Thursday, January 5, 2012

Boris Diaw rebounded from a dreadful game a night earlier with a season-high 27 points

Boris Diaw rebounded from a dreadful game a night earlier with a season-high 27 points, and the Charlotte Bobcats snapped a four-game losing streak with a 118-110 victory last night over the Knicks in New York.Gerald Henderson added 24 points for the Bobcats, who capped a three-game trip by winning for the first time since their opener. Reserve Byron Mullens scored 16 points and D.J. Augustin finished with 14 points and 10 assists. cheap Toms shoes sale online Charlotte shot 55 percent from the field.The Bobcats ruined the returns of Amare Stoudemire and Iman Shumpert, who helped get the Knicks’ offense back on track but saw that effort wasted when they simply couldn’t guard Charlotte.Stoudemire had 25 points and 12 rebounds after missing two games with a sprained left ankle. Shumpert scored 18 points off the bench after beating a 2-4-week timetable after spraining a right knee ligament in the Christmas opener.Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 32 points, but 22 came in the fourth quarter when all he could do was make the score more respectable.Heat 118, Pacers 83 - LeBron James had 33 points and 13 assists, Chris Bosh added 22 points and host Miami routed Indiana even without Dwyane Wade.James also grabbed eight rebounds and the Heat turned up the defensive intensity minus their All-Star guard. Wade sat out with a sore left foot, and his status for tonight’s game at Atlanta is uncertain.The Heat had a scare late in the third quarter when James went down underneath the basket with a left ankle injury. He also is questionable for tonight.“It’s been better, but it feels OK right now,’’ James said. “We’ll see how I feel in the morning.’’James appeared to step on the foot of Indiana’s Paul George while attempting a fast-break layup. After staying on the court for a few seconds James got to his feet, prompting applause from the sellout crowd,Toms for cheap and resumed breaking down the Pacers.Still, the Heat could be without two of their three big stars in Atlanta.“We will have to see,’’ coach Erik Spoelstra said when asked if James would play. “He has sprained that same ankle every year, he says at least one time a year.’’Bulls 99, Pistons 83 - Richard Hamilton scored 14 points in his return to The Palace at Auburn Hills, Mich., as Chicago shut down Detroit.

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