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WASHINGTON – Gilbert Arenas made a surprise return Wednesday night after 66 games away, but Ramon Sessions provided the Arenas-like dramatics with a 19-foot jumper at the buzzer to give the Milwaukee Bucks a 110-109 victory over the Wizards.

The Bucks, who never led by more than one point, set up the perfect inbounds play to win the game. With 1.1 seconds left, Royal Ivey threw the ball in to Andrew Bogut, who found Sessions open in the corner. There was barely a tick left on the clock as the ball left Sessions’ hands, but the shot was clearly good upon instant replay review.

Until then, the evening belonged to Arenas, who scored 17 points and made a pair of free throws with 15 seconds to play to give the Wizards the lead. Arenas played 19 minutes and shot 5-of-9 from the field and 5-of-7 on free throws.

Cavs 118, Bobcats 114

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – LeBron James scored 29 points before fouling out for the only the third time in his career and wasn’t on the floor when Cleveland snapped a six-game road skid.

James was called for his sixth foul when he reached in on Charlotte’s Jason Richardson at the top of his drive to the basket with Cleveland leading 104-101 with 3:56 left.

Then Wally Szczerbiak hit a jumper, Devin Brown hit two free throws and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had two buckets as the Cavaliers took a 113-106 lead. Richardson hit two 3-pointers to get the Bobcats to 116-114, but Brown, who had 20 points, made two free throws with 20 seconds left to put it away.

Hornets 106, Heat 77

MIAMI – Tyson Chandler was a perfect 10-for-10 from the floor, and his 20-point, 10-rebound effort helped the New Orleans Hornets remain atop the Western Conference standings.

David West scored 22 points and Chris Paul added 14 points and 10 assists for the Hornets, who finished 5-1 on their six-game road trip through the East.

Grizzlies 130, Knicks 114

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Javaris Crittenton scored 23 points, Rudy Gay added 21, and the Grizzlies had their best offensive performance this season in a win over the Knicks.

Hawks 127, Raptors 120

ATLANTA – Mike Bibby hit a tying 3-pointer in regulation, Josh Smith made two in overtime and the Hawks won their fifth straight.

Chris Bosh had 24 for Toronto, and T.J. Ford had 23 points.

and 13 assists.

Joe Johnson led the Hawks with 28 points. Bibby had 26 and Smith finished with 24.

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