Rasheed Wallace scored 22 points in 26 minutes to lead six Detroit players in double figures, and the Pistons embarrassed Shaquille O'Neal and the Phoenix Suns 116-86 in the NBA on Sunday.
Chauncey Billups had 14 points and 11 assists, and Antonio McDyess 12 points and 13 rebounds as Detroit easily ended the Suns' 11-game winning streak against Eastern Conference foes.
Phoenix lost to a team from the East for only the third time in 25 tries.
O'Neal, who turns 36 in two weeks, had seven points and 11 rebounds in 34 minutes and was 1-for-8 from the foul line. Amare Stoudemire scored 31 and Leandro Barbosa 18 for Phoenix.
Rockets 110, Bulls 97
At Houston, Tracy McGrady had 24 points and eight assists and Houston extended their winning streak to 12 games.
The Rockets' streak is their longest since their championship season of 1993-94.
Celtics 112, Trail Blazers 102
At Portland, Oregon, Paul Pierce scored 30 points and Boston rebounded from a slow start to snap a three-game losing streak.
The Celtics trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half, but gained control in the second when Portland struggled without guard Brandon Roy, last season's rookie of the year, who aggravated a right ankle sprain.
Cavaliers 109, Grizzlies 89
At Cleveland, LeBron James scored 25 points and had 11 assists to lead the home team to an easy win.
Ben Wallace, who started at power forward, scored 12 points, tying his season high, and had 10 rebounds.
Magic 112, Kings 93
At Orlando, Florida, Dwight Howard had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and Orlando got a huge fourth-quarter effort from their reserves.
Brian Cook and Keyon Dooling combined for 20 points in a 22-8 run to start the final period, which Orlando entered ahead 74-68. No Magic starter scored in the fourth quarter until Howard hit two free throws with 4:28 remaining. By then the game was already in hand.
Raptors 115, Knicks 92
At Toronto, Andrea Bargnani had 25 points and Chris Bosh added 17 as Toronto rebounded from a loss to New York two days earlier.
Toronto gave coach Sam Mitchell a victory in his 300th game. Mitchell is 137-163 as coach of the Raptors.
Mavericks 99, Timberwolves 83
At Minneapolis, Jason Kidd tied his season high with 17 assists in his third game with Dallas and Dirk Nowitzki scored 29 points as the Mavericks sent last-place Minnesota to their seventh loss in eight games.
Al Jefferson led Minnesota with 22 points.
Lakers 111, SuperSonics 91
At Seattle, Kobe Bryant scored 21 points in just 26 minutes, handed out 10 assists, and picked up his first ejection of the season in Los Angeles' season-high eighth-straight win.
The Lakers never trailed while extending their longest streak since late in the 2003-2004 season.
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