Chicago at Philadelphia (7 p.m. EST). Antonio Davis and Jerome Williams play their second game with the Bulls after their trade from Toronto.

STARS

Wednesday

_ Voshon Lenard, Nuggets, had 26 of his career-high 38 points in the first quarter of Denver's 117-109 win over Golden State.

_ Cuttino Mobley, Rockets, had a season-high 32 points in Houston's 107-101 overtime victory over Utah.

_ Sam Cassell, Timberwolves, scored 16 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, leading Minnesota to a 92-79 win over Phoenix.

_ Baron Davis, Hornets, had 27 points and 12 assists as New Orleans topped Orlando 106-91.

LOSING, AND LOSING

Orlando's losing streak reached a franchise record-tying 17 in a row after a 106-91 setback to New Orleans on Wednesday night. The NBA record for consecutive losses in one season is 23, set by the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995-96 and matched by Denver in 1997-98.

ROAD WOES

Cleveland lost its 33rd straight road game with a 90-80 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. The losing streak is the third-longest in NBA history _ behind Sacramento's 43-game streak during the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons, and New Jersey's 34-game drought in the 1989-90 and 1990-91 campaigns.

TRADE

Bonzi Wells was traded by Portland to Memphis on Wednesday for guard Wesley Person and a conditional 2004 first-round draft pick. Wells, averaging 12.2 points, was stripped of his co-captaincy and suspended two games earlier this season for cursing at coach Maurice Cheeks.

DIALING LONG DISTANCE

Toronto set a franchise record by hitting 17 3-pointers in a 105-95 win over Boston on Wednesday night. The Raptors, averaging a league-low 79 points a game, broke the previous mark of 15 3-pointers set on Nov. 10, 2001, at Utah.

SLUMPING SPURS

San Antonio shot just 3-for-17 in the final 12 minutes and dropped its fourth straight game on Wednesday night, 90-86 to the Los Angeles Lakers. At 9-10, the Spurs have not been below .500 this late in the season since 1996-97 _ before the team drafted Tim Duncan.

WINNING NUGGETS

Denver won its fifth straight and moved into a tie atop the Midwest Division with a 117-109 win at Golden State on Wednesday night.

MAKING STRIDES

Memphis improved to 9-8 with a 96-93 win over New Jersey on Wednesday night, the latest the Grizzlies have been over .500 in a season since entering the league in 1995-96.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

Tim Duncan, returning from a one-game suspension for pushing a referee on Saturday, finished with 30 points and 15 rebounds in San Antonio's 90-86 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. ... Stephon Marbury had 32 points in Phoenix's 92-79 loss to Minnesota.

SIDELINED

Philadelphia center Marc Jackson will undergo surgery to repair a fractured left ring finger on Thursday, sidelining him indefinitely. Jackson broke the finger in the first two minutes of Tuesday's game against Toronto.

SPEAKING

``When you have a team that's lost 17 or 18 in a row, they've got to win one somewhere. You don't want it to be you,'' _ New Orleans guard David Wesley after the Hornets extended Orlando's losing streak to 17 games Wednesday night with a 106-91 win over the Magic.