2/22/2014 NBA null Oladipo Oladipo leads Magic to double-overtime victory Victor Oladipo scored 30 points and handed out 14 assists to help lead the Magic past the Knicks in double-overtime on Friday night. Over the last 20 years, only three other rookies have recorded at least 30 points and 14 assists in a game: Jason Kidd (March 13, 1995), Allen Iverson (April 18, 1997) and Steve Francis (March 23, 2000). Orlando had lost each of its last six games that went to multiple overtimes prior to its victory over New York. That was tied with Washington for the longest current streak of its kind entering Fridays action. Orlando Magic null Morris Morris makes the most of his limited time Markieff Morris registered 21 points, five rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocked shots while seeing just 24:59 of action in the Suns win over the Spurs on Friday night. Since the NBA began tracking steals and blocked shots in 1973, only three other players have recorded at least 20 points, five rebounds, five assists and multiple steals and blocks in a game while playing less than 25 minutes: Larry Bird on December 2, 1984 (23 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in 21 minutes), Julius Erving on March 24, 1985 (22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocks in 24 minutes) and Baron Davis on April 10, 2010 (21 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks in 22:55). Phoenix Suns null Nowitzki Nowitzki and Marion team up to beat Sixers Dirk Nowitzki made nine of his 12 shots and scored 25 points and Shawn Marion chipped in with 22 points on 11-for-14 shooting from the field in the Mavericks win over the 76ers on Friday night. It is the third time in the Mavericks franchise history that they had two players each score more than 20 points and make at least 75 percent of their field-goal attempts in the same game. That also happened on November 3, 2007 when Nowitzki (24 points; 9-for-11) and J.J. Barea (25 points, 9-for-11) each did it and on January 25, 2011 when Barea (25 points; 9-for-12) and Tyson Chandler (21 points; 5-for-5) turned the trick. Dallas Mavericks null Drummond Drummond scores 20 despite a dreadful performance from the line Andre Drummond scored 20 points despite missing all eight of his free-throw attempts in the Pistons win over the Hawks on Friday night. Drummond became the 12th player in the last 55 years to shoot 0-for-8 or worse from the free-throw line, but only four of the previous 11 players to do that finished the game with 20 or more points: Wilt Chamberlain did it twice (44 points and 0-for-10 from the line on Nov. 4, 1960; 22 points and 0-for-9 on Feb. 19, 1967), Elvin Hayes (30 points, 0-for-8 on Mar. 26, 1972) and Shaquille ONeal (26 points, 0-for-11 on Dec. 8, 2000). Detroit Pistons Poor shooting doesnt cost the Bobcats The Bobcats shot only .388 from the field and .694 from the free-throw line but still came away with a 90-87 win over the Pelicans on Friday night. Prior to Fridays action, 54 teams had made less than 39 percent of their field-goal attempts and less than 70 percent of their shots from the line in a game this season, and only two of those teams came away with a win: Washington on January 28 (against Golden State) and Chicago on January 10 (against Milwaukee). Charlotte Bobcats null Augustin Bulls bench leads the way D.J. Augustin (22 points), Tony Snell (20 points) and Taj Gibson (15 points) came off the bench and were the top three scorers for the Bulls in the teams victory over Denver in Chicago on Friday night. Over the last 38 years, there have been only two other instances in which the Bulls had three bench players score more points than each of their starters in a winning effort. On December 22, 2004, subs Ben Gordon, Andres Nocioni and Tyson Chandler were the Bulls top three scorers in an 89-82 win over the Pistons; and on January 27, 2005, Chicagos point leaders were non-starters Nocioni, Eric Piatkowski and Jannero Pargo in a win over Charlotte. Chicago Bulls null Paul Paul and Griffin shine in Clippers loss Chris Paul had 18 points and 14 assists and Blake Griffin registered 28 points and 13 rebounds but it wasnt enough as the Clippers lost to the Grizzlies on Friday night. The Clippers are only 13-9 in games in which Paul and Griffin each registers a double-double this season after posting a 23-6 record in those contests in the first two seasons in which the two All-Stars were teammates. Los Angeles Clippers null Lillard Blazers backcourt leads them to victory Damian Lillard scored a game-high 28 points and his backcourt mate Wesley Matthews chipped in with 24 in Portlands win over Utah on Friday night. It is the eighth time that Lillard and Matthews have each scored 20 or more points in the same game this season and the Trail Blazers are 8-0 in those contests. No other starting backcourt tandem has each scored 20+ points in eight wins this season. (Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have done it in 12 games together, but the Warriors only won seven of those contests.) Portland Trail Blazers Lakers beat Celtics in a matchup of struggling franchises The Lakers beat the Celtics in a matchup between the NBAs two most storied franchises, each of which is struggling this season. Fridays contest was only the third game in the history of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry in which team entered with a record at least a dozen games below .500. The two other games were played less than a week apart in 1994, when the Lakers (19-33) topped the Celtics (20-34) on February 27, before the Celtics (20-36) turned the tables against the Lakers (21-33) on March 4. Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers
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