MIAMI (AP) - LeBron James shook off flu-like symptoms to score 31 points, Chris Bosh scored 15 and the Miami Heat won their second straight, topping the Los Angeles Lakers 98-87. Miami moved to 5-0 this season without Dwyane (dwayn) Wade, who missed his second straight game with a sprained right ankle after missing three games earlier this season with left foot soreness.
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Harrison Barnes scored nine of his 27 points during a 19-0 second-half run and No. 8 North Carolina bounced back from a 33-point loss at Florida State with an 82-68 victory over Virginia Tech last night. John Henson added 16 points, 16 rebounds and six blocks for the 16-3 Tar Heels.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Evgeni Nabokov (nah-BAH'-kahv) made 40 saves and the New York Islanders snapped a 13-game losing streak in Philadelphia with a 4-1 victory over the Flyers, who had beaten the Isles 23 of the last 24 meetings. The victory was the Islanders' third in their last four games, and it marked the first time New York won in Philadelphia since April 7, 2007.
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - Shreveport's David Toms and Colombia's Camilo Villegas (kuh-MIHL'-oh vih-JAY'-guhs) shot 9-under 63 to top a leaderboard after the opening round of the Humana Challenge at La Quinta in the event formerly known as the Bob Hope Classic. Bob Estes, Ted Potter Jr., Sang-moon Bae and Brandt Snedeker were one stroke behind.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles judge has ratified a binding agreement between outgoing Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his former wife Jamie McCourt in their divorce case. The settlement reached in November calls for Frank McCourt to pay his ex-wife $131 million by the end of April.
