L.A. Lakers at Minnesota (8 p.m. EST). The Lakers will be without injured Karl Malone and will probably also be missing Shaquille O'Neal when they meet the Timberwolves in a rematch of last season's first-round playoff series.

STARS

Monday

_ Ray Allen, SuperSonics, scored 42 points, including 20 in the fourth quarter and another seven in overtime, and Seattle beat Portland 119-108.

_ Tim Duncan, Spurs, had 30 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in San Antonio's 98-74 win over Denver.

_ Jermaine O'Neal, Pacers, had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help Indiana beat Miami 87-65.

_ Maurice Taylor, Rockets, scored 25 points to lead Houston past Golden State 83-65.

_ Andrei Kirilenko, Jazz, had 21 points and 12 rebounds in Utah's 108-94 win over Dallas.

MOVING MARBURY

Phoenix traded Stephon Marbury, Penny Hardaway and Cezary Trybanski to New York on Monday for Antonio McDyess, Howard Eisley, Charlie Ward, Maciej Lampe, the rights to Milos Vujanic and two first-round draft picks. Marbury, a native of Brooklyn, was averaging a team-high 20.8 points per game for the Suns.

SONIC BOOM

Seattle outscored Portland 35-17 in the fourth quarter, and then 15-4 in overtime, en route to a 119-108 victory Monday night. The SuperSonics overcame a 23-point deficit and entered the final quarter down 87-69.

DEFENSIVE

Detroit's 78-68 win over Boston on Monday night was the sixth straight for the Pistons, who have held their opponents under 100 points in all 35 of their games this season.

FIRST STEP

Allen Iverson, who missed 10 games with a bruised right knee, scored 18 points in Philadelphia's 88-76 loss to Milwaukee on Monday night. The Sixers went 3-7 without Iverson.

STREAKING

San Antonio won for the 14th time in 15 games, beating Denver 98-74 on Monday night. ... Indiana won its fifth in a row, 87-65 over Miami. The Pacers defeated the Heat for the seventh straight time. ... Milwaukee has won seven of 10 after a 88-76 win over Philadelphia.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

Leandro Barbosa finished with a career-high 27 points in Phoenix's 87-82 loss to Chicago on Monday night. ... Paul Pierce led all scorers with 27 points in Boston's 78-68 loss to Detroit. ... Lamar Odom had 18 rebounds in Miami's 87-65 loss to Indiana. ... Zach Randolph led Portland with 28 points in the Trail Blazers' 119-108 overtime loss to Seattle.

SHOOTING BLANKS

Miami missed 12 consecutive shots in the fourth quarter of Monday night's 87-65 loss to Indiana. The Heat went more than nine minutes without a basket before 12th man Wang Zhi-Zhi scored with 10 seconds to go. ... Boston shot a season-low 29.3 percent, including just 9-for-34 on 3-pointers, in a 78-68 loss to Detroit.

SLUMPING

Golden State lost its sixth straight 83-65 to Houston on Monday night. The Warriors have dropped eight of 10.

SPEAKING

``On paper, talent-wise, this puts us right up there at the top. But that's just paper.'' _ Keith Van Horn on the trade Monday that brought Stephon Marbury and Penny Hardaway to New York for Antonio McDyess, Howard Eisley and Charlie Ward.