HOUSTON (AP) Maurice Taylor scored a season-high 25 points as Houston handed Golden State its sixth straight loss.

The Warriors lost for the eighth time in 10 games, despite holding Rockets leading scorer Steve Francis without a point until he made a layup with 1:35 to play. Francis finished with a season-low two points and a season-high 12 assists.

A season-low 9,956 fans attended the game. The previous low in Houston's new Toyota Center was 10,679 for the Rockets game against Portland on Dec. 9.

Mike Dunleavy led Golden State with 13 points and Nick Van Exel, Jason Richardson and Troy Murphy each added 10 points.

Bulls 87, Suns 82

CHICAGO (AP) Kirk Hinrich scored 19 points, Jerome Williams added 13 points and 15 rebounds and Rick Brunson hit two clutch free throws in the final seconds as Chicago defeated short-handed Phoenix, only hours after the Suns completed a blockbuster eight-player trade.

Phoenix opened the game looking flat, playing just a few hours after the trade that sent Stephon Marbury, Penny Hardaway and Cezary Trybanski to New York for Antonio McDyess, Howard Eisley, Charlie Ward and Maciej Lampe, and the rights to Milos Vujanic and two first-round picks to Phoenix was finalized. The Suns dressed only eight players for the game.

It looked like the Bulls were going to pull away early in the fourth quarter when they went on a 7-0 run to take a 71-60 lead with 8:25 left on a pair of free throws by Eddie Robinson, but the Suns fought back.

Leandro Barbosa, who had a career-high 27 points, cut the Bulls' lead to 83-82 on a driving layup with 19 seconds left.

Brunson then hit two free throws to make it 85-82. Phoenix's Shawn Marion missed a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left that could have tied it.

Spurs 98, Nuggets 74

DENVER (AP) Tim Duncan had 30 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists and San Antonio won for the 14th time in 15 games.

Duncan shot 10-for-15 from the field in recording his 28th double-double of the season and the 373rd of his career, the most by any player since the 1998-99 season.

Tony Parker added 14 points for the Spurs and Ron Mercer had 13.

Marcus Camby led the Nuggets with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Voshon Lenard had 12 as Denver lost its third consecutive home game.

Jazz 108, Mavericks 94

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Raja Bell matched his career high with 25 points and Andrei Kirilenko added 21 points and 12 rebounds to help Utah beat Dallas.

Utah played without head coach Jerry Sloan and leading scorer Matt Harpring. Sloan missed the game to be with wife Bobbye, who has been ill, and Harpring sat out his third straight game while resting his strained right knee.

DeShawn Stevenson added 17 points and a career-best 11 rebounds for the Jazz.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points and Antoine Walker had 11 for Dallas, which has dropped six of seven on the road.

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