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Lopez paces surging Nets to 7th straight win

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Brook Lopez had 22 points and nine rebounds, Joe Johnson and Deron Williams each scored 21 points, and the Brooklyn Nets extended their season-high winning streak to seven games with a 113-106 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Greivis Vasquez scored 23 points, Eric Gordon added 19 and the New Orleans Hornets beat the Philadelphia 76ers 111-99 on Tuesday night.

Eric Freeman, yahoo.com

It is fairly well established that Boston Celtics All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo is a peculiar guy. In addition to his unique style of play on the court — sometimes seeming to avoid shooting even when it's a fairly obvious choice to everyone else, inv…

nba.com

Listen up! Talk trash to Carmelo Anthony at Madison Square Garden and you may wind up on tape.

Jake Appleman, nytimes.com

An eighth grader from the Upper East Side with ties to Phoenix went to Section 15 to root for the Suns.

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

All sides are denying it ever happened, but we can dream. If Kevin Garnett had gone through and said what he was rumored to have said, then it would’ve boosted him up a few spots on the list of the best trash-talkers of all time. Instead, it sounds like…

nba.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- The injury-plagued New York Knicks welcome a week with just one game. The only catch is they had to travel to London for it.

Ian Begley, ESPN.com

In the wake of an incident between Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Garnett that resulted in Anthony's suspension, the Knicks recorded all in-game conversations between the star forward and players surrounding him Friday against the Bulls, a source confirmed.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

Kevin Durant's been hunting for poster victims pretty much all season long. We've seen him ring up Toronto Raptors rookie Jonas Valanciunas, go end-to-end to throw one down on Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith, turn a blocked shot into a vicious slam on …

Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com

Nets small forward Gerald Wallace will miss his second straight game Tuesday night against the Toronto Raptors because of bruised ribs, the team announced.

nydailynews.com

With Garden boss James (Guitar Jimmy) Dolan lurking around every corner, the potential for a Knicks soap opera, and a walk on the dysfunctional side, is just a moment away.