Grizzlies, Raptors improve to 7-1 after wins over Lakers, Magic

Mike Conley scored 23 points and the Grizzlies finally got a strong effort from their struggling bench to turn away the Los Angeles Lakers 107-102 on Tuesday night.

It was the 17th straight regular-season home victory for Memphis (7-1), dating to last season.

Kobe Bryant led the Lakers (1-6) with 28 points, but shot 10 of 26 from the field and surpassed Boston Celtics great John Havlicek for the most missed field goals in an NBA career.

Backup guard Beno Udrih had 16 points for Memphis. Carlos Boozer scored 20 points for the Lakers.

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Magic 100 Raptors 104

Kyle Lowry scored 19 points, Terrence Ross had 17 and the Raptors erased an 11-point deficit in the fourth period to beat Orlando, their ninth consecutive victory over the Magic.

DeMar DeRozan had 16 points and Lou Williams scored 8 of his 14 in the fourth as the Eastern Conference leaders won their fifth straight game overall and improved to 7-1.

Evan Fournier scored 24 and Tobias Harris had 23 points and 13 rebounds for Orlando, which lost its second straight.

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Kings 98 Mavericks 106

Dirk Nowitzki had 23 points to surpass Hakeem Olajuwon as the highest-scoring player born outside the U.S., and the Mavericks came from way behind to beat Sacramento 106-98 for their 21st straight regular-season win at home against the Kings.

Before Nowitzki's milestone, Monta Ellis scored 10 of 16 points in the third quarter, including a fadeaway 3-pointer at the buzzer after the Mavericks had taken their first lead.

Rudy Gay scored 26 and Ramon Sessions had 18 for the Kings, who were outscored 58-28 from the middle of the second quarter to the end of the third.

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