LOS ANGELES Reserve forward Rasual Butler scored 27 points, Al Thornton added 18 and the Los Angeles Clippers withstood an early scoring spree from Carmelo Anthony to beat the Denver Nuggets 106-99 on Friday night.

SEATTLE Quincy Pondexter set a career high for the second consecutive game with 30 points, including 13 in a row to begin the second half, and had a career-best 15 rebounds in No. 14 Washington's 80-70 victory over San Jose State on Friday night.

OAKLAND, Calif. Monta Ellis scored a season-high 34 points and had eight assists, Anthony Morrow added 23 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 108-94 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

LOGAN, Utah Kellen Moore didn't need to throw his usual three touchdown passes.

SAN JOSE, Calif. Dany Heatley scored three times, Joe Thornton recorded his 600th NHL assist, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Friday night.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Christian Ehrhoff's second goal got Vancouver even in the third period, and Henrik Sedin then netted the go-ahead tally as the Canucks rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Friday night.

LOS ANGELES Drew Gordon scored 19 points and UCLA overcame the suspension of starter Nikola Dragovic and upstart Cal State Bakersfield for a 75-64 victory Friday night to avoid a second consecutive loss.

CHARLESTON, S.C. Devan Downey scored 17 points and South Carolina reached the championship game of the Charleston Classic by downing South Florida 69-66 on Friday night at Carolina First Arena.

WORCESTER, Mass. Aric Van Weelden hit a 3-pointer as time expired to lift Loyola of Chicago to a 76-73 victory over Holy Cross on Friday night.

LOS ANGELES Clippers longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith were suspended one game by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network for their comments about Memphis center Hamed Haddadi.

GREENSBORO, N.C. Thomas Coleman scored 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead North Carolina A&T to a 67-53 win over Davis & Elkins on Friday night.

MILWAUKEE Rookie Brandon Jennings scored 29 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 95-88 victory over Charlotte on Friday night, with minority owner Michael Jordan on hand to witness his Bobcats drop their seventh straight.

DALLAS Jason Terry scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, Dallas got 52 points from the bench and the Mavericks beat the Sacramento Kings 104-102 on Friday night for their fifth straight win.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Mikhail Torrance scored 26 points and came up with a key three-point play to lift Alabama over Providence 84-75 on Friday night.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Shelton Carter scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead three Winston-Salem players with double-doubles as the Rams crushed Atlanta Christian College 94-57 on Friday night.

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands E'Twaun Moore scored 22 points and No. 7 Purdue beat South Dakota State 74-63 on Friday night in the first round of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.

GREEN BAY, Wis. Green Bay Packers tight end Spencer Havner has been fined $5,000 for a late hit out of bounds during last week's 17-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

TOLEDO, Ohio DaJuane Collins ran for two touchdowns and Morgan Williams rushed for another to lead Toledo to a 47-21 win over Eastern Michigan on Friday night.

BOSTON Vince Carter scored 26 points, Rashard Lewis had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 83-78 on Friday night.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Alex Young had 20 points and Robert Glenn added 17 as IUPUI beat Austin Peay 77-63 at the Glenn Wilkes Classic on Friday night.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Jeremy Lin had 12 points, six assists, four rebounds and three blocks to lead Harvard to a 77-51 win over Bryant on Friday night.

OKLAHOMA CITY Kevin Durant scored 35 points, Russell Westbrook added 26 and the Oklahoma City Thunder had their highest-scoring output of the season in a 127-108 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. Owen Nolan's goal with 67 seconds remaining, his second of the game, sent the struggling Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. Nathaniel Lester scored 21 points and Hofstra defeated Farmingdale College 87-48 on Friday night.

ATLANTA Josh Smith soared through the lane to drop in a missed shot with 0.7 seconds remaining and the Atlanta Hawks won their seventh in a row, beating the Houston Rockets 105-103 Friday night to maintain the NBA's best record.

NEW YORK Dwight Hardy scored 16 points and D.J. Kennedy added 15 as St. John's held off Brown 79-76 on Friday night.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Elliot Williams scored 23 points and Doneal Mack added 20 in leading Memphis to a 92-59 victory over Tennessee Tech on Friday night.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. Gregory Echenique scored the game-wining layup as the clock expired to lift Rutgers to a 58-56 win over Drexel on Friday night.

WORCESTER, Mass. Maya Moore found something for top-ranked Connecticut's already stifling defense to work on even in another lopsided win.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jence Rhoads scored 14 points to help No. 22 Vanderbilt beat UC Riverside 75-60 on Friday night, avenging a loss to the Highlanders last season.

BUFFALO, N.Y. Patrice Bergeron scored with 47 seconds into overtime, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.

DETROIT Bryan McCabe's goal 40 seconds into overtime gave the Florida Panthers a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. Kevin and Delana Harvick were an extremely happy couple Friday night.

TORONTO Chris Bosh had 29 points and 12 rebounds, Andrea Bargnani had 24 points and 10 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors beat the Miami Heat 120-113 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

ALBANY, N.Y. Will Harris scored 15 points and Derrek Tartt added 13, leading Albany (N.Y.) to a 71-55 win over Alcorn State on Friday night.

WESTERN, N.Y. Jonathan Hall scored 12 points and Michael Davenport added 10 to lead St. Bonaventure past Binghamton 66-40 on Friday night.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. Landon Milbourne scored a career-high 24 points, and No. 25 Maryland cruised past New Hampshire 82-55 Friday night in the Terrapins' final tuneup for the Maui Invitational.

ELON, N.C. Josh Bonney scored 23 points and dished out nine assists to lead Elon to a convincing 102-68 win over Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham on Friday night.

WASHINGTON Travis Moen and Tomas Plekanec scored in a three-minute span early in the second period, Michael Cammalleri added a goal in the third, and the Montreal Canadiens withstood a furious comeback to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday night.

INDIANAPOLIS LeBron James scored a season-high 40 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Indiana Pacers 105-95 on Friday night.

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PHILADELPHIA Rudy Gay tied his season high with 33 points, including a clutch jumper with 19 seconds remaining, Zach Randolph added 21 points and 11 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies registered their first road win of the season with a 102-97 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday.

AKRON, Ohio Tyler Sheehan had a record-setting day, throwing for 338 yards and two touchdowns, to lead Bowling Green to a 36-20 victory over Akron on Friday night.

NEW YORK Jim Boeheim has always made a point of telling the media not to get too caught up in runs because basketball, especially on the college level, is a game of runs.

MIAMI Marvin Roberts finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Florida International to an 83-73 win over North Carolina Central on Friday night.

CHARLESTON, S.C. Rodney Green scored 21 points and La Salle defeated Davidson 84-70 on Friday night.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. Kenny Boynton scored 23 points, Erving Walker found his shooting touch in the second half and Florida beat Troy 80-58 on Friday night in the second round of the Legends Classic.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Alysha Harvin scored 19 points to help No. 13 Florida State rout overmatched Stetson 101-35 on Friday night.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Manny Harris scored 25 points, and DeShawn Sims added 22 to help No. 15 Michigan beat Houston Baptist 77-55 on Friday night.

GREENSBORO, N.C. Trevor Booker scored a season-high 17 points, and No. 22 Clemson routed North Carolina-Greensboro 89-67 on Friday night.