Kareem Rush scored 22 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 117-102 win over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night in a wild game that featured five technical fouls and two ejections.
Jamaal Tinsley added 18 points and eight assists for Indiana in first home game since he was shot at, but unhurt, early on Sunday morning in downtown Indianapolis.
Ben Gordon led Chicago with 18 points, but he shot just 7-for-21 from the field.
Indiana coach Jim O'Brien was called for a technical foul with the Pacers trailing 38-24. Indiana responded with an 11-1 run.
The Bulls were leading 41-36 with 3:51 left in the second quarter when Chicago forward Tyrus Thomas took exception to a hard foul by Indiana center Troy Murphy and responded by shoving him in the face. Murphy swung back, and players from both teams intervened before things escalated.
Rockets 80, Pistons 77
At Houston, Tracy McGrady scored 29 points and Yao Ming added 21 points and 13 rebounds as Houston nearly entered the NBA record book for foul-shot futility before beating Detroit.
The Rockets missed 14 of their first 15 shots from the line, before finishing 6-for-22 (27 percent) to win for the third time in seven games.
Houston's throwback uniforms were all too appropriate -- the 1983 Rockets went 3-for-14 from the free-throw line (21 percent) in a game against Portland.
76ers 98, Timberwolves 94
At Philadelphia, Samuel Dalembert had 18 points, 11 rebounds and tied a career high with nine blocked shots and Andre Iguodala scored 25 points as Philadelphia edged Minnesota.
Willie Green added 18 points, and Andre Miller had 10 to help the suddenly surging Sixers improve to 9-13 after a season-high fourth-straight win.
Raptors 92, Mavericks 76
At Toronto, Kris Humphries had 16 points and 12 rebounds, Chris Bosh scored 17 points and Toronto beat Dallas for the first time in more than four years.
Toronto won their third straight and ended an eight-game slump against the Mavericks, whose 76 points were a season low. The Raptors' last win over the Mavericks was a 77-71 victory on Nov. 6, 2003.
Bobcats 108, Clippers 103
At Charlotte, Raymond Felton scored 26 points and keyed a fourth-quarter surge to lead Charlotte past the Los Angeles Clippers.
Emeka Okafor added 25 points and 16 rebounds and Gerald Wallace scored 25 points for the Bobcats, who won for only the second time in 10 games.
Felton hit two free throws, had a steal, a no-look pass for an assist and hit a jumper in an 8-0 run that put Charlotte ahead 96-89 with 2:45 left. After the Clippers got within four, Wallace hit a jumper from the left corner with 1:06 left.
Celtics 90, Kings 78
At Boston, rookie Glen Davis had 16 points and nine rebounds, and made all 10 of his free throws as Boston remained unbeaten at home.
Paul Pierce led Boston with 26 points, Ray Allen had 15 and Kevin Garnett added 11. Sacramento, playing their fourth-straight game without their injured leading scorer, Kevin Martin, got 16 points each from Ron Artest and Beno Udrih and 14 from Mike Miller.
SuperSonics 117, Knicks 110
At New York, Kevin Durant scored 30 points, and fellow Seattle rookie Jeff Green added 17 to beat New York.
Former Knicks forward Kurt Thomas scored five clutch points in the final 2:31 as Seattle handed New York their fourth-straight loss. Luke Ridnour and Wally Szczerbiak each scored 12 points to help the SuperSonics snap a five-game road skid.
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