In a match-up of divisional leaders it was the Southwest's San Antonio Spurs who took the honours as they beat the Atlantic Division's Philadelphia 76ers 100-90.
Tony Parker scored 37 points and Gary Neal added 18 off the bench. Tim Duncan had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Tiago Splitter scored 15.
Lou Williams led Philadelphia with 22 points. Andre Iguodala had 17 and Thaddeus Young scored 16.
The Cleveland Cavaliers were 99-92 winners against the Los Angeles Clippers with Ramon Sessions hitting a season-high 24 points as a last-minute replacement for injured rookie Kyrie Irving. Antawn Jamison scored 27 for Cleveland.
For the Clippers Blake Griffin had 25 points and 15 rebounds.
The Orlando Magic hit 17 three-pointers in a 102-89 win over the Miami Heat.
Dwight Howard had 25 points and 24 rebounds, and Ryan Anderson included five threes in the first half in his 27 points.
Eighteen points from Carlos Boozer helped the Chicago Bulls record a fourth straight win with a 90-67 triumph over the New Orleans Hornets.
There were 13 points and 10 rebounds for Joakim Noah, Chris Kaman leading the Hornets with 17 points.
A career-high 10 assists from Jeremy Lin, together with his 23 points, saw the New York Knicks to a 107-93 victory over the Washington Wizards.
Tyson Chandler had 25 points and 11 rebounds in New York's third straight win which was achieved without leading scorers Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire.
John Wall led the Wizards with 29 as Washington fell to a 5-21 record.
A season-high 25 points from Carlos Delfino against his former team helped the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Toronto Raptors 105-99.
For the Raptors, who have lost three straight and five of six, DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points and Jose Calderon had 15 assists.
The Atlanta Hawks ended a three-game losing streak with a 97-87 defeat of the Indiana Pacers as Josh Smith scored 28 points and had 12 rebounds.
Danny Granger led for the Pacers with 21 points.
Nineteen points and nine rebounds by Rudy Gay and Quincy Pondexter's career-high 17 points saw the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 85-80.
With leading scorer Kevin Love suspended the Timberwolves looked to the 17 points and six assists of JJ Barea.
A third straight win saw the Detroit Pistons beat the New Jersey Nets 99-92, Greg Monroe scoring 20 points and adding 12 rebounds.
The Nets, who have lost four in a row, saw Deron Williams score 17 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter.
Dallas were 105-95 winners against Denver and Houston defeated Portland 103-96.
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