Tony Parker scored 31 points Friday and the San Antonio Spurs returned to winning form with a 105-99 decision over Utah. Utah lost its 20th straight game on San Antonio's home floor. The Spurs, who went into the contest trailing Houston by a half game in the battle for the Southwest Division title, won for just the third time in seven contests. Roger Mason added 16 points and both Tim Duncan and Drew Gooden had 14. Utah was led by Deron Williams with 25 points and 10 assists.

LeBron James's dominant 38 points, seven assists and six rebounds Sunday carried the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 101-81 rout of the San Antonio Spurs. His 18 points helped Cleveland to a 28-27 advantage after the first period, and by halftime, when Cleveland led 55-42, he had scored 26 points. Delonte West scored 22 with six assists.

Kirk Hinrich scored 12 of his season-high 31 points in the final 6 minutes Wednesday and Chicago pulled away late to defeat Milwaukee 113-104. The game was tied midway through the fourth quarter before Hinrich made a layup and a 3-pointer on back-to-back possessions. Chicago picked up the victory on the day the Bulls made a six-player trade with Sacramento.

Sacramento and Chicago swapped six players Wednesday in the first of an expected flurry of deals prior to the NBA trade deadline. The Bulls got center Brad Miller and swingman John Salmons for forwards Andres Nocioni, Cedric Simmons and Michael Ruffin, and center Drew Gooden. The Sacramento Bee reported

Travis Outlaw scored a season-high 33 points Monday to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 109-95 win over the host Chicago Bulls. Outlaw was 9-of-14 shooting, including four three-pointers, and hit 11-of-13 free throw tries as Portland kicked off a four-game road trip with a third straight win. Greg Oden added 17 points and 13 rebounds while guard Brandon Roy seemed rusty in his second game back after a four-game absence due to a sore hamstring, going 3-of-13 from the floor for 11 points, but contributed with eight rebounds.