Mark Aguirre scored 34 points, and the Mavericks went 15 games above .500 for the first time in team history when they easily trounced the Portland Trail Blazers, 135-115, Tuesday night at Dallas.
Purvis Short scored 46 points, including eight in overtime, as the Golden State Warriors broke a six-game losing streak with a 125-121 double-overtime victory over the Washington Bullets at Oakland Sunday.
Moses Malone scored a game-high 35 points and rookie Terry Catledge sparked a fourth-quarter surge Sunday night to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 105-97 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks at Philadelphia.
A growing number of basketball people believe Matt Guokas is doing a job with the Philadelphia 76ers that merits top consideration for Coach of the Year honors.
When Dominique Wilkins wants the ball, the Atlanta Hawks let him have it.
Alex English scored 42 points and backup center Danny Schayes had a season-high 21 Monday night as the Denver Nuggets defeated the Houston Rockets, 125-122, in a battle of National Basketball Assn.
Alex English scored 31 points and Calvin Natt added 23 Thursday night as the Denver Nuggets used a late fourth-period rally to defeat the Phoenix Suns, 110-103, at Phoenix.
With one of the Houston Rockets' Twin Towers temporarily closed for repairs, most of the burden has fallen to Ralph Sampson.
Charles Barkley, in just his third game since going against the advice of doctors, scored 21 of his 31 points in the second half Friday night at Philadelphia to lead the 76ers to their third win in a row, a hard-fought 116-112 decision over Portland.
Wayman Tisdale was a major disappointment last season and so were the Indiana Pacers.
Ralph Sampson scored 31 points, and Robert Reid added 23 as the Houston Rockets stretched their Midwest Division lead to 2 1/2 games over Denver with a 117-111 victory over the Nuggets Thursday night at Houston.
Dominique Wilkins finally put on one of his famous shows, but the Atlanta Hawks still couldn't beat the Boston Celtics.
Terry Cummings scored 35 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks fought off a fourth-quarter rally by the Washington Bullets to score a 114-98 win Thursday night at Milwaukee.
Maybe, Jeff Malone was afraid he was in danger of losing his job as the shooting guard for the Washington Bullets to red-hot Leon Wood.
Bob McAdoo, acquired by Philadelphia in January, scored a season-high 28 points Saturday at the Spectrum as the 76ers defeated the New Jersey Nets, 123-115, for their fourth straight victory.
Scoring 40 points is getting to be a habit for Michael Jordan.
Michael Jordan had a good night, scoring and analyzing.
Michael Jordan saved his classiest move for last.
Kiki Vandeweghe scored 48 points, but they weren't enough to keep the Portland Trail Blazers from going down to a 127-122 defeat by the Seattle SuperSonics Thursday night at Seattle.
Kelly Tripucka scored 41 points Monday night as the Detroit Pistons stretched their winning streak to eight games by turning back the Chicago Bulls, 110-100, at Pontiac, Mich.