Kobe Bryant reached 32,000 career points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Atlanta Hawks 114-109 to record only their second win of the season.
The 36-year-old scored 28 points on Tuesday, with his biggest shot of the game came with just over a minute to go, when he backed in against Thabo Sefolosha and made a fadeaway jumper despite being fouled to give the Lakers a 108-102 lead.
It was this that took him to the 32,000-mark, making him just the fourth player to reach the milestone along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and Michael Jordan.
The Hawks had a chance to force overtime after the Lakers (2-9) failed to put it away at the line.
But Los Angeles smothered long-range threat Kyle Korver, leaving Pero Antic to take an open 3-pointer, which clanked off the rim.
Elsewhere, Milwaukee's Ersan Ilyasova scored 20 points as the rebuilding Bucks improved to 6-5 on the season with a 117-113 win over the New York Knicks.
It was a close-fought game with New York cutting a 26-point deficit to 115-113 with 7.9 seconds remaining but Milwaukee managed to hold on.
Zaza Pachulia added season highs of 14 points and 13 rebounds for Milwaukee, while Carmelo Anthony had 26 points for the Knicks.
Alec Burks had 20 points and a career-high 14 rebounds and Enes Kanter added 16 points and 15 boards for Utah as they beat Oklahoma City 98-81.
Playing without the injured Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma has now lost three straight and seven of nine.
Finally, New Orleans' Anthony Davis had 28 points and nine rebounds to lead the Pelicans to a 106-100 win over Sacramento Kings in the Western Conference.
Ryan Anderson scored 22 points for the Pelicans, who outscored the Kings 31-15 in the third and improved to 6-4 on the year.
DeMarcus Cousins had 24 points and 17 rebounds for Sacramento.
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