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Highlights of Monday's NBA games

Dec 8 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's National Basketball Association games: - - - Cavaliers 110, Nets 88 Reserve guard Dion Waiters scored a season-high 26 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 110-88 victory over the shorthanded Brooklyn Nets. Forward LeBron James totaled 18 points and seven assists as the Cavaliers (12-7) improved to 10-3 against Eastern Conference opponents. Forward Kevin Love added 19 points and 11 rebounds for his fifth straight double-double and 10th overall, helping Cleveland to a 55-33 advantage on the glass. - - - Warriors 102, Timberwolves 86 The Golden State Warriors stretched their franchise-record winning streak to 13 games in a 102-86 defeat of the injury-depleted Minnesota Timberwolves. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson each scored 21 points as the Warriors (18-2) added another mark to their historic stretch with their eighth consecutive road victory. Minnesota (4-16), still without injured starters Kevin Martin, Nikola Pekovic and Ricky Rubio, were led by rookie Andrew Wiggins' 21 points but lost their sixth straight. - - - Hawks 108, Pacers 92 The Atlanta Hawks ran their winning streak to seven games, their longest since 2009, with a 108-92 rout of the Indiana Pacers. Center Al Horford scored 25 with eight rebounds for Atlanta (14-6), while guard Jeff Teague had 21 points and seven assists. Indiana (7-14) saw its losing streak extend to five games. - - - Raptors 112, Nuggets 107 (overtime) Guard Lou Williams scored the go-ahead basket in overtime and had 26 points overall as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Denver Nuggets 112-107. The Raptors (16-5), who tied the game at 102-102 on a three-pointer by forward Patrick Patterson to force overtime, led by as many as 17 points before falling behind by five points late in the game. - - - Wizards 133, Celtics 132 (double overtime) Guard John Wall scored 26 points, including 10 in a row in the second overtime, as the Washington Wizards blew a 23-point lead in regulation before rallying in both extra sessions for a wild 133-132 victory over the Boston Celtics. Wall added a career-high 17 assists while forward Paul Pierce scored a season 28-points against his former team, and center Marcin Gortat had 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Wizards (14-6). - - - Clippers 121, Suns 120 (OT) Blake Griffin scored 45 points, including the game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer in overtime, to lift the Los Angeles Clippers to a 121-120 victory over the Phoenix Suns. Griffin made 14 of 24 shots as the Clippers (15-5) won their eighth in a row. Chris Paul added 20 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds. The Suns, who got a triple-double from guard Eric Bledsoe with 27 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds dropped to (12-10) despite leading 120-116 with 43 seconds left. - - - Kings 101, Jazz 92 Rudy Gay scored 29 points and made two key baskets in the final six minutes to help the Sacramento Kings hold off the Utah Jazz for a 101-92 win. Nik Stauskas scored a career-high 15 points and also converted a three-point play on a layup and foul shot to highlight a 9-2 late run. The Kings (11-10) won for just the second time in seven contests. Forward Gordon Hayward had 19 points for Utah (5-16) who lost their ninth straight. - - - (Compiled by Ben Everill; Editing by John O'Brien/Peter Rutherford)