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By The Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Danny Granger scored 22 points, Roy Hibbert tied a career high with 19 and the Indiana Pacers dropped the New Jersey Nets to 0-11 with a 91-83 victory Tuesday night.

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The Golden State Warriors’ Anthony Randolph (4) shoots against the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Darnell Jackson in the third quarter of an NBA game on Tuesday in Cleveland. Randolph scored 13 points off the bench but the Cavaliers won, 114-108.

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Dahntay Jones added 17 points for the Pacers, who extended their winning streak to five and can continue their turnaround from an 0-3 start Wednesday when they host another struggling team, the New York Knicks.

Chris Douglas-Roberts scored a career-high 27 points and Brook Lopez added 26 points and 16 rebounds for the Nets, who head to Milwaukee on Wednesday, still a long way from the record 17-game opening skids owned by the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers.

The Nets have been hit with a rash of injuries that again left them with the league minimum eight players in uniform. They contained an Indiana club that rang up 113 points against Boston on Saturday, but the NBA’s second-lowest scoring team again didn’t have nearly enough firepower.

The Pacers have their own injury problems, playing without Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Troy Murphy, but got some good news when T.J. Ford returned to the starting lineup after back spasms made him a reserve on Saturday.

Ford hit a jumper with 1:28 to go after the Nets had trimmed the lead to seven.

Indiana opened both halves with 9-0 runs but wasted numerous chances to turn it into a blowout, making only 12 field goals across the middle two quarters and leading by only six with under 3 minutes remaining.

Hornets 110, Clippers 102

NEW ORLEANS — David West had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and Jeff Bower picked up his first coaching win in the New Orleans Hornets’ victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

With Chris Paul out, point guards Darren Collison and Bobby Brown scored 12 apiece and combined for 11 assists as New Orleans snapped a three-game losing streak. Devin Brown had 16 points.

Al Thornton scored 30 points and former Hornets guard Baron Davis had 23 for the Clippers, who have lost four of five.

Bower moved to the sideline while keeping his general manager role last Thursday after the firing of Byron Scott.

Thunder 100, Heat 87

MIAMI — Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Russell Westbrook added 24 and the Oklahoma City Thunder added to their surprising start by beating the Miami Heat.

An early 20-1 run put the Thunder in control, and a 14-2 burst in the third quarter helped seal it for Oklahoma City. Jeff Green added 13 for the Thunder, who’ve won three straight on the road.

Dwyane Wade scored 22 points on 6 of 19 shooting and Daequan Cook scored 14 of his 17 in the fourth quarter for Miami. Jermaine O’Neal added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat, who visit Atlanta Wednesday for the first time since the Hawks beat Miami in Game 7 of last season’s Eastern Conference opening-round series.

Cavaliers 114, Warriors 108

CLEVELAND — LeBron James had 31 points and 12 assists, J.J. Hickson added a career-high 21 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off a gutsy effort by the short-handed Golden State Warriors.

Injuries and illness left Golden State with seven healthy bodies, although the Cavaliers had their own injury concerns.

Jamario Moon left in the third quarter with a sprained left ankle, and Shaquille O’Neal and Anderson Varejao were both inactive for Cleveland. Varejao was scratched with a hip contusion and O’Neal missed his second straight game with a strained shoulder. Coach Mike Brown doesn’t expect either player back for Wednesday’s game at Washington.