Tony Parker, who led a third-quarter comeback, led the Spurs with 24 points and seven assists.
76ers 89, Bulls 81
In Chicago, Kenny Thomas had 22 points and 13 rebounds, and Aaron McKie put down 21 points as Philadelphia overcame the absence of Allen Iverson to beat Chicago.
Philadelphia, playing its second straight game without Iverson (right knee injury), won its third straight game -- matching a season-high -- and snapped a four-game road losing streak.
Philadelphia pulled away midway through the fourth quarter with an 11-2 run to break a 65-65 tie. Thomas scored five points in the span, hitting a long jumper and converting a three-point play.
Kirk Hinrich pulled the Bulls to 78-75 on a driving layup with 2:21 left, but Philadelphia answered with six straight points.
Rockets 90, Clippers 85
In Houston, Steve Francis had 24 points and Yao Ming scored eight of his 19 points in a fourth-quarter rally as Houston beat the Los Sngeles Clippers.
The Rockets got their third straight victory and their fifth in succession over the Clippers, but it took a final-period spurt to get the victory.
Trailing 73-71 in the fourth quarter, Houston got the ball on a turnover by Bobby Simmons and Yao's basket tied it with 8:20 to play. A bad pass by Eddie House gave the Rockets their chance to go ahead, and Yao slammed a basket home for a 75-73 lead.
Timberwolves 105, SuperSonics 92
In Seattle, Latrell Sprewell emerged from a shooting slump to score 31 points as Minnesota beat Seattle to end a two-game losing streak.
Kevin Garnett had 29 points and 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who pulled away in the fourth quarter after taking a four-point lead into the final period. Garnett had 11 of his points in the fourth quarter. Sprewell shot 11-for-23, including 2-for-8 from 3-point range, after averaging 10.2 points and shooting 34 percent in his previous 10 games.
The Sonics, who lost their fifth successive game, got 37 points from Ray Allen, who missed Sunday night's loss to Detroit because of the flu.
Kings 96, Warriors 92
In Sacramento, Doug Christie scored 23 points, Mike Bibby added 21 and Peja Stojakovic had 20 as Sacramento beat Golden State.
Christie also had six assists and five rebounds, and Bibby scored four of his points in a key 40-second span with just under three minutes remaining.
With the Kings ahead 83-82, Bibby hit a jump shot, then scored on a right-handed scoop layup while driving left. Nearly a minute later, Bibby missed on another drive attempt, but his shot was tipped in by Vlade Divac for a 89-82 lead with 1:23 to go.
Erick Dampier had 26 points and 18 rebounds for Golden State, which had two good opportunities to take the lead just prior to Bibby's late spurt. But both Cliff Robinson (15 points) and Jason Richardson (18 points, seven rebounds) missed drives in traffic on consecutive possessions.
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