Richard Jefferson scored 27 points and Vince Carter added 26 to help the New Jersey Nets win their 11th straight game and clinch an Eastern Conference playoff berth with a 91-88 win over the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA on Friday.
The winning streak is the Nets' third-longest in franchise history.
With the game tied at 84, Carter tipped in his own miss to give the Nets a two-point lead with 42.6 seconds remaining. Jason Kidd then went 5-for-6 from the foul line to seal the win for New Jersey, which has six straight road victories -- the second-longest streak in franchise history.
The Hawks lost for the fifth time in six games.
76ers 117, Knicks 112
At New York, Allen Iverson scored 47 points, Chris Webber had a season-high 34 points and 12 rebounds, and Philadelphia snapped a three-game losing streak.
Andre Iguodala added 14 points and Samuel Dalembert had 11 in his return to the starting lineup for the 76ers, who won for just the third time in 13 games. They remained 1.5 games ahead of Chicago for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Rookie Nate Robinson, playing 43 minutes because of injuries to both of New York's starting guards, scored a season-high 34 points. The Knicks lost their seventh straight game.
Suns 140, Raptors 126
At Toronto, Boris Diaw had 26 points, nine assists and eight rebounds and Leandro Barbosa added a career-high 28 points to lead Phoenix.
Seven players scored in double figures for Phoenix, which finished with the most points in the seven-year history of the Air Canada Centre. It was also the second highest total allowed by the Raptors. The record is 152 set by the Los Angeles Clippers in March 1998.
Morris Peterson had a career-high 38 points for the Raptors. Toronto lost its second straight without injured All-Star Chris Bosh, who sat out with a sprained thumb.
Bulls 113, Bobcats 107
At Charlotte, North Carolina, Andres Nocioni had 24 points and 11 rebounds to lead Chicago over Charlotte.
Luol Deng scored 21 points and Chris Duhon added 19 for the Bulls, who remained 1.5 games behind Philadelphia in the battle for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 10 games remaining.
Jumaine Jones scored 28 points and Gerald Wallace added 26 and 12 rebounds for the Bobcats, who surrendered 100 or more points for the ninth consecutive game.
Magic 108, Mavericks 99
At Orlando, Florida, Jameer Nelson scored 27 points and Hedo Turkoglu added 25 to help Orlando hand Dallas its third straight loss.
Dallas fell another half-game behind San Antonio in the playoff chase to clinch the Southwest Division, putting them 2{ games back with nine left to play. The teams are battling for the West's best record, but since they are both in the same division the second place finisher will get the No. 4 seed when the playoffs start in three weeks. The top three seeds go to division winners.
Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavericks with 38 points and 15 rebounds. Jason Terry scored 23 points and Jerry Stackhouse added 14.
Nuggets 106, Timberwolves 94
At Denver, Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points and Denver overcame poor play in the first three quarters to beat Minnesota.
Andre Miller added 16 points and Ruben Patterson had 14 for the Nuggets, who ended a two-game losing streak as they try to win their first division title since the 1987-1988 season.
Kevin Garnett scored 22 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who lost their 11th straight game on the road.
Lakers 106, SuperSonics 93
At Seattle, Kobe Bryant scored 43 points and the Los Angeles Lakers used an impressive second half to beat Seattle.
A night after collapsing in the second half in a home loss to San Antonio, the Lakers used an impressive third quarter surge to pick up a critical road victory in their battle for a playoff spot.
The Lakers (39-35) are seventh in the Western Conference and 1.5 games up on Sacramento.
Bryant had his 22nd 40-point game of the season. The league's leading scorer is one behind Elgin Baylor's franchise record for the most 40-point games in one season. Baylor set the mark during the 1962-1963 season.
Ray Allen led Seattle with 29 points, but was just 2-for-8 in the fourth quarter with five points.
Kings 96, Warriors 93
At Oakland, California, Brad Miller made four free throws in the final 9.9 seconds and Sacramento won three straight road games for the first time this season.
Bonzi Wells scored 22 points, Mike Bibby added 21 and Ron Artest had 17 for the tired Kings, who blew all but one point of a late lead but still hung on for a win in their fifth game in seven nights.
Mike Dunleavy scored 15 of his 24 points in the first quarter for the Warriors, who lost their third home game in five days to end any remaining rational thoughts of ending their 11-season playoff drought.
J.J. Redick, whose 3-point shooting led Duke to a No. 1 ranking for most of the season, was selected the US college basketball player of the year by AP on Friday.
The guard was second in the US in scoring this season, capping his career as the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leading scorer and Division I's most prolific 3-point shooter.
Redick is the record sixth Duke player to win the award, with five winners since 1992. The award was first presented in 1961.
Redick averaged 26.8 points this season, shooting 47 percent from the field, 42 percent from 3-point range and 85 percent from the free throw line. A tireless worker on offense and an extremely intense player, he averaged 37.1 minutes for Duke, which finished the season with a 32-4 record.
Roy Williams, who followed a national championship season at North Carolina by leading an inexperienced team to a top 10 finish, was selected coach of the year.
Williams, who won the award in 1992 at Kansas, is the second coach to win it at two schools, joining Eddie Sutton, who won at Arkansas in 1978 and Kentucky in 1986. He is the seventh coach to win it more than once, with UCLA's John Wooden the record holder at five times from 1967 to 1973.
"Fourteen years ago I thought it was neat to win this award, and now I'm so much more appreciative of it," Williams said. "From the first day of practice this team was fun to coach yet they were focused on what they had to do."
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