C Tyson Chandler missed Wednesday's loss to Toronto due to personal reasons. .He also last Thursday's loss to Washington for the same reason.

F Nicolas Batum missed the previous game with a left elbow injury but returned to the starting lineup Wednesday and finished with nine points and nine rebounds

F Luc Mbah a Moute dislocated his right shoulder after taking an awkward fall following a dunk late in the second quarter. Mbah a Moute is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Thursday morning, with the subsequent results to determine how long he will be sidelined.

C Greg Monroe collected 17 points and 11 rebounds in Wednesday's loss to Toronto. It was his fourth double-double of the season and each one is since being acquired from Milwaukee last month

G Kyle Lowry scored 12 points as he shot 3 of 12 from the field in Wednesday's win at Phoenix. In his last three games, Lowry is shooting 26.8 percent (11 of 41).

G Troy Daniels scored 32 points in Wednesday's loss to Toronto. He made 7 of 10 3-pointers and 11 of 16 shots overall. He has 60 3-pointers this season, third behind Kyle Korver of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Wayne Ellington of the Miami Heat among NBA reserves."My teammates were finding me," Daniels said. "I had a couple go in early, which is very important, and the rest were just falling."

C Dwight Howard recorded a season-high-tying 26 points plus 18 rebounds and three blocks against one of his former teams, Houston, on Wednesday.

C Jonas Valanciunas finished with 20 points and 11 reboundss while shooting 7 of 12 in Wednesday's win at Phoenix. It was his third double-double of the season.

G Darius Miller (3 of 5) has made multiple 3-pointers in 13 of his past 16 games.

F Serge Ibaka totaled 21 points and 13 rebounds as Toronto beat Phoenix Wednesday. It was the third time in four games Ibaka finished with at least 20 points and his first double-double of the season.

G E'Twaun Moore continued his torrid outside shooting, making 4 of 6 from 3-point range to finish with 21 points.

PF Anthony Davis, coming back from a left adductor strain that sidelined him for one game, added 25 points and 10 rebounds.

G DeMar DeRozan scored 18 of his 37 points in the third quarter as Toronto beat Phoenix Wednesday. It was his sixth 30-point game of the season and 86th overall. DeRozan is five shy of Vince Carter's team record set from 1998 to 2004 when Carter was traded to the Nets.

C DeMarcus Cousins scored a team-high 26 points -- including a 3-pointer from the left wing that sealed the game with 22 seconds left -- grabbed 13 rebounds, dished out seven assists and, not surprisingly, committed nine turnovers.After finishing one turnover shy of a triple-double, Cousins said decision-making is something he is trying to work on. Cousins was a big reason the Pelicans were able to overcome 21 turnovers against Milwaukee, almost half of which he committed."I'm the main culprit of that," said Cousins, who is averaging 5.1 turnovers a game, most in the league next to Russell Westbrook's 4.7. "It just shows how good we could be if we just cut down half our turnovers. Just got to take care of the ball better, make better decisions. I definitely have to make better decisions with the ball. I take full responsibility for the high amount of turnovers."With the bad comes a lot of good.Cousins scored nine points in the final 8:12, a key reason the Pelicans (15-14) outscored the... [More]

G Wayne Ellington had 24 points Wednesday. He made 8-of-11 shots from the floor, including 7-of-10 on three-pointers."That's Wayne," coach Erik Spoelstra said of Ellington, who was inserted into the game when point guard Goran Dragic picked up two fouls in the first three minutes of the game."Wayne is ignitable. He's going to run his patterns full speed every time as if the play is designed for him, even when he is potentially a decoy."

G Damian Lillard came alive late as the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from a 16-point second-half deficit to defeat Miami 102-95 on Wednesday night at American Airlines Arena.Lillard, who has scored more than 30 points 10 times this season, had been held to nine points through three quarters. But he finished with 18 points to help Portland (14-13) snap a season-high five-game losing streak."You almost hate (Lillard) having a pedestrian box score going into the fourth quarter," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Lillard, who finished the game shooting 5-of-14 from the floor. "You know he's going to put his fingerprints on the game in the fourth."Lillard shot 2-of-8 through three quarters but had six assists. In the final seven minutes of the game, he made three free throws, two layups and one dunk ... and had no assists.Portland coach Terry Stotts said Lillard's slow start had partly to do with Miami game-planning for him. But it also had to do with Lillard "reading the game"."(Lillard) tried to get his teammates involved (early)," Stotts said. "When (Miami) trapped the pick and roll, he was finding the roll man."Then he tried to be more aggressive in the second half."

C Hassan Whiteside (left knee) is expected to miss the rest of the month.

G Tyler Johnson sat out the game due to a migraine headache. Even though he is a reserve, Johnson is fifth on the team in scoring (10.8) and tied for fourth in assists (2.0). He is also second on the team in free throw percentage (91.5).

C Meyers Leonard (illness) sat out.

C Jusuf Nurkic missed his third straight game due to an sprained right ankle.