NBA-Highlights of Wednesday's NBA games

Nov 27 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Wednesday's National Basketball Association games: - - - Nets 99, 76ers 91 The Brooklyn Nets beat Philadelphia 99-91 as the 76ers fell to 0-15, matching their worst start in franchise history. The 76ers erased a 20-point deficit to take the lead early in the fourth quarter before two Brooklyn reserves, Alan Anderson and Mirza Teletovic, stepped up and combined for 16 points. The 1972-73 Sixers team also started 0-15 and finished 9-73, the worst full-season mark in league history. The worst start by an NBA team was 0-18 by the 2009-10 Nets, then based in New Jersey. That club finished 12-70. - - - Cavaliers 113, Wizards 87 LeBron James had 29 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers whipped the Washington Wizards. James made a season-high 14 free throws on a night the Cavs were never really threatened by the team that beat them last week. - - - Warriors 111, Magic 96 Hot-shooting guard Stephen Curry scored 28 points and the Golden State Warriors won their seventh consecutive game by blistering the Orlando Magic. Curry, who played just 24 minutes, hit six of eight shots from three-point range and the Warriors (12-2) led by as many as 27 points in the third quarter. - - - Spurs 106, Pacers 100 San Antonio guard Manu Ginobili scored a game-high 28 points and the San Antonio Spurs outlasted the Indiana Pacers. The Spurs secured their fifth straight win on the back of a 13-0 fourth-quarter run on a night when coach Gregg Popovich was absent after undergoing what the team called a minor medical procedure. - - - Raptors 126, Hawks 115 Toronto guards DeMar DeRozan and Lou Williams combined for 49 points to lead the Raptors to their sixth straight victory, a win over the Atlanta Hawks. - - - Suns 120, Nuggets 112 Guard Gerald Green scored 24 points, hitting six three-pointers, and the Phoenix Suns snapped the Denver Nuggets' five-game winning streak. - - - Mavericks 109, Knicks 102 (overtime) Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki scored half of his game-high 30 points in the fourth quarter and overtime as the Mavericks slipped past the shorthanded New York Knicks to avoid their first three-game slide of the season. - - - Clippers 104, Pistons 98 Jamal Crawford piled up 25 points off the bench and Chris Paul had 23 points and seven assists, leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a road win over the Detroit Pistons (3-12), who have lost six straight. - - - Rockets 102, Kings 89 Isaiah Canaan and Donatas Motiejunas delivered career-best scoring performances to help lift the Houston Rockets to victory over the Sacramento Kings, who closed within two points early in the fourth quarter before Houston pulled clear. - - - Bucks 103, Timberwolves 86 Larry Sanders and Brandon Knight each scored 15 points for Milwaukee as the Bucks broke open a close game with a late 19-3 run to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves. - - - Trail Blazers 105, Hornets 97 Wesley Matthews scored a season-high 28 points and the Portland Trail Blazers ran their winning streak to nine by overcoming a 13-point deficit in the second half to beat the Charlotte Hornets. - - - Grizzlies 99, Lakers 93 Center Marc Gasol scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Lakers. The Grizzlies (13-2) share the best record in the NBA with Toronto. - - - Thunder 97, Jazz 82 Guard Reggie Jackson scored 22 points to lead Oklahoma City to victory over the Utah Jazz as the Thunder posted just their fourth victory of the season and ended a six-game losing streak. (Editing by Andrew Both)