NBA: Four ejected as Chicago Bulls beat New…
NBA: Four ejected as Chicago Bulls beat New York Knicks
New York's Carmelo Anthony and three others were thrown out of a foul-filled game, and the Chicago Bulls beat the host Knicks for the second time this season, 110-106 on Friday night.
Knicks center Tyson Chandler and Bulls counterpart Joakim Noah were tossed after a fourth-quarter altercation, shortly after New York coach Mike Woodson had been ejected after his second technical.
Luol Deng had season highs of 29 points and 13 rebounds for the Bulls despite briefly leaving the game with an injured left shoulder. Marco Belinelli added 22 points as Chicago won for the fourth time in five games.
Anthony finished with 29 points on 10-of-25 shooting, ending his streak of four straight 30-point games. The Knicks lost for the second time in three home games after winning their first 10.
Noah finished with 15 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in completely outplaying Chandler, who took only one shot and was limited to five points and eight boards.
Chandler insisted he and Noah didn't fight and shouldn't have been ejected from the game that featured nine technicals.
"It was just an ugly game in general and then things contributed from there," Chandler said.
Grizzlies 92, Mavericks 82: Rudy Gay scored 26 points, and Zach Randolph had 17 points and 13 rebounds to help host Memphis win its fourth straight game, over Dallas.
Tony Allen finished with 10 points, but his biggest contribution was on the defensive end, holding former Grizzly O.J. Mayo, the Mavericks' leading scorer at 20.2 points per game entering the contest, to 10 points on 3-of-11 shooting.
Bucks 99, Celtics 94: Monta Ellis scored five of his 27 points in overtime and the Milwaukee beat host Boston in the teams' final meeting this season despite blowing a seven-point lead late in regulation.
The Bucks won for the sixth time in eight games, taking three of four against the Celtics, who had a five-game home winning streak snapped despite 35 points by Paul Pierce.
Pierce, who scored a season-high 40 points in Boston's previous game, sent the game to OT by hitting a 3 with 2.5 seconds left.
Pistons 100, Wizards 68: Greg Monroe had 15 points and nine rebounds and rookie Andre Drummond added a double-double and host Detroit ended a six-game losing streak.
The Pistons, who never trailed, got 15 points from Brandon Knight and 11 points and a career-high 14 rebounds from Drummond. Detroit hadn't beaten anyone other than the Cavaliers since late November.
Spurs 99, Hornets 94: Tony Parker had 25 points and Tim Duncan had 15 points and 10 rebounds as host San Antonio handed New Orleans its 10th straight loss. Hornets rookie Anthony Davis had 18 points and 11 rebounds.