Kings beat Nuggets 131-109 for 4th straight win

DeMarcus Cousins had 30 points and 11 rebounds, Rudy Gay scored 29 and the Kings beat the Denver Nuggets 131-109 Wednesday night to extend their best start in more than a decade.

The Kings improved to 4-1 for the first time since 2001-02, when they won the Pacific Division and grabbed the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.

Ty Lawson had 13 points and nine assists for Denver (1-3).

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Raptors 110 Celtics 107

Kyle Lowry scored 35 points and had a key steal in the closing minute to lead the Raptors to a win over the Boston Celtics.

With big men Amir Johnson and Jonas Valanciunas sidelined, Lowry took over for the Raptors. DeMar DeRozan had 23 points and Patrick Patterson added 14 for Toronto.

Rajon Rondo led Boston with a triple-double of 13 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds.

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Heat 89 Hornets 96

Al Jefferson scored a season-high 28 points and added 10 rebounds as Charlotte defeated Miami on Wednesday night.

Kemba Walker had 16 points and seven assists, and Cody Zeller turned in another solid game off the bench with 13 points and eight rebounds for the Hornets (2-3), who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Chris Bosh had 23 points and 13 rebounds for Miami (3-2). Dwyane Wade added 23 points for Miami, which has lost back-to-back games after starting the season 3-0.

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Magic 91 Sixers 89

Tobias Harris sank a jumper at the buzzer to give the Magic their first victory of the season.

Nikola Vucevic scored 17 points, and Channing Frye had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Orlando. Harris had 18 points and eight rebounds to help the Magic snap a season-opening, four-game losing streak.

Tony Wroten scored 27 points and Brandon Davies had 20 for the Sixers.

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