PHILADELPHIA (AP) Cuttino Mobley scored 19 points, and Yao Ming and Jim Jackson each added 12 to lead the Houston Rockets to a 74-66 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.

The Rockets, who won for the seventh time in nine games, took a lead late in the first quarter and never trailed again. They led by as many as 15 in the fourth.

The Rockets shot only 33 percent, but the Sixers were even worse at 32 percent. Houston went 9-for-28 from 3-point range, while the Sixers missed all nine attempts.

Allen Iverson scored 15 for the Sixers, who had their lowest point total of the season. They played without starters Derrick Coleman (left knee strain) and Glenn Robinson (left ankle strain).

Knicks 89, Celtics 86

NEW YORK (AP) Michael Doleac scored the Knicks' final four points and grabbed eight of his nine rebounds while playing the entire fourth quarter, helping New York defeat Boston.

Doleac, subbing for starting center Dikembe Mutombo, hit the Knicks' final shot from the field with 1:55 left, and his two free throws with 5.4 seconds remaining provided the final margin. Paul Pierce missed an off-balance 3-pointer on Boston's last possession.

The win was only the third of the season for the Knicks, who got 26 points from Allan Houston and 21 from Keith Van Horn _ 13 in the third quarter when the Knicks made up most of a big deficit.

Kurt Thomas added 12 points and 17 rebounds, and Howard Eisley had nine assists. New York snapped its eight-game losing streak to the Celtics.

Vin Baker led Boston with 20 points.

Wizards 106, Hawks 97

ATLANTA (AP) Jarvis Hayes keyed a fourth-quarter run with a go-ahead 3-pointer and Washington snapped a four-game losing streak by beating Atlanta.

Larry Hughes led the Wizards with 26 points, and Gilbert Arenas added 23. Washington outscored the Hawks 30-19 down the stretch, started by the 3 from Hayes.

Hayes, who played for two years at Georgia, rebounded from a shaky start to finish with 16 points. He has started every game in place of Jerry Stackhouse, who's out indefinitely after having knee surgery before the season.

Jason Terry had 25 points for Atlanta, and Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 20.

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