Seldom-used Lonnie Baxter added a season-high 18 points and 11 rebounds and David Wesley added 15 for Houston, which improved to 4-13 at the Toyota Center. The Rockets hadn't won a home game since a 91-73 victory over Boston on Dec. 6.
Matt Carroll had 19 for injury-depleted Charlotte, which dropped its season-high ninth consecutive game.
SuperSonics 113, Jazz 94
At Salt Lake City, Ray Allen had 22 points and six assists and Seattle won consecutive games for the first time under coach Bob Hill.
Luke Ridnour added 17 points and seven assists and Rashard Lewis scored 16 for Seattle, which improved to 4-7 since Hill took over after Bob Weiss was fired Jan. 3.
Andrei Kirilenko had 24 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the Jazz. Mehmet Okur had 20 points and 13 boards for Utah.
Grizzlies 107, Timberwolves 87
At Memphis, Tennessee, Pau Gasol broke out of an offensive slump and scored 30 points to help Memphis down Minnesota.
Gasol, who had averaged 11.3 points in the past four games and had only eight shots against Miami on Tuesday, connected on 9-of-14 shots and all 12 of his free throws to lead five Grizzlies in double figures.
Eddie Jones added 22 points for Memphis, including 10 in the fourth period, while Mike Miller scored 18 off the bench.
Kevin Garnett led the Timberwolves with 29 points and Wally Szczerbiak finished with 15.
Nuggets 97, Trail Blazers 94
At Portland, Oregon, Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points to help Denver beat Portland for its seventh consecutive win.
The Blazers, who lost their second straight at home, were up by as many as 12 points in the second half, but both teams wrestled with the lead in the final minutes.
Greg Buckner's 3-pointer with 1:13 left put the Nuggets up 97-94 for their biggest lead of the game.
The Blazers inbounded the ball with 3.7 seconds left and guard Steve Blake was fouled by Kenyon Martin as Denver had a foul to give. With 1.6 seconds on the clock, Blake inbounded the ball again, and Travis Outlaw missed an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Clippers 90, Nets 77
At Los Angeles, Elton Brand scored 10 of his 19 points in the first 5 minutes, Sam Cassell and Chris Kaman added 17 each, and the Los Angeles Clippers won their third consecutive game.
Cuttino Mobley had 15 points, a career-high 13 rebounds and seven assists for the Clippers (23-16), who went ahead for good on two straight baskets by Brand in the early going and moved within two games of first-place Phoenix in the Pacific Division.
Richard Jefferson added 15 points and Nenad Krstic had 12 points and six rebounds before fouling out with 8:29 remaining.
Mavericks 102, Warriors 93
At Oakland, California, Jerry Stackhouse scored 23 points, Dirk Nowitzki added 18 and Dallas roared past Golden State in the fourth quarter for its sixth straight victory.
Jason Terry scored 16 points for the Mavericks, who got their 17th road victory of the season and improved to 4-0 on their five-game road trip. They had plenty of help from the Warriors, who absolutely fell apart in the fourth quarter -- missing their first 16 shots and going 10:42 between field goals.
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