San Antonio Spurs 107, Orlando Magic 97: Jameer Nelso and Hedo Turkoglu both left early for the Magic, and the Spurs took advantage. Even without one of their sharpshooters, Orlando still managed seven threes and shot just over 40 percent beyond the arch. San Antonio won their fourth straight game, riding the heels of Tim Duncan’s 19 points nad 15 rebound effort.

New Orleans Hornets 114, Indiana Pacers 108: Chris Paul scored 31 points and had 14 assists, continuing on his ridiculous, MVP-like season. David West led all Hornets with 35 points on 14-24 shooting.

Atlanta Hawks 94, Chicago Bulls 103: How to lose what was once a close game: Score 14 points in the third quarter, as the Hawks did last night. Five players scored in double figures for the Bulls, led by Drew Gooden’s 31.

LA Clippers 90, Dallas Mavericks 103: With Dirk out and Jason Kidd not really doing much since he joined the Mavs, Josh Howard handled the load, leading the Mavericks with 32 points. An interesting stat: Since acquiring Jason Kidd from the Nets, the Mavs are 0-8 against teams that are above .500.

Charlotte Bobcats 106, Utah Jazz 128: The Bobcats looked good, oh, three weeks ago, putting together a nice little winning streak. Since then, not so great. Losing by 20 and giving up 128 also falls under that not-so-great part.

Washington Wizards 82, Portland Trail Blazers 102: Brandon Roy went down after one quarter of play, but the rest of the Trail Blazers picked up the pace. Martell Webster had 23, Travis Outlaw 20, and Jarrett Jack (17) and Channing Frye (10) contributed off the bench for the W. Caron Butler had 19 points for the Wizards.