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Isaiah Thomas scored 19 of his 44 points in the final quarter to lift the Boston Celtics over the Toronto Raptors 109-104 on Wednesday night in a showdown for first place in the Atlantic Division. It was the fifth straight win for Boston, which moved 1 1/2 games ahead of the Raptors in the division and holds the Eastern Conference's No. 2 seed. Jae Crowder scored 14 points for the Celtics and Al Horford had 11. Continue to Article

February 01, 2017 10:25:pm EST

D'Angelo Russell sometimes seems to be playing at a higher frequency than his Los Angeles Lakers teammates, who occasionally struggle to be in the right place for their point guard's clever passes. Everybody was playing at Russell's speed for most of their win over Denver, even when things went a little haywire in the final minutes. Nick Young scored 23 points, Lou Williams added 21 and the Lakers survived a frantic fourth quarter to snap their seven-game home losing streak against Denver, beating the Nuggets 120-116 on Tuesday night. Continue to Article

February 01, 2017 2:01:am EST

Feb 1 (Gracenote) - Standings from the NBA on Tuesday EASTERN CONFERENCEATLANTIC DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Boston 30 18 .625 - 2. Toronto 30 19 .612 0 1/2 3. NY Knicks 21 29 .420 10 4. Philadelphia 18 29 .383 11 1/2 5. Brooklyn 9 39 .188 21 CENTRAL DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Cleveland 32 15 .681 - 2. Indiana 25 22 .532 7 3. Chicago 24 25 .490 9 4. Milwaukee 21 26 .447 11 5. Detroit 21 27 .438 11 1/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. Washington 28 20 .583 - 2. Atlanta 28 20 .583 - 3. Charlotte 23 26 .469 5 1/2 4. Miami 19 30 .388 9 1/2 5. Orlando 19 31 . ... Continue to Article

February 01, 2017 1:07:am EST

Feb 1 (Gracenote) - Results from the NBA games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS) LA LAKERS 120 Denver 116 PORTLAND 115 Charlotte 98 SAN ANTONIO 108 Oklahoma City 94 HOUSTON 105 Sacramento 83 WASHINGTON 117 NY Knicks 101 TORONTO 108 New Orleans 106 (OT) Continue to Article

February 01, 2017 12:57:am EST