Houston at New York (7 p.m. EST). Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy returns to Madison Square Garden to face his former team, while recent acquisitions Stephon Marbury and Penny Hardaway make their home debuts for the Knicks.

STARS

Wednesday

_ Baron Davis, Hornets, had 28 points and 10 assists in Charlotte's 97-87 win over the Wizards.

_ Lamar Odom, Heat, scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, leading Miami over Chicago 102-95.

_ Andre Miller, Nuggets, had 20 points and nine assists in Denver's 113-91 victory over the Lakers.

_ Ray Allen, Sonics, had 22 points and nine assists to help Seattle beat Sacramento 104-93.

WEATHERED AGAIN

Memphis' game at Utah was postponed Wednesday because snow and ice prevented the Grizzlies from leaving Portland, Ore. No makeup date was immediately set. It was the second straight night Memphis couldn't play because of bad weather. The Grizzlies' game Tuesday against the Trail Blazers was postponed until March 3 because freezing rain and ice made travel dangerous after a storm dumped several inches of snow on downtown Portland.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

Orlando's Tracy McGrady scored 28 points in a 101-93 loss to the Celtics on Wednesday night. ... Elton Brand had 26 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers in their 100-80 loss to the 76ers. ... The Suns' Joe Johnson had 25 points and seven assists, but Phoenix lost to the Bucks 95-87. ... Lakers guard Kobe Bryant had 27 points and six assists in a 113-91 loss to the Nuggets.

SUSPENDED

New Jersey's Kenyon Martin and Los Angeles' Corey Maggette were each suspended for two games without pay by the NBA on Wednesday, a day after they were ejected from a Clippers-Nets game for fighting. The players threw punches in the third quarter of the Nets' 92-75 win Tuesday night, after Martin foul Maggette hard on a drive.

BREAKING OUT

The Denver Nuggets had a 60-37 advantage in rebounds in a 113-91 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night to end a streak of 10 straight games in which they were outrebounded.

BAD BOYS REVISITED

Detroit won its seventh straight game for the first time since March 2-14, 1992, with an 85-66 victory over Houston on Wednesday night.

EFFICIENT EARL

Denver's Earl Boykins scored 22 points in 21 minutes in the Nuggets' 113-91 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.

SPEAKING

``I don't care when guys hit me in my arm or my leg or my chest or anything like that real hard. But when you hit me in my face or my head, it's a different story.'' _ Philadelphia's Allen Iverson on a hard foul by the Clippers' Eddie House in the second quarter of the 76ers' 100-80 win on Wednesday night. The players were separated by teammates and given double-technicals. House also received a flagrant foul.