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Butler breaks Jordan’s record as Bulls beat Raptors to-back defeats

The Associated Press Chicago Bulls’ Jimmy Butler, right, dribbles away from Toronto Paul Millsap scored 19 Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — Chica- points for the Hawks. NEW YORK (AP) — The New
go’s Jimmy Butler broke Raptors’ Luis Scola, second from left, and DeMarre Carroll, left, Miami cruised to a 97-75 York Islanders sent league-
Michael Jordan’s team win against a Washington leading Dallas to its first
record for points in a half, as Bulls’ Taj Gibson looks on during first-half NBA basketball team that was as inac- back-to-back losses of the
scoring 40 of his 42 after curate as it was under- season, winning 6-5 on Sun-
the break to lead the Bulls game action in Toronto, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016. manned. day, led by two goals and
to a 115-113 win against With just nine healthy play- an assist from Kyle Okposo.
Toronto on Sunday. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) ers, Washington was out- Also Sunday, Florida
Jordan had 39 in the sec- scored in the second quar- stretched its winning streak
ond half of a game against New York’s Afflalo scored first seven attempts and ter 25-7. The Wizards missed to nine by beating Minne-
Milwaukee in 1989. a season-high 38 points to nearing his career best of 20 of their 22 field goal at- sota 2-1.
Among other results, Arron lead the Knicks to a 111-97 43 points. tempts as the Heat took a New York’s Cal Clutterbuck
Afflalo led New York to vic- win against Atlanta. The Knicks are 8-2 when 50-31 halftime lead. scored twice, Anders Lee
tory over Atlanta and Mi- Afflalo was 14 for 17 from Afflalo scores 15 or more John Wall, who led Wash- had a goal and an assist
ami dominated an under- the field and 7 for 8 from points and 8-17 when he ington with 14 points, hit and Mikhail Grabovski also
manned Washington. 3-point range, making his doesn’t. just six of his 21 field goal scored for the Islanders,
Chicago notched a fourth attempts. The Wizards shot who are 4-0-1 in their past
successive win as Butler just 34.1 percent and their five against the high-flying
shot 14 of 19 in the final 75 points were a season Stars.
two quarters after a 1-for-4 low. Chris Bosh scored 23 New York trailed 2-1 in the
start. points and Goran Dragic first period before scoring
Pau Gasol had his 17th had 18 for the Heat, who the next four goals and
double-double of the sea- conceded the fewest then held off Dallas in the
son with 19 points and 13 points of their season. third to improve to 12-4-1
rebounds as Chicago beat Portland’s C.J. McCollum against Western Confer-
Toronto for the seventh had 25 points and seven ence teams.q
straight time. assists to lead the Trail Blaz-
DeMar DeRozan led the ers to a 112-106 win over
way for the Raptors with 24 Denver, which has lost six
points. straight.q