(The Sports Xchange) -Guard Terrence Ross showed no ill effects from a sprained left ankle that sidelined him from last Sunday’s game, leading the Toronto Raptors to a comfortable 99-87 points win over the Sacramento Kings.
Rudy Gay, in his first game in Toronto since his trade to the Kings in early December, was booed relentlessly as Toronto (34-26) improved to 27-14 since the trade.
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Bobcats 101, Cavaliers 92
Center Al Jefferson scored 28 points as the Charlotte Bobcats beat the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Jefferson hit eight of his first nine shots from the field as Cleveland succumbed to their third successive loss.
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Grizzlies 85, Bulls 77
Center Marc Gasol scored 18 points and the Memphis Grizzlies defense dominated down the stretch for victory over the Chicago Bulls.
The Bulls managed just two points over the final 5:54, making one of nine shots from the field.
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Knicks 108, Jazz 81
The New York Knicks enjoyed a one-sided romp against the toothless Utah Jazz with forward Carmelo Anthony scoring 29 points and a season-high eight assists.
It was the seventh win by over 20 points this season for the Knicks (23-40), while Utah dropped their fifth successive game.
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Celtics 91, Nets 84
The Boston Celtics had 28 turnovers but still beat a poor-shooting Brooklyn Nets.
The Nets turned the ball over just 14 times, but shot 36 percent from the floor, and were 4-of-30 from three-point range.
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Pelicans 112, Bucks 104
Forward Anthony Davis scored a game-high 29 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lift the New Orleans Pelicans to victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Pelicans (25-37) led by as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter before Milwaukee cut it to 104-99 with 1:17 left, but the Bucks could not get any closer as they fell to 12-49, the worst record in the league.
