
The Toronto Raptors got off to a solid start but wound up losing their seventh in a row.
The Raptors lead 22-17 after the first quarter and trailed by three at the half before falling 95-76 at Detroit. Chris Bosh had 19 points for the Raptors.
Toronto's Jermaine O'Neal had 11 points, while playing for just the second time in 13 games.
He's been slowed by a sore knee.
Andrew Bynum scored a career-high 42 points and pulled down 15 rebounds to carry the Los Angeles Lakers over the Clippers 108-97.
Bynum is the first Lakers player other than Kobe Bryant to reach 40 points since Shaquille O'Neal scored 48 against Boston in 2003.
LeBron James and Mo Williams carried the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 104-98 win at Portland.
James had 34 points and 14 assists, while Williams finished with a season-high 33 points.
Entering the contest, the Cavs had dropped four of their last five road games.
Boston won its sixth in a row, 98-83 at Miami.
Eddie House scored 20 of his 25 points in the second quarter.
Rafer Also finished with 23 points, and Yao (YOW) Ming delivered 19 points and 12 rebounds in Houston's 108-99 verdict over Utah.
Chris Paul's 29 points and nine rebounds carried New Orleans past New Jersey 102-92.
Emeka Okafor (eh-MEK'-uh OH'-kuh-fohr) provided 20 points and 15 rebounds in Charlotte's 101-86 victory against Memphis.
David Lee finished with 25 points and 16 rebounds while helping the New York Knicks beat Phoenix 114-109.
The Suns' Shaquille O'Neal was held to just one field goal after scoring 18 points in the first half.
Charlie Villanueva contributed 32 points and 10 rebounds as Milwaukee hammered Dallas 133-99.
Antawn Jamison had 33 points and nine rebounds in Washington's 110-107 win at Sacramento.
And Jeff Green scored 26 points, including a turnaround jumper from 16 feet at the buzzer to lift Oklahoma City to a 122-121 win over Golden State.
(Tennis-Australian Open)
Top-seed Rafael Nadal (nah-DAHL') has breezed into the third round at the Australian Open with a straight-sets victory.
Women's second seed Serena Williams also reached Round Three by winning in straight sets.
Those advancing also include women's fourth-seed Elena Dementieva (dee-mehn-CHAY'-vuh) and men's Number-Six Gilles Simon.
Number-14 Patty Schnyder (SHNEE'-dur) was the first seed to lose during Thursday's action, falling to Virginie Razzano 6-3, 6-1.
(Golf)
Canadian Mike Weir is one shot back of Pat Perez, who opened the Bob Hope Classic with an 11-under-par 61.
Perez is familiar with how things can go at the Hope -- three years ago he opened with a 60, only to wind up 73rd.
Weir, who won the La Quinta, California, event in 2003, is tied for second with Bubba Watson.
Calgary's Stephen Ames is 10 back.
(Football)
PETA has withdrawn an offer to televise an anti-dogfighting public service announcement with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick after his release from prison.
The animal rights organization says an agreement was reached with Vick's representatives to shoot the spot, but that his lawyers sought assurance from PETA that the group would support Vick's return to the N-F-L.
(Morning Sports Summary by Robert Levita)