Vince Carter scored 31 points and Richard Jefferson had 30 Saturday, leading the New Jersey Nets over the Toronto Raptors 105-100 in overtime.
New Jersey's Jason Kidd finished with 14 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds for his 72nd career triple-double and his fifth this season, tops in the league. Morris Peterson led Toronto with 25 points and Chris Bosh had 23, 21 after halftime.
Toronto took a 91-89 lead in overtime on Charlie Villanueva's two free throws before New Jersey scored 10 of the next 13 points. The Raptors, who went the final 6:10 of regulation with one field goal, didn't make another until Mike James' drive with 22 seconds left in overtime.
Heat 95, Hawks 93
At Miami, Alonzo Mourning's dunk with 1.8 seconds remaining gave Miami its first lead of the game, and the Heat beat Atlanta for their season-high eighth straight victory.
Shaquille O'Neal had 21 points and eight rebounds before fouling out with 3:45 left for Miami, which overcame a 17-point deficit despite playing without Dwyane Wade.
Wade was sidelined with a sprained wrist and is listed as day to day.
Joe Johnson scored 28 points for the Hawks, who have lost 10 straight games to Miami. Josh Smith added 21 points and eight rebounds.
Spurs 101, Trail Blazers 81
At San Antonio, Tim Duncan had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and San Antonio hit five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to pull away from Portland.
Leading 69-65 after three, the Spurs opened the final period with consecutive shots from behind the arc by Brent Barry, Beno Udrih and Manu Ginobili.
Portland narrowed the gap to 80-75 on a layup and three-point play by Zach Randolph, but San Antonio closed out the game by outscoring the Blazers 21-6.
Tony Parker had 18 points for the Spurs, who won their sixth straight. Ginobili scored 13, Udrih 11 and Barry and Nazr Mohammed 10 apiece.
Randolph paced Portland with 24 points. Darius Miles added 16 and Steve Blake 14 for the Blazers, who have lost 11 of their last 13 games.
Knicks 103, Bucks 98
At Milwaukee, Steve Francis made five free throws in the final 20 seconds of his first win with New York, Eddy Curry had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the Knicks snapped a six-game losing streak.
Jalen Rose had 19 points and Quentin Richardson 18 in the Knicks' rare road win that kept the Bucks, currently in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, from matching last season's win total of 30 games when they finished 30-52.
The Knicks won for only the third time in 25 games and picked up their fifth road win of the season.
Michael Redd had 23 points, Joe Smith added 19 and Maurice Williams 17 for the Bucks, who have lost three straight at the Bradley Center after a season-high six-game home win streak.
Nuggets 110, Magic 94
At Denver, Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points and Earl Boykins snapped out of a shooting slump with 21 in Denver's rout of slumping Orlando.
Ruben Patterson also scored 21 points, his most since joining the Nuggets from Portland in a four-team trade on Feb. 23.
Grant Hill scored 19 points for the Magic, who lost for the 12th straight time on the road and fell to 2-17 in their last 19 games overall.
Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin missed the game with a sore left knee, which was surgically repaired in the offseason and gave way Friday night. He's day-to-day.
Lakers 105, Pistons 94
At Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant scored 40 points, and Los Angeles came from behind with a scoring spree that began in the third quarter.
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