Zach Randolph's 15 points led the beleaguered Trail Blazers, who lost their fifth straight and seventh in eight games.
Rockets 91, Celtics 73
At Houston, Tracy McGrady tied his season high with 35 points, leading Houston over Boston for its second win in its last 10 games.
Pierce scored 20 for the Celtics.
Houston center Yao Ming had 12 points and nine rebounds, despite being cut over his right eye in a fourth-quarter collision with Boston forward Brian Scalabrine.
McGrady also had seven rebounds and five assists, showing no signs of the back injury that sidelined him for eight of Houston's first 14 games.
Nuggets 125, Hawks 116
At Denver, Andre Miller had 21 points and 14 assists, and Marcus Camby blocked two key shots in the final 90 seconds to help Denver to a tougher-than-expected victory over Atlanta.
Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points, Camby had 24 points and 12 rebounds and Earl Boykins had 20 points in Denver's highest-scoring game of the season.
Al Harrington had a season-high 35 points for Atlanta. Tyronn Lue finished with 16 points and eight assists and made a pair of 3-pointers late in the third to keep the Hawks within striking range. Royal Ivey played scrappy ball and finished with 14 points.
Cavaliers 102, Kings 97
At Sacramento, California, LeBron James scored 11 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, adding six rebounds and six assists as he carried Cleveland through the tense final minutes of a victory over Sacramento.
Larry Hughes scored 24 points for the Cavaliers, who snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Kings with their first victory in seven trips to Arco Arena since March 19, 1998.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 25 points for the Kings, who lost their fourth straight.
Bonzi Wells had 19 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for the Kings.
Knicks 104, SuperSonics 101
At Seattle, Jamal Crawford scored all of his season-high 31 points in the second half, and New York rallied to beat Seattle.
Crawford was 8-of-11 from the field and made 11 of 12 free throws in the second half, as the Knicks won the opener of a three-game West Coast road trip.
Rookie Channing Frye added 18 points and Stephon Marbury had 16. Nate Robinson, also a Seattle native, added 10.
Ray Allen led Seattle with 23 points.
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