NBA-Highlights of Monday's NBA games

(Adds late games) Dec 15 (The Sports Xchange) - Dec 14 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's NBA games. - - - Clippers 105, Pistons 103 Blake Griffin poured in 34 points, and he found Jamal Crawford for a go-ahead three-pointer with 12.4 seconds left in overtime as the Los Angeles Clippers outlasted the Detroit Pistons at The Palace. J.J. Redick supplied 24 points and Chris Paul chipped in 13 and 12 assists for Los Angeles. Crawford had 14 points off the bench. Reggie Jackson led the Pistons with 34 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Andre Drummond added his league-high 22nd double-double with 20 points and 15 rebounds. - - - Pacers 106, Raptors 90 After falling into a 21-point, first-quarter hole, Indiana countered with a 39-4 run on the way to a roller-coaster victory over Toronto. The Pacers' charge, which spanned the end of the first quarter to the start of the second, gave them a 44-30 lead and the home team never trailed again, beating the Raptors for the first time in the past six meetings between the Eastern Conference rivals. Jordan Hill led the Pacers with 20 points and 13 rebounds, each a season high. Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan each had 20 for Toronto. - - - Grizzlies 112, Wizards 95 Marc Gasol and Mike Conley posted double-doubles as Memphis defeated Washington. Gasol finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds, plus six assists, and Conley scored 18 points with 11 assists. Gary Neal paced the Wizards with 24 points. Just 24th in the NBA in field-goal percentage and 29th in three-point percentage before Monday, Memphis shot a season-best 56.4 percent from the floor and hit 10 of 15 from long range. - - - Heat 100, Hawks 88 Miami ended a seven-game losing streak to Atlanta with a dominant performance on the backboards and a big effort from the bench. Chris Bosh had 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds during the Heat's first win in Atlanta since Feb. 20, 2013. Kent Bazemore led the Hawks with 28 points. Gerald Green came off the bench to score 20 points for Miami. Led by Green, Miami's reserves outscored Atlanta's bench, 31-17. The Heat out-rebounded the struggling Hawks, 54-37. - - - Bulls 115, 76ers 96 Overcoming a five-point halftime deficit, Chicago rolled to victory over Philadelphia. The 76ers led 56-51 at halftime before the Bulls took control by outscoring Philadelphia 34-12 in the third quarter. Tony Snell outscored the 76ers 13-12 in the period and recorded 15 of his 16 points in the second half. He also had 11 rebounds. Chicago's Jimmy Butler scored 19 of his game-high 23 points in the first half. He shot 8-for-9 from the field prior to the break. - - - Magic 105, Nets 82 Nikola Vucevic scored 12 of his game-high 18 points in a critical third quarter, and Elfrid Payton added 17, leading Orlando past Brooklyn. The Magic broke open a close game with a 31-24 third quarter, keyed by the perimeter prowess of Vucevic, who made six of eight shots in the period. Orlando received 15 points from Tobias Harris, who was questionable to play right up until game time due to a lower leg contusion, and from Andrew Nicholson who added 15 points. Jarrett Jack topped the Nets with 15 points. - - - Spurs 118, Jazz 81 Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points as San Antonio smashed Utah. LaMarcus Aldridge and Tony Parker had 18 points apiece for the Spurs. No San Antonio starter played more than 24 minutes as the Spurs won their third game in a row in blowout fashion. Derrick Favors led the Jazz with 16 points. - - - Nuggets 114, Rockets 108 Will Barton scored 23 points and added nine rebounds, Gary Harris scored a career-high 21 points, and Denver held on to beat Houston. Joffrey Lauvergne got his second double-double of the season with 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for Denver, which swept the three-game season series from Houston. James Harden led the Rockets with 24 points, and Donatas Motiejunas scored 19 off the bench. - - - Mavericks 104, Suns 94 Deron Williams scored 18 in his return, and Dallas snapped a three-game home losing streak by holding off Phoenix. Dirk Nowitzki snapped out of mini-shooting slump with 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting, and he added seven rebounds for the Mavericks. Devin Harris scored 12 and tied his career high with six steals. Phoenix, which had won three of its previous four games, got 23 points and seven assists from Eric Bledsoe. - - - Trail Blazers 105, Pelicans 101 Damian Lillard scored 21 of his 30 points in the second half as Portland hung on to bead New Orleans. Gerald Henderson came off the bench for 19 points, C.J. McCollum chipped in 16 points and Mason Plumlee collected 15 points, 13 rebounds and six assists for Portland, which had lost three of its previous four games. Anthony Davis poured in 28 points with nine rebounds for New Orleans, which has lost eight of its last 10 contests. (Editing by Ian Ransom/Sudipto Ganguly)