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Updated at 3:52 p.m., Saturday, January 31, 2009

NBA: Lopez leads Nets past fading 76ers

By DAN GELSTON
Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Brook Lopez had 24 points and 17 rebounds and Devin Harris scored 17 points to help the New Jersey Nets take advantage of Philadelphia's fourth-quarter collapse and beat the 76ers 85-83 tonight.

The Sixers led by 12 early in the fourth, then went the final 10:37 without a basket. They missed their last 18 shots and finished the fourth quarter 2-for-22. They were outscored 20-8 in the quarter and missed shots from about every possible shot on the floor.

Lopez's dunk with 16.8 seconds put the Nets ahead for good, 84-83, and the Sixers were booed off the court.

The Nets won without Vince Carter, who sprained his right ankle in the second half and scored seven points for the Nets.