Lakers bounce back at Minnesota

Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Andrew Bynum added 26 points and 10 rebounds to lift the reeling Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night at Minneapolis.

Bynum dominated the smaller Wolves down low and Bryant made four free throws in the final 16 seconds for the Lakers, who beat the Timberwolves for the 18th straight time.

Derrick Williams had 22 points and 10 rebounds and Nikola Pekovic had 25 points and 13 boards for the Wolves, who found out less than 30 minutes before the game that leading scorer and rebounder Kevin Love could not play because of back spasms.

The Lakers limped into Target Center on Friday night with a 6-14 record on the road, including ghastly losses at Washington and Detroit earlier this week.

Nets 83, Bobcats 74: Kris Humphries had 20 points and 15 rebounds to lift New Jersey at Charlotte.

Cavaliers 96, Thunder 90: Antawn Jamison scored 21 points and Cleveland won at Oklahoma City.

76ers 104, Jazz 91: Lou Williams and Thaddeus Young scored 21 points each, lifting Philadelphia past visiting Utah.

Pistons 86, Hawks 85: At Auburn Hills, Mich., Tayshaun Prince made a driving shot with 24.3 seconds remaining, and Detroit beat Atlanta.

Celtics 104, Trail Blazers 86: Paul Pierce and Ray Allen each scored 22 points and Boston beat visiting Portland.

Kings 110, Mavericks 97: Tyreke Evans and Marcus Thornton each scored 17 points to lead host Sacramento past Dallas.

Clippers 120, Spurs 108: Chris Paul had 36 points and 11 assists, leading Los Angeles at San Antonio.

Nuggets 110, Hornets 97: Arron Afflalo scored 28 points, leading Denver past visiting New Orleans.

Bucks 119, Knicks 114: Ersan Ilyasova scored 26 points, leading host Milwaukee past New York.