Paul Pierce scored 22 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Boston Celtics to a 94-87 comeback win over the Toronto Raptors on Monday.
Kevin Garnett added 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Ray Allen had 19 points for the Celtics (7-1). Boston scored 58 points in the second half after getting just 36 in the opening 24 minutes.
Jermaine O’Neal recovered from a rough night in Sunday’s win over Charlotte, leading the Raptors (4-3) with 23 points and 11 rebounds.
TRAIL BLAZERS 106, MAGIC 99
At Orlando, Florida, Brandon Roy scored 27 points to lead Portland to its first road win with a victory over Orlando.
Dwight Howard had 29 points and a season-high 19 rebounds and Hedo Turkoglu added 35 points for the Magic, who finished their homestand 4-1.
Trailing 73-72 entering the final period, Portland scored the first 11 points of the fourth quarter, fueled by two three-pointers by Rudy Fernandez. He finished with 16 points.
HEAT 99, NETS 94
At Miami, Dwyane Wade scored 19 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter as Miami rallied from a 10-point deficit midway through the final quarter to beat New Jersey.
Michael Beasley scored 19 points and Daequan Cook added 15 for the Heat.
Yi Jianlian (易建聯) made a career-best five three-pointers and finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets, who got 22 points from Vince Carter. New Jersey led by 10 after Carter connected on a three-pointer with 5:48 left, but were outscored 26-11 the rest of the way.
PACERS 107, THUNDER 99
At Indianapolis, T.J. Ford had 24 points and 10 assists to help Indiana beat Oklahoma.
Ford scored 11 points in the final period as Indiana (3-3) pulled away. Danny Granger added 20 points and seven rebounds for the Pacers, who won their second straight.
Kevin Durant led the Thunder (1-6) with 37 points and eight rebounds.
SUNS 107, GRIZZLIES 102
At Phoenix, Leandro Barbosa scored 16 of his team-high 27 points in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 43.8 seconds left, as Phoenix withstood a furious fourth-quarter rally to beat Memphis.
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