NBAGilbert Arenas led six Wizards in double figures with 34 points, and Washington outran the Denver Nuggets 120-91 for its fourth victory in five NBA games on Wednesday.
Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 37 points.
Washington's Caron Butler had 26 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, while Antawn Jamison added 19 points and Brendan Haywood contributed 12 points and 13 rebounds in his first start of the season.
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Washington improved to 8-3 at home.
Raptors 91, Magic 84
At Orlando, Florida, rookie Andrea Bargnani had a season-high 23 points and added six rebounds to help Toronto snap a four-game losing streak.
Bargnani, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, hit five 3-pointers and finished 8-of-16 from the field. T.J. Ford added 14 points and five assists for the Raptors, who won with leading scorer and rebounder Chris Bosh out with a bruised knee.
Rasho Nesterovic added seven points, five blocks and 10 rebounds.
Carlos Arroyo led the Magic with 22 points in his first start of the season. Dwight Howard added 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Suns 99, Heat 89
At Miami, Shawn Marion had 23 points and 13 rebounds and Steve Nash had 18 points and 11 assists to lead Phoenix to its 12th straight victory.
Miami, playing without Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade, managed to overcome most of a 25-point fourth-quarter deficit, but Nash, the two-time reigning MVP, hit a 3-pointer with 2:20 left to stop the rally.
Boris Diaw scored 13 points for the Suns, who have the second-longest winning streak in franchise history and finished a 5-0 road trip for the first time since April 1998.
Alonzo Mourning had 19 points and Udonis Haslem added 14 for Miami, as the defending NBA champions fell to 9-12 overall and 4-7 at home.
Pacers 101, Pistons 90
At Indianapolis, Jermaine O'Neal had 26 points and 14 rebounds to lead Indiana over Detroit.
Jamaal Tinsley finished with 21 points and five assists, and Al Harrington scored 16 points for the Pacers, who won their fifth consecutive game at Conseco Fieldhouse and snapped a three-game losing streak against Detroit.
Celtics 101, 76ers 81
At Philadelphia, Paul Pierce and Ryan Gomes each scored 18 points, and Tony Allen had 16 for Boston, which won its third straight game and sent Philadelphia to its ninth straight loss.
Al Jefferson added 13 rebounds for the Celtics (8-13), who are suddenly making a run at the wretched Atlantic Division lead.
The Sixers are slumming toward one of their worst seasons in franchise history. They have lost nine straight for the first time since a 13-game losing streak in 1996-1997; lost 13 of 14 overall and have only two wins since a now long-ago 3-0 start.
Kevin Ollie led the Sixers with 14 points and Andre Iguodala had 12.
Cavaliers 104, Bobcats 101
At Cleveland, LeBron James scored 22 points and Larry Hughes made a crucial steal and two free throws in the final 30 seconds, giving Cleveland a win over Charlotte.
Hughes added 16 points and James had eight rebounds, seven assists and six turnovers for the Cavaliers, who improved to 10-2 at home and had their starting lineup on the floor for the first time in 13 games.
Cleveland's Anderson Varejao had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Drew Gooden also had 16 points after missing two games with a groin injury.
Adam Morrison led Charlotte with 16, Emeka Okafor had 14 and 11 rebounds and Brevin Knight added 14 assists for the Bobcats.
Nets 108, Bucks 95
At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Vince Carter scored 36 points and Jason Kidd registered his 80th career triple-double to lead New Jersey over Milwaukee.
Kidd finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists and rookies Marcus Williams and Hassan Adams came up big in the fourth quarter as the Nets won consecutive games for only the third time this season.
Charlie Villanueva scored 23 points and Mo Williams added 17 for the Bucks, who couldn't overcome the combination of a slow start and Michael Redd's worst game of the season. The NBA's No. 3 scorer (28.9) tallied a season-low nine points on 3-of-13 shooting.
Andrew Bogut, who didn't score in an earlier meeting between the teams this season, added 15 points and 11 rebounds for Milwaukee.
In other games, it was: Knicks 94, Hawks 82; Spurs 95, Timberwolves 82; Trail Blazers 85, Grizzlies 79; Bulls 99, SuperSonics 84
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