Williams and rookie teammate Ron Harper led the Cavs to their fifth straight victory with 26 points each. The Celtics again played without forward Larry Bird, who sat out his third straight game with a strained right Achilles’ tendon. Boston had defeated Denver and Philadelphia without Bird. Cleveland had made only 4 of 12 free throws before Williams hit two to put Cleveland on top. Dennis Johnson missed a desperation three-point attempt at the buzzer. 76ers 105, Nets 100: Charles Barkley’s basket with 20 seconds left and Julius Erving’s two free throws in the closing seconds gave Philadelphia (12-6) the victory over struggling New Jersey (3-15) at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. Barkley and Erving scored 20 points each to lead the 76ers carpaltunnel-cure.com/. New Jersey was led by Orlando Woolridge, with a game-high 31 points, and Mike Gminski added 22. The Nets suffered their third consecutive defeat and their 11th in the past 12 games. Pistons 128, Nuggets 113: Adrian Dantley scored 32 points and Isiah Thomas added 24 points and 18 assists, leading Detroit (8-7) over Denver (9-10) at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. Detroit now has won five of its past six games, while the Nuggets fell to 1-9 in road games this season. For Denver, Alex English finished with 36 points, Lafayette Lever 20 and Bill Hanzlik 17. Bill Laimbeer scored 20 points for Detroit and Vinnie Johnson added 18. http://www.carpaltunnel-cure.com/ Spurs 106, Bulls 97: Alvin Robertson scored 30 points and rookie Johnny Dawkins added 28 as San Antonio (6-12) rallied from a 21-point deficit to defeat Chicago (8-9) at the HemisFair Arena in San Antonio, Texas. http://www.carpaltunnel-cure.com/ The Spurs’ victory offset the play of the Bulls’ Michael Jordan, who had a game-high 43 points, his sixth consecutive game with 40 or more.