NBA Scores & More: Rajon Rondo Aces Bulls, Kobe Bryant Fills Toronto With Rainbows

So ends L.A.‘s Grammy Awards road trip; Adele will let them back in the STAPLES Center now. The Lakers went 3-3 on the trip, and required a good deal of heartburn medicine. The three wins came by a combined seven points.

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Consider the message undelivered. Every team has some number of games where they just fall flat. The energy is wrong, the shots aren’t falling, it’s just not their night. That the Hawks had such a night against the Heat in their final home game before departing on a tough five-game road trip is unfortunate. But based on this game you’d have to conclude that Miami is just a level above Atlanta.

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The Warriors as a team followed that same patient, controlled approach to their game against Houston, who came to Golden State five games ahead of the Warriors on the season. The result was a 51 percent effort shooting the ball from the field and a 1.6 assist to turnover ratio, just above their season average.

Thompson, who led the Warriors with four threes, once again proved a vital late game cog in the Warriors’ system, scoring nine of his 14 points from 2:15 left in the third quarter through the end of the game. Joining Thompson with off-the-bench fourth quarter production was Udoh, who scored all seven of his points in the final quarter and led a better-late-than-never run to the free throw line for Golden State. Udoh’s five free throw attempts in the fourth quarter led the 11 overall attempts in the fourth quarter for the Warriors, who shot only seven the previous three quarters of the game.

The final result was a broken streak for both teams. Memphis had won two straight, but fell to 2-2 heading into the last of a five-game homestand Tuesday night. Utah, prior to taking the first of their back-to-back-to-back, had lost three straight, including two by double digits. They’ll be in New Orleans Monday night for the middle game of the set.

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With Rondo dictating the pace, Boston outscored Chicago 33-7 in fast break points on the night and did so on a perfect 13-13 shooting on the break.

Rivers had much nicer things to say about the play of his star point guard after the 95-91 win: