Atlanta ? Mike Bibby scored 31 points, including a clinching jumper with 11.7 seconds remaining, and the Sacramento Kings handed the Atlanta Hawks their sixth straight loss, 100-97 Friday night.
The Hawks (5-26) have lost 11 of 12. Only New Orleans has a worse record.
“I know when he takes a shot late in the game, he’s going to make it,” said Chris Webber, who added 28 points for the Kings. “Even if he’s missed 15 in a row.”
Webber bounced back from a 6-of-21 shooting performance in a loss to Toronto. He made his first six shots and finished 13-of-22 from the field.
“I saw the switch and I thought that was an advantage for me,” Bibby said. “I wasn’t going to drive. I looked at the clock. It was going to be a jump shot the whole time. It went in.”
Al Harrington led the Hawks with 22 points. Walker added 21 but he had another dismal night at the foul line, missing all five of his attempts to drop his season percentage below 52 percent.
Josh Smith scored 16 points for Atlanta _ 12 of them coming on six dunks that kept bringing the fans to their feet.
In Boston, Richard Hamilton scored 25 points, recovering from a dubious record-setting night by making two key baskets down the stretch to help Detroit beat Boston.
Chauncey Billups scored 22 for the defending NBA champions, who lost to Memphis 101-79 on Thursday night as Hamilton went 0-for-10 from the field and 14-for-14 from the line to become the first player in NBA history to lead his team in scoring without making a single basket.
Paul Pierce scored 22 and Ricky Davis added 19 for the Celtics, who shot 59 percent from the floor compared to Detroit’s 49 percent. Boston had won five consecutive home games.
In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Vince Carter scored 22 points, Richard Jefferson added 20 and New Jersey bounced back from two bad road losses to beat Golden State.
Jason Kidd added 13 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists as the Nets sent the Warriors to their fourth straight loss.
Mike Dunleavy, Calbert Cheaney and Mickael Pietrus scored 12 points apiece for the Warriors, who played their fourth straight game without starting shooting guard Jason Richardson (sprained left ankle). Cliff Robinson added 11 points, five rebounds and three blocks.
In Orlando, Florida, Hedo Turkoglu scored 22 points, fellow reserve Pat Garrity added 16 in Orlando’s victory over Charlotte.
Grant Hill scored 16 points and Tony Battie added 13 on 6-for-6 shooting for the Magic, who on Nov. 6 became the first team to lose to the Bobcats. Steve Francis had 10 points and tied his season high with 13 assists.
In a matchup of the top two picks in last year’s draft, Charlotte’s Emeka Okafor had 15 points and six rebounds and Orlando’s Dwight Howard’s 10 and 12.
Primoz Brezec scored 18 points for the Bobcats on 8-of-11 shooting. Kareem Rush had 15, while Brevin Knight had 10 assists and seven points
In Toronto, Desmond Mason had 23 points and Michael Redd scored 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter as Milwaukee beat Toronto in overtime.
Jalen Rose sent the game overtime with a driving layup at the buzzer, but Mason had five points in the extra period and Toronto’s Morris Peterson missed a potential tying jumper with one second left.
Maurice Williams added 22 points for the Bucks, who have won just three of their 15 road games.
Rose and Eric Williams each had 21 points for the Raptors, who are 4-6 since trading Vince Carter to New Jersey on Dec. 17.
In Minneapolis, Sam Cassell scored Minnesota’s first 14 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 26 as the Timberwolves ended a four-game losing streak with a victory over Philadelphia, which played without guard Allen Iverson.
Iverson, the NBA’s leading scorer, sat out the game with a sprained right ankle sustained Wednesday at Utah.
Wally Szczerbiak added 23 points for Minnesota, and Kevin Garnett had 18 points and 18 rebounds.
Reserves Corliss Williamson and Marc Jackson led the Sixers with 21 and 17 points, respectively, as Philadelphia received 50 points from its bench.
In Memphis, Tennessee, Pau Gasol scored 20 points and Shane Battier added 19 to help Memphis beat New Orleans and extend its winning streak to six games.
Memphis outscored New Orleans 8-1 in the final 2:23 to improve to 18-17, the first time the Grizzlies have been above .500 this season. Baron Davis led the Hornets, an NBA-worst 2-29 after their 10th straight loss, with 19 points and eight assists.
In Chicago, Rookie Luol Deng had 22 points and seven rebounds, and Eddy Curry added 21 points as the Chicago handed Utah its eighth consecutive loss.
Matt Harpring and Gordan Giricek both had 13 points for Utah, which hasn’t won since beating the Philadelphia 76ers 103-101 on Dec. 20.
Kirk Hinrich scored 12 points, and Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni each had 11 for Chicago, which has won eight of its last 11 games.
In Portland, Oregon, Miami began its longest road trip of the season by getting double-doubles from Shaquille O’Neal and Dwyane Wade to defeat the injury-depleted Portland.
O’Neal had 28 points and 10 rebounds and Wade had 25 points and 12 assists for the Heat, who led by as many as 22 in winning for the 16th time in 17 games. Their only loss came Monday against the SuperSonics, and they can avenge it Sunday night at Seattle on the second stop of a five-game trip.
Miami has won eight straight road games.
Ruben Patterson moved into the starting lineup and had 27 points for the Blazers, and Zach Randolph added 25 before fouling out. Portland has lost five of its last six.
In Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant had 27 points and 10 assists and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated Houston to snap a two-game losing skid.
Four other Lakers scored in double figures, including Lamar Odom with 20 points and 12 rebounds and Caron Butler with 21 points.
Tracy McGrady led the Rockets with 26 points. Yao Ming scored 25 points before fouling out with 2:18 remaining.
Along with Bryant, McGrady and teammate Bobby Sura donated $1,000 per point to UNICEF to benefit children who survived the tsunamis in Southeast Asia. Sura added 20 points. In all, the three players contributed $73,000. Bryant and McGrady shared a hug at the buzzer.