Paul powers Clippers to win at Miami

MIAMI — Chris Paul scored 22 points and passed out seven assists to spark the Los Angeles Clippers to their sixth victory in seven games, a 100-93 triumph Sunday at Miami. Jamal Crawford added 20 points while J.J. Redick netted 14 points and DeAndre Jordan and Cole Aldrich each grabbed 11 rebounds for the Clippers, who won for the 11th time in their past 13 road games. The Heat (29-23) were denied a seventh win in eight games despite 17 points each from Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Slovenia’s Goran Dragic plus 15 from Britain’s Luol Deng. Paul missed his first nine shots from the floor, but sank back-to-back 3-pointers late in the fourth quarter to prevent a Heat rally. “Just kept shooting it. Sooner or later it has got to go in,” Paul said. “Just had to stay aggressive and I finally started making shots.” Celtics 128, Kings 119: Boston took advantage of the defense-less team that may be in the process of getting coach George Karl fired, running over Sacramento. Isaiah Thomas finished with 22 points and four rebounds, Avery Bradley scored 25 points, Jared Sullinger matched his season high with 21 and Tyler Zeller came off the bench and posted a season-high 17 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots for the Celtics. DeMarcus Cousins scored 16 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter and had seven rebounds and six assists for the Kings while Rajon Rondo had 14 points, five assists and six steals. Marco Belinelli and Darren Collison both had 16 points and rookie center Willie Cauley-Stein 15 in the loss. Magic 96, Hawks 94: Nikola Vucevic scored 22 points, including a game-winning fallaway jumper from 15 feet as time expired, to lead Orlando over Atlanta. Evan Fournier scored 21 points and Victor Oladipo had 19 points to help the Magic snap a three-game losing streak. The Hawks were led by Jeff Teague with 24 points and five assists. Kent Bazemore, who tied the game at 94 with 48 seconds remaining, had 23 points and eight rebounds. Paul Millsap had 14 points and nine rebounds and Al Horford had 11 points, six rebounds and six assists. Nuggets 101, Knicks 96: Danilo Gallinari and Will Barton scored 19 points apiece to provide Denver with a win over New York at Madison Square Garden. Barton added 11 rebounds for the Nuggets and rookie Emmanuel Mudiay scored 15 points, including nine key points in the fourth quarter. Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis poured in 21 points each in New York’s season-high five straight loss.  — Agencies