Miami at Denver (9 p.m. EST). The Heat, 5-18 on the road, face Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets.

STARS

Friday

_Tracy McGrady, Magic, had 42 points to lead Orlando to a 124-118 overtime victory over the Celtics.

_Reggie Miller, Pacers, scored 28 points in an 89-79 victory over San Antonio.

_Joe Johnson, Suns, had 26 points and seven assists to send Phoenix to a 104-93 win over the Warriors.

_Stephon Marbury, Knicks, had 17 assists in New York's 108-88 win over Seattle.

_ Michael Finley, Mavericks, scored five of his 16 points in the final 1:26, leading Dallas past the Nuggets 91-88.

SURGING PISTONS

The Pistons won their 11th straight game Friday night, defeating the Wizards 98-77. The last time Detroit won 11 in a row was the 1990-1991 season.

SPARKLING DEBUT

The Knicks defeated the SuperSonics 108-88 Friday night in Lenny Wilkens' first game as New York's coach. Keith Van Horn scored 30 points in 28 minutes and Stephon Marbury had 17 assists.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

Denver's Andre Miller had 28 points and 10 assists in a 91-88 loss to the Mavericks Friday night. ... The Lakers' Kareem Rush scored a career-high 30 points in a 103-83 loss to Sacramento. ... Elton Brand had 22 points and 12 rebounds in the Clippers' 87-85 loss to Miami.

MILESTONE

Penny Hardaway reached 10,000 points for his career in the Knicks' 108-88 victory over Seattle on Friday night.

SHOULDERING THE LOAD

Orlando's Tracy McGrady and Drew Gooden combined for 74 points in the Magic's 124-118 overtime victory over the Celtics on Friday night.

WHO ARE THESE GUYS?

With Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone and Rick Fox missing the game with injuries, the Lakers started Jamal Sampson, Kareem Rush and Slava Medvedenko along with Gary Payton and Devean George on Friday night against Sacramento. The Lakers' starting frontcourt _ Sampson, Medvedenko and George _ combined to shoot 6-for-22 in the 103-83 loss.

SPEAKING

``I don't want them to take five steps backward. So what I'll do is just watch and tweak some of the things that they are doing offensively, encourage certain things.'' _ Knicks coach Lenny Wilkens, on how he will run the team. New York routed the Seattle SuperSonics 108-88 in his debut Friday night.