting solely forty three.8 p.c from the ground and having simply the 3 players in double digits.Anderson Varejao added a season-high seventeen rebounds for Cleveland.
Steve Nash had sixteen points and fifteen assists, Marcin Gortat scored fourteen and Markieff Morris added thirteen for the Suns, who have dropped 2 straight.
The Suns were while not forward Grant Hill for many of the sport. He initial left barely 2 minutes in when he was cut on the face in an exceedingly collision Varejao, came back to play another six minutes and then left for sensible with soreness in his right quadriceps tendon.

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Dwight Howard set an all-time NBA record for free-throw makes an attempt during a single game, creating thirty-nine journeys to the road because the Orlando Magic outlasted the Golden State Warriors 117-109 Thursday. Howard converted twenty one foul shots as a part of a 45-point, 23-rebound, four-steal, three-assist, two-block night, tying his career high for points and setting a brand new personal best in free throws created. it absolutely was the primary 40-20 game of Howard's illustrious career, simply the third in Magic history, and allowed Orlando to travel 3-0 on its Western road swing. Monta Ellis made thirty points and eleven assists for the soldiers, and David Lee added a season-high twenty six points and twelve rebounds for his sixth consecutive double-double.

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