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CLEVELAND — Chauncey Billups scored 18 points, Chris Webber and Rasheed Wallace had 15 apiece and the Detroit Pistons reminded Cleveland who’s the boss in the NBA Central with a 90-78 win over the Cavaliers on Sunday.
Billups added 10 assists, Wallace 13 rebounds and the division-leading Pistons won their fifth straight regular-season game over the Cavaliers, who pushed them to seven games in last year’s playoffs.
Webber, who signed with the club as a free agent on Jan. 16 and was facing the Cavs for the first time for his hometown team, scored 13 points in the first half on 6-of-7 shooting when the Pistons grabbed control and never let go.
LeBron James led the Cavaliers with 21 points, but the All-Star forward was only 9-of-22 from the field and had a few tough layups roll out. Larry Hughes added 14 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 12 with 11 rebounds for Cleveland.
Raptors 122, Clippers 110
TORONTO — Chris Bosh had 27 points and the Raptors reached a season high in points.
Morris Peterson added 18 points for the Atlantic Division-leading Raptors (25-23), who have won three straight.
Cuttino Mobley scored 24 points and Elton Brand had 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Clippers, who lost for the second time in nine games.
T.J. Ford, Anthony Parker and Jorge Garbajosa each added 17 points for the Raptors, who shot 58.7 percent. Toronto had six players reach double figures in scoring.
Toronto scored a season-high 66 points in the first half and shot 70 percent, tying a franchise record for shooting percentage in a half.
Hawks 101, Nets 99, OT
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Tyronn Lue hit a 23-foot jumper at the buzzer in overtime and the Hawks posted their first three-game road winning streak in more than six years.
Joe Johnson scored 37 points and Josh Smith atoned for a sub-par game, scoring six of his 14 points in overtime to help the Hawks win their ninth road game this season. That’s more than they won all last season. Lue finished with nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field.
Vince Carter had 27 points to lead the Nets, who lost their third straight since returning from a West Coast road trip. Rookie Marcus Williams had 14 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and the overtime for New Jersey, while Jason Kidd added 13 points, 11 assists and five rebounds.