BOSTON — Paul Pierce scored nine of his season-high 39 points in overtime and Boston beat Toronto Raptors for the second time in a row, 115-109 Monday night.
One day after Ray Allen’s 36 points led Boston to a 94-88 win in Toronto, Pierce led a comeback from a 10-point deficit midway through the third quarter and carried the Celtics to their second straight win after they lost four in a row.
Pierce also had nine rebounds, while Kevin Garnett added 20 points and 12 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani, whose 3-pointer with 1 second left sent the game into overtime tied at 93, led the Raptors with 23 points, and Chris Bosh had 18 points and 11 rebounds.
WASHINGTON — Michael Redd scored 29 points, a healthy Andrew Bogut added 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Washington blew another fourth-quarter lead.
Trading baskets down the stretch with Wizards guard Nick Young — who scored a career-high 30 — Redd helped Milwaukee overcome a deficit that was 13 points in the second quarter, 11 at halftime and five entering the final period.
After Young made a 16-foot fadeaway jumper to pull Washington within 90-89, Redd answered with a 3-pointer with less than one and a half minutes left. Young missed a 3 as the shot-clock expired on Washington’s next possession, and that was that.
It’s the 12th time this season the Eastern Conference-worst Wizards lost a game after leading in the fourth quarter.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Rookie Brook Lopez scored a career-high 31 points and pulled down 13 rebounds.
Vince Carter had 21 while Devin Harris, back after missing three of the previous four games with a hamstring injury, had 17. Keyon Dooling had 14, most coming early in the fourth quarter as the Nets earned a fourth straight home win after starting the season 5-12 in New Jersey.
Kevin Durant had 26 points for the Thunder, who fell to 6-33, and 2-17 on the road.
Russell Westbrook had 17 points, Jeff Green finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, former Net Nenad Krstic had 12 points and Earl Watson scored 11 points.
NEW ORLEANS — David Lee scored 24 points and New York ended a three-game losing streak.
Quentin Richardson and Al Harrington each hit 3-pointers inside the final 1:14 to ensure the Knicks withstood a furious Hornets rally that trimmed a 14-point lead down to three late in the game.
Harrington finished with 20 points, while Wilson Chandler scored 19 points, hitting a jumper with 2:07 left and a driving layup soon after to help keep the Hornets at bay.
David West had 25 points and 14 rebounds for the Hornets, but was 6-of-20 from the field. Chris Paul added 23 points for New Orleans.
CHICAGO — Travis Outlaw had a season-high 33 points, Greg Oden scored 17 while grabbing 13 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Chicago Bulls 109-95 on Monday night.
It was a good start to the week for the Trail Blazers, who were coming off a rather chaotic one. They found themselves in an old, familiar spot — the center of controversy — for sending an e-mail to teams threatening legal action if they signed former forward Darius Miles, but the current players are doing a good job ignoring any distractions.
While Brandon Roy (11 points) and LaMarcus Aldridge (eight points) were rather quiet, Outlaw and Oden were locked in as the Blazers earned their third straight win.
SALT LAKE CITY — Mehmet Okur scored a career-high 43 points and the Utah Jazz held off a late rally by Indiana in a 120-113 victory over the Pacers on Monday night.
Andrei Kirilenko scored 23 points and pulled down 12 rebounds and Deron Williams added 11 assists and 23 points, including a late 3-pointer to help the Jazz finally put away the Pacers.
Indiana had trailed by 20 late in the third quarter, but would not let the Jazz clinch it until the final minute.
Danny Granger had 30 points and seven assists, one night after tying his career high with 42 points in a loss at Golden State.
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