NBA – Wizards fall again on the road

DALLAS (NBA) - China's Yi Jianlian scored 14 points and hauled in 11 rebounds for Washington at Dallas on Monday night but the Wizards remained winless on the road this season.
 
Jason Kidd, a gold-medal winner with Team USA at the 2008 Olympics, finished a rebound shy of a triple-double as the Mavericks won 102-92.
 
Kidd finished with 11 points, 11 assists and nine boards.
 
The Wizards have been tough at home with 13 victories but they have 24 defeats on their travels.
 
Tyson Chandler had another dominating display for Dallas.
 
The reserve USA center on their 2010 FIBA World Championship gold-medal winning side had 18 points and 18 rebounds as the Mavs improved to 32-15.
 
Mike Conley poured in 26 points and handed out 11 assists while Spain's Marc Gasol contributed 19 points and eight rebounds as Memphis overcame a 25-point, 14-rebound effort from Team USA's Dwight Howard of Orlando to win 100-97.
 
Howard had a game-high seven turnovers against Memphis (25-24), who have seven wins in their last 10 outings and are only a game adrift of Portland for the eighth and final play-off spot in the Western Conference.
 
The Los Angeles Clippers won at home over Milwaukee, 105-98.
 
Blake Griffin dominated, pouring in 32 points and grabbing 11 rebounds for the Clippers, winners of two straight.
 
The Bucks, who have point guard Brandon Jennings playing limited minutes after his long injury lay-off, had their three-game winning streak snapped.
 
The Miami Heat hammered the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-90 in south Florida after a 34-point display from Dwyane Wade.
 
Cleveland lost for the 21st time in a row.
 
Team USA’s LeBron James, who upset many Cavs fans in the summer when he left as a free agent for Miami, said of the 8-40 team before the game: "I wish the organization the best. And I wish the fans, more than anything, the best because we had a lot of great years together."
 
Another team riding a losing streak is Toronto.
 
They fell for the 12th consecutive time when losing at Indiana, 104-93.
 
Indiana won after firing Jim O'Brien on Sunday and replacing him with interim coach Frank Vogel.
 
Russia's Andrei Kirilenko had 13 points and 11 boards as Utah overcame the absence of Deron Williams and beat Charlotte, 83-78.
 
Team USA playmaker Williams missed his third straight game with a wrist injury.
 
The New Jersey Nets, who last month pulled the plug on a potential deal to bring Carmelo Anthony of Denver to the club, beat the Nuggets 115-99 on Monday.
 
New Jersey, 12-11 at home, got 27 points from Brook Lopez.
 
Devin Harris weighed in with nine points and a career-high 18 assists for the Nets.
 
Anthony finished with 37 points in defeat for Denver.
 
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