Nuggets Drop 2nd Straight – NBA Roundup For February 13th

UNDATED (AP) — The latest LeBron James shooting streak has reached record-setting proportions.

James is the first player in NBA history to score 30 points and shoot at least 60 percent in six straight games after finishing with 30 on 11-of-15 shooting in Miami's 117-104 win over Portland. He's hit 67 of his 92 shots and averaged 31 points during the Heat's current six-game winning streak. According to the Heat, only Adrian Dantley and Moses Malone had done the 30-point, 60-percent streak in five straight outings.

Chris Bosh scored 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Dwyane (dwayn) Wade added 24 points to help Miami stretch its lead in the NBA's Eastern Conference to three games over New York.

Also in the NBA, the Denver Nuggets now have back-to-back losses since their nine-game winning streak. Rudy Gay drained a pull-up jumper with less than five seconds remaining as Toronto knocked off the Nuggets 109-108. DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points and Gay finished with 17 to help the Raptors pick up their third straight win.

Oklahoma City committed 20 turnovers and ended a four-game winning streak by falling 109-94 at Utah. Al Jefferson scored 23 points, Paul Millsap had 18 and the Jazz bench outscored the Thunder subs 49-25.

Memphis also has a three-game winning streak after Marc Gasol's (gah-SAHLZ') 24 points and 12 rebounds led the Grizzlies past Sacramento 108-101. Mike Conley finished with 22 points and Tony Allen added a season-high 19 to the win.

Dwight Howard and Antawn Jamison each scored 19 points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 91-85 decision over Phoenix. The Lakers outscored the Suns by 12 in the fourth quarter and won despite Kobe Bryant's four points on 1-of-8 shooting.

James Harden poured in 27 points and had seven rebounds in Houston's 116-107 win at Golden State, the Warriors' season-high fifth straight loss. Chandler Parsons added 21 points and nine assists to the win.

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former league MVP Derrick Rose tells USA Today that he's "far away" from returning from surgery on the knee he injured in last season's playoffs. And the Chicago Bulls guard says he has no specific timetable for a return.

Rose has been traveling and practicing with the team but says he's not coming back until he's "110 percent."

In other NBA news:

— Boston Celtics guard Leandro Barbosa has a torn ACL in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season. Barbosa injured the knee in Monday's game against the Charlotte Bobcats.

— Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger could make his season debut Wednesday against Charlotte after participating in his second full practice Tuesday afternoon. Coach Frank Vogel told reporters that Granger looked a "little rusty" and that the Pacers were eager to finally get him back on the court. The Pacers have been waiting more than three months for their leading scorer the last five seasons to recover from patellar tendinosis in his left knee.

— The Denver Nuggets are without forwards Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler and guard Andre Iguodala (ihg-ah-DAH'-lah) for tonight's game in Toronto. Gallinari was ruled out with a sinus infection, Iguodala has a strained neck and Chandler is bothered by a sore groin. Gallinari and Iguodala are averaging a combined 30.6 points this season.