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Scorching LeBron sets NBA record in Heat win

Associated Press, ESPN.com

LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to score 30 points and shoot at least 60 percent in six straight games, Chris Bosh scored 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Heat held off the Blazers 117-104 on Tuesday night.

CNNSI.com

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Danny Granger's impending return has the Indiana Pacers thinking hard about how to work him back into the rotation.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

The Boston Celtics lost for the first time in more than two weeks when they fell to the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday, but they may have suffered a much more serious loss late in the third quarter, when reserve guard Leandro Barbosa pulled up with a non-c…

Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com

Time to break up the Wiz? Washington has won 11 of its last 18 and has ranked first in defensive efficiency since John Wall returned. Could they sneak into the playoffs as the team no one wants to face in the first round? -- Adam T., Washington D.C.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

On one hand, an NBA player hitting an open elbow jumper to re-take a fourth-quarter lead from a dog-tired team that had just gone to triple-overtime one day earlier isn't, like, a super huge highlight. On the other, when that NBA player plies his trade …

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Josh Smith had 26 points and 13 rebounds, Devin Harris made a key steal in the final minute and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-101 Monday night.