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Bynum Powers Lakers Past Mavericks - New York Times Apr 16th 2012, 02:13 Andrew Bynum had 23 points and 16 rebounds, Pau Gasol made back-to-back 3-pointers in overtime, and the host Los Angeles Lakers won their fourth straight game without Kobe Bryant, 112-108, over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Andrew Bynum, who had 23 points, battling Vince Carter, left, and Brendan Haywood. Kobe Bryant sat out for the 100th time in 16 seasons, but for the fifth game in a row. Ramon Sessions scored 22 points, and Gasol had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who are 4-1 while Bryant rests a bruised shin. Los Angeles rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit before finishing off a four-game season sweep of the defending champion Mavericks, who swept the Lakers out of last season's playoffs. The Lakers boosted their lead over the Clippers atop the Pacific Division to one and a half games. The Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki had 24 points and 14 rebounds. MAGIC 100, CAVALIERS 84 Jameer Nelson scored 21 points as Orlando clinched a playoff berth in the Eastern Conference by winning at Cleveland. The Magic never trailed despite playing without their star center, Dwight Howard, who has missed the last four games with a herniated disk in his back. Coach Stan Van Gundy said before the game he was preparing to play the rest of the regular season and the playoffs without Howard and forward Hedo Turkoglu (facial fracture). Orlando took another injury hit in the first quarter when Glen Davis, who had played well at center with Howard sidelined, sustained a sprained right knee and did not return. Antawn Jamison led the Cavaliers with 21 points. CELTICS 94, BOBCATS 82 Rajon Rondo had 20 points and 16 assists to help Boston win despite playing without Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, who were all given the night off to rest and did not make the trip to Charlotte. Aaron Bradley and Brandon Bass each scored 22 points for the Celtics. The loss was the Bobcats' 16th straight, tying a dubious franchise record set this season. Gerald Henderson had 22 points in the losing effort. KINGS 104, TRAIL BLAZERS 103 Marcus Thornton scored 20 points and made the winning jumper with 3.4 seconds left, lifting visiting Sacramento over Portland. DeMarcus Cousins scored 23 points and Tyreke Evans had 20 for the Kings, who rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Wes Matthews made a career-high eight 3-pointers and had 31 points for the Trail Blazers, who made 16 of 32 3-point attempts. RAPTORS 102, HAWKS 86 DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points as injury-riddled Toronto beat host Atlanta. Alan Anderson added 16 points for the Raptors. Josh Smith scored 26 points for the Hawks, 12 in the first quarter. BULLS 100, PISTONS 94 Derrick Rose scored 24 points, including a tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation, and Chicago beat host Detroit for the 15th straight time, in overtime. HORNETS 88, GRIZZLIES 75 Eric Gordon scored 18 points and host New Orleans won for the fourth time in five games. A version of this article appeared in print on April 16, 2012, on page D5 of the New York edition with the headline: Bynum Powers Lakers Past Mavericks. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.

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