Wizards 99, Nets 90

The big men were a big disappointment in Washington. Nene and Marcin Gortat quickly made up for that.

Nene scored 20 points, three other Washington big men were in double figures, and the Wizards beat Brooklyn on Saturday night to split their home-and-home series.

Overpowered by Brook Lopez on Friday in their building, the Wizards bounced back behind 10 points and 16 rebounds from Gortat, and strong bench efforts from Kris Humphries (13 points) and Kevin Seraphin (12).

"We knew that it's going to be a tough game for us but end of the day, me and Nene, we believe we are one of the most dominant big men in the league and unfortunately we didn't play that way yesterday," Gortat said. "Today was a little bit different. We dominated the game and we helped our team to win this game."

Bradley Beal finished with 17 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Wizards, who shot 52 percent from the field to overcome their 14-of-27 effort from the free throw line.

Jarrett Jack had 22 points and eight assists for the Nets. They had snapped a seven-game losing streak with their 102-80 victory Friday, when Nene and Gortat combined for just 15 points.

Lopez scored 26 points off the bench in that game and had 13 by halftime of this one. But the Wizards held him to two points after the break and turned around the game with an 18-2 run in the third quarter.

"Tonight obviously they came in here a little bit more desperate knowing that we went into Washington last night and got a win. We knew we were going to get their best shot today but I thought we played great," Nets forward Joe Johnson said. "I just think down the stretch we couldn't get stops and we couldn't make the shots to get us over the hump."

The Nets led 51-50 after a close first half in which neither team led by more than five. A good start to the third quarter had them ahead 63-56 five minutes into the period. But Nene and Gortat began wearing them down, scoring 10 straight to go ahead 66-63 when Nene dunked forcefully between Kevin Garnett and Lopez.

Jack stopped the run with a basket, but Washington answered with eight more in a row to build a 74-65 advantage on Rasual Butler's basket.

Brooklyn tied it at 81 early in the fourth before Seraphin had two baskets and Humphries another in an 8-2 burst that made it 89-83 midway through the period, and Nene had a three-point play about 3 minutes later after the Nets had cut it to three.

Hawks 107, Hawks 99

Kyle Korver made a season-high seven 3-pointers on his way to 24 points, and Atlanta beat Chicago for its 12th straight victory.

Al Horford added 22 points and nine rebounds as the Hawks matched the second-longest win streak in franchise history. Paul Millsap scored 16 and Jeff Teague had 17 points and 11 assists.

The Hawks (33-8) have won 26 of 28 since a 7-6 start, surging to the top of the Eastern Conference with one of the NBA's most efficient offenses and a stingy defense. They closed out the first half of the season with impressive road wins over Toronto and Chicago on consecutive nights.

Derrick Rose had 23 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for Chicago (27-15), which has dropped five of seven. Pau Gasol had 22 points and 15 rebounds.

Warriors 131, Rockets 106

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson scored 27 points each, and Golden State used a huge third quarter to roll past Houston.

Golden State bounced back from a loss to Oklahoma City on Friday night that snapped an eight-game winning streak.

The Warriors led by five at halftime and used a 38-point third quarter, with 15 points from Curry, to take a 22-point lead into the fourth.

Dwight Howard, who missed the first two games against the Warriors this season, led Houston with 23 points and 10 rebounds on a night when NBA leading scorer James Harden scored just 11.

It was Golden State's third win over Houston this season, marking the first time the Warriors have won a season series against the Rockets since 2006-07. They finish the series on Wednesday at Golden State.

Grizzlies 102, Trail Blazers 98

Zach Randolph had 20 points and 15 rebounds, and Beno Udrih made two key baskets in the final minute to help Memphis beat Portland for its fourth straight victory.

The Grizzlies were up by as many as 20 in the second half, but the lead dwindled to 95-93 when Damian Lillard connected on a 3-pointer with 1:06 left. Udrih's 20-footer as the shot clock expired on the next possession helped Memphis maintain the lead.

Lillard hit another 3 with 27 seconds left, but Udrih made a 22-footer with 8.7 seconds to go.

Jeff Green and Courtney Lee matched Udrih's 17 points, and Marc Gasol finished with 15.

LaMarcus Aldridge led the Trail Blazers with 32 points, and Wesley Matthews had 25. The loss gave Portland its first three-game losing streak this season.

Clippers 117, Kings 108

Blake Griffin scored 18 of his 30 points in the second half, Matt Barnes had 26 points and Los Angeles pulled away in the third quarter to beat Sacramento.

Chris Paul added 12 points and nine assists, J.J. Redick had 18 points and Jamal Crawford scored 13 off the bench for the Clippers, who bounced back from a sluggish first half to win for the fourth straight time at Sleep Train Arena.

Griffin had 13 points in the third quarter and then scored five over the final 3 1/2 minutes of the game to help Los Angeles to its fourth win in six games.

Jason Thompson had 23 points and a career-high 22 rebounds for the Kings, who have dropped three straight. Sacramento played without leading scorer and rebounder DeMarcus Cousins.

Pistons 107, 76ers 89

Kyle Singler scored 20 points, Greg Monroe had a double-double and Detroit routed Philadelphia.

Singler shot 6 of 8 on 3-pointers and Monroe finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds as the Pistons won for the ninth time in 11 games and improved to 6-15 at home. Six players scored in double figures for Detroit, and Andre Drummond grabbed 15 rebounds.

Michael Carter-Williams had 15 points for Philadelphia (8-32), but only one other starter reached double figures.

Hornets 80, Pacers 71 (OT)

Gerald Henderson had 20 points and Charlotte defeated Indiana in overtime despite playing without its top two scorers.

The Hornets outscored the Pacers 12-3 in the extra period to hand Indiana its fourth straight loss. Charlotte was missing injured Kemba Walker and Al Jefferson.

Lance Stephenson scored 13 points and spent a good part of the night jawing at his former Pacers teammates, particularly Roy Hibbert.

David West had 19 points for the Pacers, who were 1 of 9 from the field in overtime.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist grabbed 16 rebounds for Charlotte, and Bismack Biyombo had 14.

Timberwolves 113, Nuggets 105

Andrew Wiggins scored a career-high 31 points and Robbie Hummel had two big tip-in baskets in the fourth quarter, helping Minnesota hold off Denver.

The dynamic rookie out of Kansas was 11 of 17 from the floor, including four 3-pointers, as Minnesota improved to 4-16 on the road this season.

Hummel finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds, while Thaddeus Young added 22 points.

Ty Lawson led Denver with 22 points. Jameer Nelson had 16 points in his home debut for the Nuggets.

Wiggins' big night also included nine rebounds and four assists. His previous high was 29 points against Sacramento on Nov. 22.