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NEW ORLEANS — DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, Patrick Patterson had 16 and the Toronto Raptors snapped a two-game losing streak, beating the New Orleans Pelicans 115-91 on Saturday night to tie a franchise record with their 49th victory of the season.

Toronto was never pushed by the Pelicans, who were down to just nine players on the active roster because of injuries.

The Raptors shot 53 percent from the floor and the defense was nearly as good, holding New Orleans to just 43 percent shooting.

Norman Powell scored 15 points and Luis Scola 12 for the Raptors, who set the franchise mark for wins last season.

CAVALIERS 107, KNICKS 93: LeBron James had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in his third triple-double of the season, Kevin Love added 28 points and 12 rebounds, and Cleveland won in New York.

Even with Kyrie Irving resting, the Cavaliers easily bounced back from a loss in Brooklyn on Thursday, shutting the Knicks down in the first half and pulling away when the lead got down to 10 in the fourth quarter.

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THUNDER 112, SPURS 92: Kevin Durant scored 31 points and Russell Westbrook added 29 to help the Thunder defeat short-handed San Antonio in Oklahoma City.

Enes Kanter had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Serge Ibaka added 15 points and eight rebounds for Oklahoma City, which won its seventh straight.

It wasn’t the late-season showdown that was anticipated when the schedule came out – the Spurs rested Kawhi Leonard, LaMarcus Aldridge, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker.

MAGIC 111, BULLS 89: Orlando journeyman center Dewayne Dedmon scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, Jason Smith added 14 points off the bench and the Magic dealt Chicago a blow to its fading playoff hopes with a win in Orlando, Florida.

Elfrid Payton had 15 points and 10 assists and Evan Fournier added 12 points for the Magic.

HAWKS 112, 112, PISTONS 95: Paul Millsap had 23 points and nine rebounds, and Atlanta snapped Detroit’s five-game winning streak, in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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The Hawks have won 13 of their last 16 and moved a game ahead of Miami atop the Southeast Division. The Pistons remained two games ahead of Chicago for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference because of the Bulls’ loss to Orlando.

JAZZ 93, TIMBERWOLVES 84: Gordon Hayward scored 16 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and road-weary Utah finished a five-game trip with a victory in Minnesota.

NETS 120, PACERS 110: Brook Lopez scored 23 points, Bojan Bogdanovic added 18, and Brooklyn won at home.

HORNETS 115, BUCKS 91: Nicolas Batum scored 25 points and Charlotte cruised to a win in Milwaukee.

Marvin Williams added 21 points and eight rebounds for Charlotte.

NOTES

PELICANS: New Orleans signed former Maine Red Claws guard Tim Frazier to a contract for the remainder of the 2015-16 season.

Frazier has averaged 14.6 points, 4.8 assists and 4.0 rebounds in five games after signing a 10-day contract with the Pelicans.

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