F Dirk Nowtizki became the 14th player in NBA history to get at least 1,800 career 3-pointers in Saturday's 111-79 rout of Milwaukee. Nowtizki finished the game with eight points and seven rebounds in 24:48.

G Wesley Matthews hit six 3-pointers and scored a season-high 22 points in Saturday's win over Milwaukee. He also became the sixth player in NBA history to make 1,300 3-pointers in 650 or fewer games. Matthews appeared in his 609th career game.

G J.J. Barea scored a season-high 20 points in Saturday's blowout victory over Milwaukee.

F Zach Randolph started at center for the second straight game and scored 17 points in Saturday's loss at Portland.

F Blake Griffin scored 19 points in a loss at Charlotte on Saturday.

F Kevin Durant scored 27 points in Golden State's comeback win at Philadelphia Saturday.

C Brandan Wright left the game midway through the second quarter in Saturday's loss to Houston with a right groin injury and did not return.

G Stephen Curry scored 35 points as Golden State rallied from a 24-point deficit to beat Philadelphia Saturday.

F Tyreke Evans, who has been averaging 18.5 points off the bench, came off a bout of flu and had just seven points Saturday.

G Lou Williams led the Clippers with 25 points in Saturday's loss at Charlotte. Although the Clippers are struggling, Williams is averaging 22.4 points over his last seven games

C Dwight Howard collected 16 points and 16 rebounds as Charlotte beat the Los Angeles Clippers Saturday. It was his seventh double-double this season.

F Luke Babbitt was in the starting lineup Saturday and scored 11 points in a loss to Boston. He left the game early on Wednesday with tightness in his bac

G D.J. Augustin returned to action after missing the previous seven games with a hamstring strain. He went scoreless in 17:03 and a was minus-28 in Saturday's 125-85 loss to Utah.

F Thabo Sefolosha returned to the lineup Saturday after sitting out Friday's game with right knee soreness. He scored eight points in 17:42 as Utah beat Orlando 125-85.

F Jonas Jerebko scored a season-high 15 points in Saturday's win at Orlando.

F Luc Mbah a Moute missed Thursday's game with an illness. .

C Tyson Chandler sat out Thursday's game with an illness.

G Chris Paul returned to the lineup Thursday after missing 14 of the first 15 games with a left knee injury. He was limited to 20 minutes but still had a double-double (11 points and 10 assists).

G James Harden had 33 of his 48 points before halftime of Thursday's victory over the Suns. Harden was 12 for 22 from the field and 18 for 18 from the free-throw line after going 19 for 19 against the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday. He now has the most free throws without a miss (37) over a two-game span in NBA history. He scored 40 or more points for the 40th time in his career.

C Al Horford had 18 points and 11 boards in the win over Golden State on Thursday.