NBA roundup: Philly rallies from 18 down in fourth to edge Bulls
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CHICAGO -- Andre Iguodala scored 25 points and Rodney Carney had 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter as the Philadelphia 76ers rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls 110-106 on Friday night.
Philadelphia trailed 88-70 with 11:08 left, then outscored the Bulls 18-6. Carney hit a 3-pointer with 3:30 left and Iguodala hit another 3 at 3:11 to tie it at 98.
Carney made another 3 with 1:59 to go and give the 76ers its first lead of the second half, 105-104. Louis Williams' layup extended lead to 107-104 with 1:00 left.
The Bulls had a chance to take the lead in the final 21 seconds but Chicago guard Larry Hughes was called for an offensive foul. Iguodala hit two free throws with 19.5 seconds left to make it 109-106.
Ben Gordon had a chance to tie it with 8.2 seconds left but missed a 3-point try.
Thabo Sefolosha added 20 points in a reserve role and Larry Hughes had 15 points, five assists and seven rebounds for the Bulls, who trail the New Jersey Nets by one game for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
Andre Miller scored 18 points for the 76ers after leaving in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's win in Detroit with a lower back strain. Philadelphia was 40-for-44 from the free throw line. Full story
Timberwolves 121, SuperSonics 116
SEATTLE -- Ryan Gomes led seven Minnesota players in double figures with 23 points and 15 rebounds, and the Timberwolves pulled away in the final 16 minutes to beat the Seattle SuperSonics.
The teams, two of the three worst in the Western Conference with a combined 99 losses and battling to have more pingpong balls in the NBA Draft lottery, took advantage of the other's deficiencies to play an entertaining, fast-paced, style. But when Minnesota decided to put forth a little defensive effort in the final 1½ quarters, the Timberwolves managed to pull away.
Randy Foye scored 21 points and Al Jefferson added 16 as the Timberwolves moved closer to the Sonics, trying to climb out of last place in the Northwest Division. Minnesota won its third straight road game, yet another sign of improvement for a team whose marketing slogan back in the Twin Cities has become "Let's Build It."
Kevin Durant scored 24 points and Jeff Green added 18, but the Sonics dropped their seventh straight, playing their first home game in nearly two weeks after a seven-game road swing.
Mavericks 116, Pacers 97
DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points and new backup point guard Tyronn Lue had 13 points in 15 minutes, carrying the Dallas Mavericks past the Indiana Pacers in their latest pounding of an Eastern Conference bottom feeder.
Dallas won its fourth straight, all at home and all against the weakest teams in the weaker conference. The games haven't even been close, with the Mavericks never trailing in any of them. This 19-point win was the first decided by less than 20 points.
Flip Murray had a season-high 22 points, 20 in the second half, but Indiana lost for the fourth time in five games. The Pacers took themselves out of it by missing 12 of 13 shots when the game was close in the first quarter, then wrecked their comeback hopes by making only one basket the first eight minutes of the third quarter.
Jason Kidd had nine points, 12 assists and seven rebounds, and continues to set quite a tone. This was the fourth time in his 13 games that Dallas has had at least 30 assists. The Mavs never had more than 29 before he arrived. They also cracked 60 first-half points for the third time in his tenure after doing so only four times without him.
Hawks 117, Clippers 93
ATLANTA -- Joe Johnson scored 21 of his 28 points in the third quarter and Mike Bibby handed out 14 assists to help the Atlanta Hawks beat the Los Angeles Clippers.
Josh Smith added 25 points for the Hawks, who stopped a two-game losing streak and won for just the second time in eight games.
Tim Thomas and rookie Al Thornton each scored 18 points for Los Angeles, which has dropped two straight and 10 of 12.
The Clippers never came within single digits of the lead after Zaza Pachulia's putback for Atlanta made it 30-19 late in the first quarter.
