San Antonio at New Jersey (7 p.m. EST). The Spurs and Nets face each other for the first time since last season's NBA Finals.

STARS

Tuesday

_ Allen Iverson, 76ers, scored 40 points to lead Philadelphia over Washington 112-105.

_ Ronald Murray, SuperSonics, scored a career-high 29 points and hit a jumper at the buzzer as Seattle beat Minnesota 89-87.

_ Quentin Richardson, Clippers, had career highs of 32 points and 16 rebounds to lead Los Angeles to a 115-103 victory over Atlanta.

SIBLING RIVALRY

Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy earned his first win against his brother and Miami coach Stan Van Gundy as the Rockets beat the Heat 90-70 on Tuesday night. The Van Gundys joined Herb and Larry Brown as the only brothers to coach against each other in the NBA.

MILESTONES

Don Nelson got his 250th victory with the Mavericks in Dallas' 125-97 win over New Orleans on Tuesday night. He's the second NBA coach with at least 250 wins with three teams. Lenny Wilkens is the other. ... Mike Dunleavy earned his 400th career victory in the Los Angeles Clippers' 115-103 win over Atlanta. He became the 30th coach in league history to reach the 400-victory plateau and the sixth active coach with 400 wins.

CHARITY STRIPE

Philadelphia shot 36-for-42 from the free-throw line in a 112-105 win over Washington on Tuesday night. The 76ers made 24 of 26 free throws in the second half.

BLOCK PARTY

Yao Ming had a career-high seven blocked shots in Houston's 90-70 win over Miami on Tuesday night.

UNSELFISH

Dallas had 40 assists in Tuesday night's 125-97 win over New Orleans, including 15 on its first 17 baskets.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

Gilbert Arenas scored 36 points in Washington's 112-105 loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday night. ... Kevin Garnett had 26 points and 13 rebounds as Minnesota fell to Seattle 89-87. ... Toronto's Vince Carter scored 33 points in the Raptors' 83-80 loss to Portland.

SPEAKING

``Do I need to make five or six more All-Star games, win an Olympic gold, continue to make All-NBA teams for me to get some respect in the paint?'' _ Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal, who blasted the officials after the Pacers' 78-76 loss to Boston on Tuesday night. O'Neal was on the bench in foul trouble for much of the second half.