http://www.mynorthwest.com MyNorthwest.com delivers up-to-the-minute local news and information for Seattle and the greater Puget Sound area. en-us 15 144 21 http://www.mynorthwest.com http://www.mynorthwest.com/img/lg_mynw_144x21.gif http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=27&sid=602897 AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) - Andrew Bynum scored 22 points, Kobe Bryant added 20 and the Los Angeles Lakers opened a season-high six-game trip with a 93-89 victory over the weary Denver Nuggets on Friday night. Al Harrington missed a 3-point attempt with 2 seconds left that would have put Denver ahead. Pau Gasol added 14 points and 17 rebounds for the Lakers, who won for the third time in 10 road games this season and prevailed in Denver for only the second time in their last seven trips to the Pepsi Center. The Lakers took control after Nuggets center Timofey Mozgov rolled his left ankle while scoring a bucket early in the second half. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:30:39 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=27&sid=437748 AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) - Paul George hit seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 30 points, and the Indiana Pacers won in Dallas for the first time in eight years, beating the Mavericks 98-87 Friday night. The Pacers took the lead for good with seven consecutive points in the first 2 minutes of the second half. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:37:51 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=27&sid=462965 BOSTON (AP) - Paul Pierce scored 30 points and Ray Allen had nine of his 14 in the final quarter to lift the Boston Celtics to a 91-89 win over the struggling New York Knicks on Friday night. Kevin Garnett finished with 15 points and eight boards for the Celtics, who won for the seventh time in eight games. Carmelo Anthony scored 26, Tyson Chandler had 20 with 11 rebounds and Amare Stoudemire had 16 with 11 rebounds for the Knicks. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:29:38 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=27&sid=473045 AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Kevin Durant scored 36 points and hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer in the final minute to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 101-94 victory against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night in a rematch of their epic Western Conference playoff series. Durant scored the final seven points of the game after Memphis had pulled even at 94 on Mike Conleys 3-pointer from the right side with 1:12 remaining. Durant pulled up in front of Rudy Gay to answer with a 3 from the right wing and added a jumper from the foul line to push the lead to five. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:53:48 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=27&sid=444075 AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) - Kevin Martin scored 16 points, Kyle Lowry had eight rebounds and nine assists and the Houston Rockets beat the Phoenix Suns 99-81 on Friday night. Chase Budinger added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, who got another strong effort from their reserves to beat the Suns for only the second time in the last nine meetings. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:41:52 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=27&sid=458283 AP Basketball Writer NEWARK, N.J. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:41:45 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=27&sid=460407 AP Sports Writer AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:21:25 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=27&sid=622231 Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:53:11 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=27&sid=447082 TORONTO (AP) - Leandro Barbosa shook off flulike symptoms to score 19 points, Amir Johnson had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Washington Wizards 106-89 on Friday night. Linas Kleiza added 15 points and Jose Calderon had a season-high 17 assists for the Raptors, who bounced back from consecutive blowout losses to Atlanta and Boston and improved to 2-9 without leading scorer Andrea Bargnani, who is out with a strained left calf. James Johnson scored 13 points and DeMar DeRozan had 11 as Toronto topped 100 points for just the third time this season, exceeding the 80.2 theyd been averaging without Bargnani. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:43:34 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=27&sid=467651 AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, and LeBron James had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Miami Heat to a 99-79 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. Mario Chalmers scored 13 points and Chris Bosh had 12 to help the Heat go on a dominant late run that put away the pesky Sixers. The Heat used a 15-0 spurt in the fourth quarter to turn a tight one for 36 minutes into a comfortable victory and hand the Sixers just their third home loss of the season. Thaddeus Young scored 16 points for the Sixers, who snapped a four-game winning streak. Wade used a pair of ferocious dunks during the game-changing run that pushed the Sixers first sellout crowd of the season toward the exits. The Sixers opened the week with wins against Orlando and Chicago. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:41:42 PST