Monday's National Basketball Association Capsules

Jan 6, 2009 - 4:42 AM MILWAUKEE 107, TORONTO 97

MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- Michael Redd scored a season-high 35 points and Charlie Villanueva added 25 off the bench as the Milwaukee Bucks were hot from the perimeter in a 107-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

Ramon Sessions added 11 points and eight assists for the Bucks, who bounced back from Saturday's loss to the lowly Charlotte Bobcats by shooting 11-of-26 from the arc.

Redd, who also scored 31 against the Bobcats, was 11-of-20 from the field, hit four 3-pointers and made all nine of his free throws for Milwaukee, which improved to 10-5 at home this season.

Chris Bosh added 31 points and 11 rebounds for Toronto, which had its two-game winning streak snapped.

SAN ANTONIO 91, MIAMI 84

MIAMI (Ticker) -- Tim Duncan scored 19 points and rookie George Hill added 15 off the bench as the San Antonio Spurs won their third straight with a 91-84 victory over the Miami Heat.

Roger Mason and Matt Bonner added 11 points apiece for the Spurs, who were coming off Saturday's 108-106 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on the strength of Tony Parker's buzzer-beating shot.

Dwyane Wade collected 24 points and 12 assists for Miami, which will being a seven-game road trip Wednesday at Denver.

NEW JERSEY 98, SACRAMENTO 90

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Vince Carter scored 29 points and Yi Jianlian added 22 to lead the New Jersey Nets to a 98-90 comeback win over the Sacramento Kings.

Carter capped a 17-5 run with a free throw with 1:39 left in the game that put the Nets up, 98-86. The All-Star swingman scored six points during the run and eight in the fourth quarter.

New Jersey did most of its damage without guard Devin Harris, who left the game late in the second quarter after re-aggravating a strained right hamstring. He finished with four points in 18 minutes.

Kevin Martin scored 25 of his 36 points in the first half for the Kings, who have lost nine of 10.

DENVER 135, INDIANA 115

DENVER (Ticker) -- Chauncey Billups collected 24 points and 11 assists and Kenyon Martin added 25 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 135-115 victory over the Indiana Pacers.

Carmelo Anthony chipped in 21 points for the Nuggets, who scored a season-high 74 points in the first half.

Denver was clinging to a 97-94 lead after Danny Granger hit a 3-pointer to open the fourth quarter, but Billups went off for 13 points in the final period and capped a 23-5 run with a 3-pointer to put the Nuggets up, 120-99, with 6:07 left.

Granger finished with 36 points for the Pacers, who had their two-game winning streak snapped and have not won three in a row since November 8-12.

UTAH 119, GOLDEN STATE 114

SALT LAKE CITY (Ticker) -- Deron Williams collected 26 points and 15 assists as the Utah Jazz held off the Golden State Warriors, 119-114.

Paul Millsap added 19 points and 14 rebounds for the Jazz, who outrebounded the Warriors, 49-38, and improved to 13-4 at home.

Millsap started in place of ailing All-Star forward Carlos Boozer, who will have surgery to take care of his injured left knee this week and may be out for another two months.

Jamal Crawford scored 28 points for Golden State, which has lost three of its last four.