Allen led the Sonics with 20 points and five assists, one of seven Seattle players in double figures. Johan Petro finished with 15 points, while Rashard Lewis added 14 before being helped off the court with a leg injury with 3:12 left.
Eddie Jones had 16 points for Memphis, while reserve Mike Miller added 11.
Gasol grabbed nine rebounds.
Wizards 97, Kings 84
At Sacramento, California, Caron Butler scored 23 points, Antonio Daniels added 17 and Washington snapped an eight-game losing streak in Sacramento even while playing without Gilbert Arenas.
Antawn Jamison had 17 points and eight rebounds for the Wizards, who won at Arco Arena for the first time since Dec. 19, 1996, despite playing their fourth road game in six nights.
Recent CBA pickup Billy Thomas added a season-high 14 points in a reserve role for Washington, which has won three of four on a highly successful six-game West Coast road swing.
Mike Bibby scored 20 points for the erratic Kings, who flopped in the second half of their second straight home defeat.
Spurs 98, Clippers 87
At Los Angeles, Tim Duncan had 20 points and 13 rebounds, Michael Finley also scored 20 points, and San Antonio broke open a tight game in the third quarter to down the Los Angeles Clippers.
Bruce Bowen added 16 points, Brent Barry scored 11 and Manu Ginobili had eight points and nine assists for the Spurs (55-16), who won for the seventh time in nine games and moved into first place in the Western Conference, one game ahead of Dallas.
Elton Brand had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Clippers (41-29), who lost for just the fourth time in 12 games and need only one victory to clinch their first winning season in 15 years.
Magic 97, Bulls 93
At Chicago, Jameer Nelson scored 24 points, Hedo Turkoglu hit two key jumpers in the closing minutes, and Orlando rallied to beat Chicago.
The Bulls trail Philadelphia by two games in the race for the Eastern Conference's eighth and final playoff spot, and they can blame a rough fourth quarter for that. Chicago shot just 3-of-21 and was 3-for-8 from the foul line as the Magic erased an 11-point deficit.
Turkoglu and Keyon Dooling each scored 15 points for Orlando.



