NBA roundup: recap, scores, notes for every game played on December 12

Toronto Raptors 122, Milwaukee Bucks 100

TORONTO -- DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points and was 15-for-15 from the free throw line to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 122-100 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.

Terrence Ross added 25 points off the bench for the Raptors, who won for the ninth time in their past 10 games, including the past three in a row.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and had eight rebounds for the Bucks, who lost their third in a row.

Miami Heat 112, Washington Wizards 101

MIAMI -- Goran Dragic scored 34 points as Miami snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating Washington at AmericanAirlines Arena.

It was Dragic's highest-scoring game since he joined the Heat two years ago. The Heat was a game-high plus-25 points when Dragic was on the floor.

Heat center Hassan Whiteside added 17 points and 16 rebounds. Washington was led by its backcourt of John Wall and Bradley Beal. Wall had 30 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Beal had 29 points.

Indiana Pacers 110, Charlotte Hornets 94

INDIANAPOLIS -- Paul George and Myles Turner each scored 22 points, and Indiana made a season-best 17 shots from 3-point range to beat Charlotte.

Jeff Teague added 16 points and 11 assists for Indiana, which outscored the Hornets 34-21 in the fourth quarter.

Marco Belinelli had 14 to lead Charlotte, which shot only 33 percent from the field. Nicolas Batum and Marvin Williams each scored 13 for the Hornets. Leading scorer Kemba Walker had 12 but made only 4 of 16 field goal attempts.

Houston Rockets 122, Brooklyn Nets 118

HOUSTON -- Trevor Ariza delivered a blocked shot and a steal inside the final minute and Houston squeezed out a victory over Brooklyn at Toyota Center.

Ariza blocked a driving layup attempt from Nets guard Joe Harris before stealing an inbounds pass just before the final buzzer. Rockets guard Patrick Beverley added a deflected pass that resulted in a turnover with Brooklyn trailing by two points with eight seconds left.

The Rockets labored in extending their winning streak to seven games, missing 15 free throws to keep the Nets close. James Harden had 36 points, eight rebounds and 11 assists, and Gordon added 24 points off the bench, including two free throws with 6.4 seconds left to seal with victory.

Dallas Mavericks 112, Denver Nuggets 92

DALLAS -- It's been a long time since Dallas torched a team with the kind of firepower it put on display in a demolition of defenseless Denver at American Airlines Center.

Dallas was off and running early and buried the Nuggets in an avalanche of fast breaks and buckets from just about everywhere to build a double-digit lead that expanded to 22 points thanks to a 15-2 run to close out an electric first half.

The Mavs scored a season-best 65 points in the opening 30 minutes as a result of 66.7 percent shooting in the second quarter and 65.1 percent shooting in the first half that included going 24-of-32 inside the arc for a cool 75 percent. Forty of Dallas' first-half points came inside the paint and 20 came off 11 Denver turnovers.

Los Angeles Clippers 121, Portland Trail Blazers 120

LOS ANGELES -- Blake Griffin scored 26 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and handed out six assists, and Los Angeles held on for a victory over Portland.

Chris Paul contributed 21 points and 14 assists, while J.J. Redick chipped in 19 points for Los Angeles. Jamal Crawford added 14 points off the bench.

CJ McCollum paced the Trail Blazers (12-14) with 25 points, and backcourt mate Damian Lillard collected 24 points and eight assists. Lillard nailed a 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left to cut the deficit to one point, but the Clippers were able to run out the clock for the win.

Sacramento Kings 116, Los Angeles Lakers 92

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- DeMarcus Cousins scored 16 of Sacramento's 39 third-quarter points, and the Kings rode their best quarter of the season to a victory over Los Angeles.

The Kings, who endured a season-worst, eight-point fourth quarter in a Saturday night loss at Utah, won for just the second time in seven games. Cousins finished with 31 points, and Darren Collison added 10 of his 20 in the third to help the Kings turn a 58-49 halftime deficit into a 88-71 lead entering the final quarter.

Cousins also finished with 16 rebounds, and Sacramento handed the struggling Lakers their seventh consecutive defeat despite losing starting guard Ben McLemore to a bruised left thigh in the first quarter. D'Angelo Russell scored 17 points in 20 minutes to lead Los Angeles.