Kenyon Martin scored a career-high 35 points and Jason Kidd hit a 3-pointer in the final 1:31 of overtime Monday to lead the New Jersey Nets to a 109-108 win over the Seattle SuperSonics.
Desmond Mason scored a season-high 30 points but missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer in a disheartening loss for Seattle, which rallied from a 17-point deficit in the second half.
Martin added 12 rebounds and a last-second block of Rashard Lewis' shot at the end of regulation. Kidd finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds, winning his point-guard matchup with Gary Payton, who had 12 points and seven assists.
Lewis added 25 points and eight rebounds for Seattle.
Heat 99, Hawks 79
In Miami, Eddie Jones scored 26 points, including 5-of-8 shooting from 3-point range, as Miami ended Atlanta's three-game winning streak.
Reserve forward LaPhonso Ellis added 15 points and Mike James had 13 as the Heat bench outscored Atlanta's reserves 39-15. Brian Grant got his 19th double-double of the season with 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 19 points and 10 rebounds, but poor shooting by his teammates left the Hawks short of scoring. Jason Terry was 5-of-13 for 13 points, while Glenn Robinson shot 5-for-18 from the floor for 12 points.
Hornets 103, Celtics 96
In New Orleans, Jamal Mashburn scored 30 points, including a pair of tough jumpers down the stretch, as New Orleans beat Boston to extend the Celtics' losing streak to four games.
In the last two minutes, Mashburn hit a long fade and a turnaround jumper from the top of the key to give New Orleans a 97-88 lead.
Mashburn, who scored 39 points in New Orleans' last game at Washington, shot 12-of-19 against Boston, including four 3-pointers.
David Wesley scored 18 points for New Orleans, which snapped a two-game losing streak and beat Boston for the first time in three meetings this season. The Hornets avoided falling below .500 for the first time this season.
Paul Pierce led Boston with 27 points.
Mavericks 92, Jazz 90
In Salt Lake City, Nick Van Exel hit a 3-pointer with 13.1 seconds to play as Dallas beat Utah to spoil Karl Malone's 1,400th career game.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, while Steve Nash had 20 points and six assists for the Mavericks, who squandered a 16-point lead before rallying for their fourth straight win.
Utah's Matt Harpring, who missed Saturday's game with sore ribs, returned to the lineup and scored 20 points -- but he missed a baseline jumper that would have forced overtime.
Malone finished with 18 points for the Jazz, who outrebounded the Mavericks 46-31. He became the fourth NBA player to reach the 1,400-game milestone, joining teammate John Stockton (1,470), Kareem Abdul-Jabar (1,560) and Robert Parish (1,611).
Andrei Kirilenko gave Utah a 90-89 lead on a layup with 29.9 seconds left.
Suns 115, Bulls 111
In Phoenix, All-Star teammates Stephon Marbury and Shawn Marion scored 36 points each as Phoenix escaped with a victory over Chicago.
Marbury, who also had nine assists, scored six in overtime, including consecutive drives to the basket that put Phoenix ahead 111-108 with 1:30 to play. His two free throws with 1.8 seconds remaining sealed the victory.
Marion sank a 3-pointer with 19.4 seconds left in regulation to help send the game to overtime after Phoenix trailed most of the night.
Jalen Rose scored 28 points for Chicago, but his streak of consecutive free throws made ended at 33. Donyell Marshall had 23 points and 18 rebounds as the Bulls dropped to 2-24 on the road.
Warriors 101, Grizzlies 91
In Oakland, California, Troy Murphy had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Gilbert Arenas added 21 points and nine assists as Golden State snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over Memphis.
The Warriors improved to 21-26 -- matching their win total from last season with one game remaining before this weekend's All-Star break.
The Grizzlies shot 39 percent in dropping their sixth consecutive game and ninth in 10. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 20 points and nine rebounds.
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