Laron Profit tipped in Juan Dixon's miss with 3.1 seconds to play to give the Washington Wizards an 86-84 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night.
The Bobcats missed twice before Washington's final possession. Jason Kapono's shot was off, and Gerald Wallace's shot was blocked by Brendan Haywood. The Wizards called timeout and ran down the clock before getting the ball to Dixon in the left corner. His shot bounced off the rim, but Profit was under the basket and tipped it in.
Haywood scored 22 points for Washington, which broke its six-game road losing streak.
Jason Hart scored 18 of his career-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead Charlotte.
Magic 105, Nets 81
In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Steve Francis scored 26 points and rookie backcourt mate Jameer Nelson added a career-high 22 as the Orlando Magic took an early lead and blew out the Nets.
Kelvin Cato added 16 points for the Magic, who had four players in double figures. Nelson, further entrenched in the Orlando starting lineup after Doug Christie was placed on the injured list, shot 7-of-9 and had three assists.
Dwight Howard had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Magic.
Vince Carter led New Jersey with 20 points, the 18th straight game he's reached that mark.
76ers 98, Hawks 97
In Atlanta, Marc Jackson hit a pair of free throws with 1.2 seconds remaining, and Allen Iverson stole Atlanta's ensuing inbounds pass as Philadelphia extended the Hawks' losing streak to 11 games.
Iverson, who hit all 13 of his free throw attempts, scored 33 points but was just 3-for-19 from the floor in the second half.
The Sixers won two straight for the first time since acquiring Webber in a Feb. 23 with Sacramento. Webber finished with 18 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Al Harrington led Atlanta with 19 points.
Bucks 95, Bulls 87
In Milwaukee, Desmond Mason scored 20 points, Maurice Williams and Michael Redd added 16 points each and the Bucks defeated the Chicago Bulls in Milwaukee for the 14th consecutive time.
The Bulls' losing streak at the Bradley Center dates to March 29, 1998, the year Michael Jordan led the team to the last of its six NBA championships.
Joe Smith added 10 points and a season-high 16 rebounds for the Bucks, whose last 16 points came from the free throw line. Milwaukee hit 17 of 21 free throws in the fourth quarter.
Kirk Hinrich led Chicago with 24 points and rookie Ben Gordon added 20 as the Bulls lost their third consecutive game.
Suns 129, Trail Blazers 116
In Phoenix, Shawn Marion had 26 points and nine rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns routed the Portland Trail Blazers for the third time this season.
Coach Mike D'Antoni rested starters Marion, Amare Stoudemire and Steve Nash for the entire fourth quarter after the Suns went ahead 102-78 after three.
Stoudemire contributed 20 points, but Nash saw his string of 11-assist games snapped at 12. Nash, who finished with eight, was trying to become the first player with 11 or more assists in 13 consecutive games since John Stockton in 1990-1991.
Damon Stoudamire had 30 points and Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 25 points and 13 rebounds for the Blazers, who dropped their fourth straight and second under interim coach Kevin Pritchard.
Nuggets 105, Clippers 89
In Los Angeles, Earl Boykins scored 12 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter as the Denver Nuggets continued their push for the playoffs under new coach George Karl with their sixth straight victory.
Boykins, a guard who spent two seasons with the Clippers, has scored in double figures in 20 of his last 23 games and has four 20-point efforts during that stretch.
Carmelo Anthony had 21 points for the Nuggets, who equaled their longest winning streak since a seven-game stretch from Nov. 18-Dec. 2, 1989. They improved to 30-29 and went over .500 for the first time since Dec. 21 (13-12).
The Nuggets have made up 6 1/2 games on the Lakers for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff berth, and have tied them with 23 games remaining.
Lorenzo Romar has let his 10th-ranked Washington Huskies run up and down the court all season, but he sensed his green light was going to cause a pileup soon. So on Tuesday, he kicked his sloppy team out of practice.
"This is the time to play championship basketball, and there can be zero slippage," Romar said. "We felt like there was a little bit of slippage going on."
But after setting a team record with 16 3-pointers in a rout of California on Thursday, the Huskies slipped on Saturday against Stanford. They missed 16 of their 3-point attempts and were dominated at the free-throw line, losing to the Cardinal 77-67.
Matt Haryasz scored a career-high 24 points and had 10 rebounds for Stanford. The Cardinal made 33 of 40 free throws. Washington went to the line just six times, sinking four free throws.
The loss probably ruined the Huskies' hopes of winning their first Pac-10 title in 20 years.
Washington (24-5, 14-4 Pac-10) could only win a share of the conference title if No. 11 Arizona (24-5) lost to Arizona State (18-11) later Saturday.
The Huskies' 67 points were 20 below their average this season.
Stanford (17-11, 11-7) locked up at least a tie for third place in the Pac-10, and all but assured itself a place in the NCAA tournament.
The Huskies looked to be in trouble when a 10-0 run to close the first half gave Stanford a 31-29 lead. That put the sellout crowd of 7,233 at Maples Pavilion on its feet.
Brandon Roy led Washington with 16 points and eight rebounds. Guards Nate Robinson and Will Conroy each had 11 points. Robinson shot just 4 of 16 from the field.
Stanford was fueled by the backup point guard Jason Haas, who scored a career-high 18 points and made sure Washington would not collect its first Bay Area sweep since 1985.
The Huskies went 8 minutes 34 seconds without hitting a field goal at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second. They must regroup for the Pac-10 tournament, which starts Thursday.
No. 9 Louisville 66, DePaul 62
Larry O'Bannon scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half and finished 5-of-5 from three-point range to help Louisville capture its first-ever outright Conference USA title with a 66-62 victory over DePaul at Allstate Arena.
Taquan Dean contributed with 11 points for the Cardinals (26-4, 14-2 C-USA), who have won 15 of their last 16 games.
Sammy Mejia scored 21 for DePaul (18-9, 10-6), which lost at home in conference play for the first time this season in eight games. Drake Diener had 15 in the loss.
O'Bannon hit a three-pointer to give Louisville a 60-57 lead with 4 1/2 minutes remaining and the Cardinals would hold on for the win. Francisco Garcia's two free throws gave Louisville a 62-59 advantage with 57 seconds left.
After DePaul's Quemont Greer missed a three-pointer from the corner, O'Bannon hit a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left to seal the win. After another miss from three-point range by the Blue Demons, O'Bannon made two more from the line for a seven-point lead.
DePaul, which trailed by two at halftime, tied the game on several occasions, but the Cardinals maintained the lead until a put back by Mejia gave the Blue Demons a 53-51 lead with 6 1/2 minutes to play.
The lead would change hands several times until O'Bannon put the Cardinals ahead for good.
No. 15 Connecticut 88,
No. 13 Syracuse 70
Denham Brown scored 21 points and Rudy Gay added 16 to lead the Connecticut Huskies to at least a share of the Big East title with an 88-70 win over the Syracuse Orange in Storrs, Connecticut.
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