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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Toronto Raptors will look to build off their most complete effort of the season when they face Dwight Howard and the slumping Rockets in Houston Monday night. The Raptors halted a three-game slide with Saturdays 115-91 victory over the listless Utah Jazz. Tyler Hansbrough netted 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds off the bench, while DeMar DeRozan scored 18 points and Jonas Valanciunas followed with 14.We started out playing the game the right way and we finished the game the right way, Toronto head coach Dwane Casey said. Hansbrough was a handful. Efforts like his tonight are contagious.Rudy Gay added 11 points and a season-high five assists.The Raptors scored 100 points for the first time this season and will try to stop a two-game road slide against the Rockets. They will also visit Memphis on this quick western road trip and were 16-16 last season when scoring 100 or more points.Raptors guard Kyle Lowry is probable Monday with a sprained right ankle and had nine points in the win over Utah. Meanwhile, Dwight Howard and the Rockets have stumbled since a 3-0 start to the season and hope Mondays matchup versus the Raptors will get them back on track.The Rockets have lost two in a row and three of their last four games, and dropped another game to the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers defeated Houston at home on Nov. 4, then registered a 107-94 road victory Saturday.Los Angeles outscored the Rockets by a 40-18 margin to turn a 12-point third- quarter deficit into a 95-85 lead with 3:45 left to play.Chandler Parsons led the Rockets with 23 points and Howard totaled 21 and eight rebounds. Patrick Beverley and James Harden scored 19 and 12 points, respectively, for the Rockets, who shot 45 percent for the game and committed 18 turnovers, leading to 27 L.A. points.Houston has failed to reach 100 points in back-to-back games after hitting the century mark in its previous four contests.We just stopped playing the way we had played to get the lead, Howard said of the teams second-half letdown. We had to continue to do things that got us the lead and we didnt do that tonight and they capitalized on it.Houston had won five consecutive home games following a loss. The Rockets will close out a three-game homestand Monday before heading east to visit Philadelphia and New York.Toronto and Houston split two meetings a season ago. The Raptors, though, have dropped six straight and 15 of their 18 trips to Space City. 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I thought we played courageously and we battled, Nets coach Lionel Hollins said. Brooklyn never led in the fourth quarter but pulled even at 81-81 with just over eight minutes to play. Washington answered with an 8-2 run and stayed iin front the rest of the way despite its struggles at the foul line, where it went just 14-of-27.dddddddddddd Mason Plumlee was close to cutting Brooklyns deficit to one possession with 2 1/2 minutes remaining, but Nene disrupted his alley-oop try at the rim, albeit with a lot of contact. The whistle did not blow, and Nenes jumper at the other end yielded a 95-88 lead that all but sealed the outcome. The first half was played within a five-point spread either way, with the Nets holding a slim 26-23 lead after one quarter and a 51-50 advantage at halftime. The Wizards trailed by seven in the third before rattling off an 18-2 surge to go in front by a 74-65 margin. Rasual Butlers rainbow 3-pointer at the buzzer had Washington in front 77-70 heading to the fourth. Game Notes Brooklyn had lost seven in a row prior to Fridays win in DC ... The Wizards are 23-1 when holding opponents under 100 points ... Washington had 21 second- chance points to Brooklyns 10. ' ' '