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NBA Roundup Lakers go to OT to win 50th game

kobe bryant scored six of his 26 points in overtime, and the los angeles lakers defeated the washington wizards 126-120 sunday night to snap a two-game losing skid.

sasha vujacic added 20 as the lakers put in writing their 50th victory for the 29th time in franchise report.

washington: butler 6-17 2-2 17, jamison 6-15 3-5 17, haywood 3-4 4-8 10, stevenson 9-15 1-2 27, mason 2-7 0-0 5, songaila 1-5 2-2 4, blatche 2-6 3-4 7, mcguire 2-3 2-2 6, young 10-16 4-4 27. totals 41-88 21-29 120. l.a. lakers: radmanovic 7-11 0-0 18, odom 3-8 4-6 10, turiaf 4-7 2-2 10, fisher 6-12 2-2 17, bryant 7-24 12-15 26, vujacic 6-9 2-2 20, walton 7-8 4-5 19, mbenga 3-5 0-0 6. totals 43-87 26-32 126.

3-point goals–washington 17-30 (stevenson 8-12, young 3-4, butler 3-6, jamison 2-5, mason 1-3), l.a. lakers 14-27 (vujacic 6-8, radmanovic 4-7, fisher 3-6, walton 1-2, farmar 0-1, bryant 0-3). rebounds–washington 51 (butler 12), l.a. lakers 54 (odom 13). assists–washington 29 (butler 12), l.a. lakers 35 (bryant 13). total fouls–washington 22, l.a. lakers 21. att.–18,997.

san antonio — michael finley’s 22 points led san antonio to its seventh straight overcoming.

houston: head 4-6 0-0 10, scola 7-12 10-12 24, mutombo 1-1 0-0 2, alston 4-16 5-5 13, mcgrady 5-22 3-7 13, battier 2-6 0-0 5, landry 3-5 0-1 6, hayes 0-0 0-0 0, jackson 4-10 0-0 9, woods 2-3 0-0 4. totals 33-82 18-25 88. san antonio: bowen 3-6 2-4 9, duncan 6-12 1-2 13, oberto 4-4 0-0 8, parker 10-15 2-2 22, finley 9-13 3-3 22, ginobili 3-8 7-8 14, thomas 4-9 2-2 10, udoka 2-4 0-0 5, vaughn 2-8 0-0 4, stoudamire 1-2 0-0 2. totals 44-83 17-21 109.

3-point goals–houston 4-13 (head 2-3, jackson 1-1, battier 1-3, mcgrady 0-2, alston 0-4), san antonio 4-9 (finley 1-2, bowen 1-2, ginobili 1-2, udoka 1-2, bonner 0-1). rebounds–houston 49 (scola 7), san antonio 50 (thomas 7). assists–houston 12 (mcgrady 6), san antonio 21 (parker, oberto, ginobili 5). total fouls–houston 19, san antonio 17. flagrant foul_jackson. att.–18,797.

boston — in a matchup of the nba’s first-rate and worst teams, the celtics held the fury to an nba-record low 17 field goals. midway through the primary quarter, boston led 27-4.

miami: powell 2-8 2-2 6, barron 1-3 0-0 2, blount 3-7 0-2 6, quinn 3-14 7-8 14, r.davis 4-13 5-5 14, ahearn 2-8 6-6 12, johnson 1-2 2-4 4. totals 17-59 24-29 62. boston: cut to the quick 3-7 2-4 10, garnett 3-7 6-6 12, perkins 2-2 0-0 4, rondo 4-7 0-0 8, r.allen 4-15 0-0 10, powe 5-11 7-10 17, t.allen 1-7 0-0 2, g.davis 2-3 0-0 4, cassell 3-8 2-2 9, posey 3-10 0-0 7, house 1-4 0-0 3, brown 1-2 0-0 2. totals 32-83 17-22 88.

3-point goals–miami 4-21 (ahearn 2-6, r.davis 1-5, quinn 1-6, blount 0-1, powell 0-3), boston 7-27 (pierce 2-5, r.allen 2-8, cassell 1-2, house 1-3, posey 1-6, garnett 0-1, t.allen 0-2). rebounds–miami 40 (anthony 7), boston 63 (powe 13). assists–miami 12 (quinn 8), boston 23 (garnett 5). comprehensive fouls–miami 16, boston 25. att.–18,624.

minneapolis — al jefferson had 22 points and eight rebounds and rashad mccants scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half for minnesota.

utah: miles 2-4 3-4 7, boozer 12-18 1-1 25, collins 0-2 5-6 5, williams 5-15 4-4 15, r.brewer 9-13 2-2 20, millsap 6-8 3-4 15, harpring 5-8 2-3 12, korver 2-6 0-0 4. totals 41-76 20-26 103. minnesota: c.brewer 7-10 2-2 16, gomes 8-13 1-2 17, jefferson 7-18 8-9 22, foye 4-5 0-0 9, jaric 4-11 1-2 10, mccants 6-10 3-5 16, snyder 3-6 4-5 10, smith 2-4 4-4 8, richard 1-2 0-0 2. totals 42-79 23-29 110
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