Kobe Bryant had 44 points and passed Jerry West for the top spot on the Los Angeles Lakers’ career scoring list, but it wasn’t enough as the Grizzlies got 22 points and 17 rebounds from Zach Randolph in a 95-93 victory last night in Memphis, Tenn.
Rudy Gay led Memphis with 25 points, including a key 3-pointer with 29.5 seconds left.
Ron Artest’s 3-point attempt from the right side bounced high off the rim as the horn sounded, ending the Lakers’ four-game winning streak.
Bryant passed West’s mark on a breakaway dunk in the third quarter. Bryant made 16-of-28 shots, including 4-of-7 outside the arc. Artest added 18 points, and Pau Gasol had 10 points.
Lester Hudson had 13 points for Memphis, and Marc Gasol finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Suns 109, Hornets 100 - Amare Stoudemire scored 25 points and Grant Hill hit two late key baskets to help visiting Phoenix get past New Orleans.
The Hornets played their second straight game without All-Star Chris Paul, who is out indefinitely with a left knee injury that coach Jeff Bower said could require surgery. Paul was injured on Wednesday against Golden State. He got hurt again when he collided with a camera while chasing an errant pass on Friday against Chicago.
Marcus Thornton led New Orleans with 25 points. Darren Collison, Paul’s replacement at point guard, had 16 points and 14 assists.
Bucks 97, Heat 81 - Andrew Bogut had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Carlos Delfino finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds and Milwaukee beat host Miami for the second time in three nights.
The Bucks pulled within two games of the slumping Heat for the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spot.
Charlie Bell and Hakim Warrick each scored 12 for the Bucks, who outscored Miami 54-27 over the final 19 minutes of the first half.
Dwyane Wade led the Heat with 23 points, including single-handedly scoring the first 11 of the game. From there, the Heat went shockingly cold, setting season worsts by shooting 17.6 percent in the first quarter and 27.5 percent in the half.
Jazz 104, Mavericks 92 - Deron Williams had 18 points and 15 assists and Utah increased its longest winning streak of the season to six by beating Dallas in Salt Lake City.
The Jazz held the Mavericks scoreless for more than three minutes during an 11-2 run that put Utah in control in the fourth quarter and handed Dallas its first three-game losing streak of the season.
Elsewhere in the NBA - Gilbert Arenas insists he now understands that “guns and violence are serious problems, not joking matters.”
In an op-ed piece written for The Washington Post and put on the newspaper’s Web site, the suspended Washington Wizards guard pledges to be a better role model and says a “message of nonviolence will be front and center as I try to rebuild my relationship with young people in the D.C. area.”
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