NEW YORK – The Lin-ning streak is over. And Jeremy Lin’s sloppiness was one of the problems Friday night for the New York Knicks.

Lin committed nine turnovers, tied for the most in the NBA this season, and New York had its seven-game winning streak stopped with an 89-85 loss to the New Orleans Hornets.

Lin scored 26 points, but his turnovers nearly doubled his five assists and the Knicks lost for the first time since Linsanity began, falling back below .500 at 15-16 heading into a matchup Sunday with the Dallas Mavericks.

Trevor Ariza scored 25 points for the Hornets, who have won three straight after a 4-23 start. Marco Belinelli added 17.

Amare Stoudemire had 26 points and 12 rebounds for New York.

BOBCATS 98, RAPTORS 91: Reggie Williams scored a season-high 22 points at Toronto to help Charlotte snap a 16-game losing streak.

D.J. Augustin had 11 points and 10 assists, Kemba Walker scored 14 points and fellow rookie Bismack Biyombo had a career-high 13 rebounds as the Bobcats won for the first time since beating Golden State 112-100 on Jan. 14. Corey Maggette added 16 points as Charlotte avoided becoming the 28th team in NBA history to drop at least 17 straight games.

All of Williams’ points came in the first three quarters.

PISTONS 114, KINGS 108: Rodney Stuckey scored a season-high 36 points, and rookie Brandon Knight added 23 points and 10 assists as Detroit rallied at Auburn Hills, Mich.

Tayshaun Prince finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Stuckey was 12 of 20 from the floor and 11 of 12 from the free-throw line. Detroit has won six of its last eight games after a 4-20 start.

MAGIC 94, BUCKS 85: Dwight Howard had 26 points and 20 rebounds as Orlando rallied in the fourth quarter at home.

It was Howard’s seventh 20-point, 20-rebound game of the season.

HEAT 111, CAVALIERS 87: LeBron James scored 28 in his third game back to Cleveland as a visitor, Dwyane Wade added 22 and Miami won its fifth straight, all on the road.

James, booed loudly every time he touched the ball by fans who haven’t forgiven him for leaving two years ago, scored 16 in the third quarter when the Heat opened a 34-point lead. James added four dunks, three 3-pointers, five rebounds, and five assists, and rested the entire fourth quarter.

MAVERICKS 82, 76ERS 75: Dirk Nowitzki had 28 points and 12 rebounds, and Dallas erased a 15-point deficit with a dominant second half at Philadelphia.

Dominique Jones added 12 points, and Jason Kidd had nine points, nine rebounds and eight assists to help the Mavericks win their sixth straight game. The Mavericks snapped a tie early in the fourth with a 9-0 run, and that was more than enough with the 76ers losing their touch in the second half.

THUNDER 110, WARRIORS 87: James Harden scored 25 points, Kevin Durant added 23 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and Oklahoma City won at home to complete a season sweep of Golden State.

Russell Westbrook scored 18 points for Oklahoma City but left with 1:13 left in the third quarter with what the team said was a sprained right ankle. He didn’t return.

GRIZZLIES 103, NUGGETS 102: Dante Cunningham tipped in Rudy Gay’s miss with less than a second left as Memphis won at home.

Andre Miller’s inbounds pass with two-tenths of a second left was batted away at the rim, and allowed Memphis to win its third straight despite blowing a 23-point second-half lead.

TIMBERWOLVES 111, ROCKETS 98: Kevin Love scored 33 points, including eight straight during a pivotal fourth-quarter stretch, and Nikola Pekovic added a career-high 30 for Minnesota at Houston.

Love’s fourth 30-point outing in the last five games helped the Timberwolves improve to 3-1 against Houston this season.

JAZZ 114, WIZARDS 100: Al Jefferson scored a season-high 34 points, including 26 in the first half, and Utah won at Salt Lake City to snap a two-game skid.

The Jazz broke it open in the third quarter when they outscored the Wizards 38-28, fueled by runs of 8-0 and 20-8.

NOTES

New York signed J.R. Smith, hoping his 3-point shooting can improve one of its biggest weaknesses.