P – Chris Paul had 26 points with 14 assists, Blake Griffin scored 22 including a monster highlight reel dunk, as the LA Clippers upset the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder 112-100 on Monday night in a showdown of NBA Western Conference leaders.

Caron Butler also had 22 points for the Pacific-leading Clippers (12-6), who led by as many as 22 en route to their third straight win.

Kevin Durant had 36 points with 13 rebounds, while Russell Westbrook scored 31 for the Northwest-leading Thunder (16-40) which dropped to 16-4 after having its four-game winning streak halted.

Derrick Rose scored a season-high 35 points, Joakim Noah collected 14 points with 13 rebounds and seven assists, and the visiting Chicago Bulls ran over the lowly Washington Wizards for the seventh straight time, 98-88.

LeBron James flirted with a triple double, finishing with 22 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, Dwyane Wade also scored 22 and as the Miami Heat rolled to its fifth straight win, while handing the visiting New Orleans Hornets their 17th loss in 19 games.

Mike Miller added 14 off the bench while Chris Bosh and Norris Cole each scored 12 for the Heat, and Mario Chalmers added 11.

Miami was down 45-33 midway through the second quarter, then outscored New Orleans 76-50 the rest of the way.

In Philadelphia, Orlando again looked out of sorts as they slumped to their fourth loss on the trot, this time going down 74-69 to the 76ers.

Andre Iguodala had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the home side as the 76ers won despite posting their lowest total of the season.

Elsewhere: the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves rocked the Houston Rockets 120-108; the Milwaukee Bucks pounded the visiting Detroit Pistons 103-82; the visiting San Antonio Spurs tamed the Memphis Grizzlies 83-73; the visiting Dallas Mavericks routed the Phoenix Suns 122-99; the Utah Jazz trimmed the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 93-89.