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Jazz forward Mehmet Okur, left, had 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists in Utah's rout of Washington. Associated Press
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C.J. Miles scored a career-high 29 points and the Utah Jazz set a team record with 15 3-pointers in a 129-87 rout of the short-handed Washington Wizards on Monday night in Salt Lake City.

Deron Williams had 12 points and 16 assists, despite resting most of the fourth quarter, and Mehmet Okur returned from a stomach virus with 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Carlos Boozer added 19 points and Kyle Korver scored 15, making all six of his shots.

Utah outrebounded Washington 40-23, had 40 assists on 50 field goals and shot almost 60 percent (50-for-84).

Antawn Jamison led Washington with 22 points.

Raptors 104, Bobcats 100: At Charlotte, N.C., Chris Bosh scored 32 points and Toronto remained alone in sixth place in the Eastern Conference with a win over Charlotte.

Bosh hit 13 of 16 free throws and added eight rebounds and five assists for the Raptors, who won for the third time in four games to pull a game ahead of idle Philadelphia in the playoff race.

Anthony Parker added 20 points and T.J. Ford added 15, including the clinching free throw with 1.9 seconds left for the Raptors.

Pacers 105, Heat 85: At Indianapolis, Jermaine O’Neal scored nine points after sitting out for more than two months with a knee injury, and Indiana beat Miami.

O’Neal shot 3 for 4 from the field and 3 for 4 from the free-throw line in 18 minutes. He had missed 33 straight games with a bone bruise, and the Pacers went 12-21 during that stretch.

Danny Granger led Indiana with 23 points and Mike Dunleavy added 18.

Hawks 116, Grizzlies 99: At Memphis, Tenn., Josh Smith had 26 points, eight rebounds and six assists as Atlanta beat Memphis.

Atlanta led by 38 in the third quarter and seemed to be coasting to the victory. However, Memphis opened the fourth with 13 consecutive points, part of a 23-4 run that made the game more interesting, and forced Atlanta to put its starters back in the game.

Al Horford and Joe Johnson scored 19 points apiece for Atlanta, and Mike Bibby had 17, Josh Childress 14 and Marvin Williams 12. Johnson also had eight assists and Bibby seven.

Mavericks 93, Clippers 86: At Los Angeles, Jason Kidd scored 27 points, Josh Howard got 12 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, and Dallas held off the Clippers to complete a sweep of the four-game season series.

Jason Terry had 20 points for the Mavericks, playing their fourth game since reigning MVP Dirk Nowitzki went down with knee and ankle injuries. Howard was just 4 for 15 from the field over the first three quarters and 8 for 20 overall.