Dwyane Wade had 36 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to lift the Miami Heat over the Orlando Magic 110-100 in the NBA on Wednesday.
After the game, the Magic finalized a trade with the Detroit Pistons for Serbian center Darko Milicic, the No. 2 pick in the 2003 draft. The Magic also received Puerto Rican Carlos Arroyo in exchange for a first-round selection and Kelvin Cato.
It was the Heat's second win over Orlando in as many days, and they did it without a huge game from Shaquille O'Neal. The All-Star center had seven points and 11 rebounds before fouling out with 27.6 seconds remaining.
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Dwight Howard led Orlando with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Nets 95, Bobcats 94
At Charlotte, North Carolina, Vince Carter tipped in his own miss with 9.6 seconds left to help New Jersey snap a seven-game road losing streak.
Richard Jefferson scored 25 points and Nenad Krstic added 20. Carter had 19 points and Jason Kidd finished with 11 points, nine rebounds and nine assists for the Nets, who enter the All-Star break atop the Atlantic Division.
Knicks 98, Raptors 96
At New York, Jamal Crawford made a jumper with 3 seconds left and New York snapped a 10-game losing streak.
Eddy Curry scored 18 points and Jalen Rose had 17 against his former team to earn his first victory since joining the Knicks. New York won for only the second time in 18 games, snapping its longest skid since ending the 1984-85 season with a franchise-record 12 straight losses.
Pacers 88, Bucks 77
At Indianapolis, Anthony Johnson scored 24 points and Peja Stojakovic had 16 of his 20 in the second half to help Indiana.
David Harrison had 16 points and six rebounds and Jeff Foster grabbed 18 boards for the Pacers.
Indiana has won five of its last six games heading into the All-Star break.
76ers 103, Spurs 100, OT
At Philadelphia, Allen Iverson scored 42 points and Chris Webber added 21, including a key pair of free throws in overtime to lead Philadelphia.
San Antonio finished 6-2 on its eight-game ``Rodeo'' road trip. The Spurs have taken this trip for the past four seasons while a rodeo was held at the AT&T Center.
Tony Parker led San Antonio with 23 points, and Tim Duncan added 19 points and 15 rebounds. Nazr Mohammed, who played in Philadelphia for the first two-plus years of his career, had 16 points and a career-high 20 rebounds.
Timberwolves 102, SuperSonics 92
At Minneapolis, Ricky Davis scored 25 points and Kevin Garnett added 23 points and 15 rebounds, to help Minnesota end a four-game losing streak.
Trenton Hassell chipped in 12 points, and Anthony Carter and Rashad McCants each scored 10, giving the Wolves only their second win in their last nine games.
Ray Allen scored 23 points for the Sonics, who lost for the seventh time in eight games.
Hornets 102, Trail Blazers 86
At Oklahoma City, Kirk Snyder scored 22 points to lead New Orleans over Portland, but the Hornets lost star rookie Chris Paul to another injury.
Paul slammed into Blazers center Ha Seung-Jin with 6:17 left in the third quarter and remained on the floor for a few moments, kicking his legs in pain. Already wearing a flak jacket to protect his bruised left ribs, Paul grabbed at his left shoulder, which made contact with Ha and then with the floor as he rolled to the ground. He remained on the bench for the rest of the game. By the time he was hurt, the game was already well in New Orleans' control.
Grizzlies 84, Kings 78
At Memphis, Tennessee, Pau Gasol scored 24 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Memphis.
Back-to-back three-pointers by Shane Battier put Memphis ahead 80-78 with 4:34 left. Neither team would score again until a pair of free throws by Eddie Jones with 13.9 seconds remaining. Two more free throws by Chucky Atkins with less than a second left sealed the Memphis victory.
Cavaliers 113, Celtics 109, 2 OT
At Boston, LeBron James had 43 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season and Cleveland overcame Paul Pierce's 50-point performance.
Drew Gooden added 19 points and 11 rebounds and Damon Jones had 13 points for Cleveland.
Pierce shot 17-for-36 from the field and 16-for-20 from the free-throw line to become the first Celtic to score 50 since Larry Bird had 50 in November 1989.
Suns 116, Nuggets 101
At Denver, Shawn Marion had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Raja Bell added 20 points to lead Phoenix.
Steve Nash added 19 points and 12 assists for the Pacific Division-leading Suns, who go into the All-Star break winning six-of-seven games. Phoenix was 14-for-25 on 3-pointers and beat the Nuggets at their own game, outscoring Denver 36-30 on fastbreak points.
Carmelo Anthony, who was left off the Western Conference All-Star team, had 29 points.
The Northwest-leading Nuggets were 0-for-14 on 3-pointers.
Mavericks 103, Wizards 97
At Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points with a key assist and the Mavericks took over the best record in the Western Conference going into the All-Star break.
Dallas (41-11) went ahead to stay with a 10-0 run midway through the second quarter, but had to hold off the Wizards, who got within a point four times in the fourth quarter. The Mavericks responded immediately each time, including Nowitzki's inside pass to Erick Dampier for a layup with 53 seconds left.
Hawks 114, Lakers 110
At Los Angeles, Josh Smith had 21 points and 15 rebounds to match his career bests, and Atlanta held off Los Angeles to snap a 23-game road losing streak to Western Conference teams.
Josh Childress scored a season-high 21 points, and Joe Johnson had 20 points and a career-high 15 assists for the Hawks, who were 0-12 on the road against Western Conference teams this season and lost their last 11 last season.
Kobe Bryant had 39 points and nine assists for the Lakers (26-26), who enter the break having lost six of their last eight.
Warriors 88, Clippers 81
At Oakland, California, Derek Fisher had 20 points and nine assists to help Golden State end a seven-game losing streak to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jason Richardson scored 20 points and had 10 rebounds for the Warriors, who also denied Los Angeles its second straight season series sweep. Sam Cassell scored 16 for the Clippers.
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