INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Jamal Mashburn had 20 points, and Baron Davis added 19 points and eight assists to lead the New Orleans Hornets past the Indiana Pacers 89-75 Tuesday night.
Robert Traylor had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets, who outrebounded the lackadaisical Pacers 56-38 and were the aggressors from the opening tip.
The Pacers tied a season low in shooting 33 percent from the floor, including 4-for-22 from 3-point range. Jermaine O'Neal was double-teamed nearly every time he touched the ball, and led Indiana with 17 points.
Knicks 92, Pistons 88
NEW YORK (AP) Stephon Marbury made a clutch 3-pointer with 40 seconds left and the Knicks _ revamped again following the trade of Keith Van Horn and Michael Doleac _ sent the Pistons to their sixth consecutive loss.
Marbury finished with 28 points, nine assists and five steals, Penny Hardaway scored 17 and the Knicks outscored the Pistons 15-6 in the final 2:21 to snap a two-game losing streak. New York was again without Allan Houston, whose sore knee kept him on the injured list. He was expected to return after the All-Star break.
Billups had 26 points for the Pistons.
Heat 97, Jazz 85
MIAMI (AP) Rookie Dwyane Wade scored 31 points and the Heat used a big run in the second quarter to beat the Jazz for only the fourt time in their last 18 meetings.
Rafer Alston and Rasual Butler each made a pair of 3-pointers as the Heat went on a 16-0 burst to take a 39-17 lead. The Jazz never got closer than three the rest of the way.
Wade shot 8-for-13 and made 14 of 17 free throws. Butler added a season-high 15 points in a reserve role and Brian Grant scored 12.
All-Star Andrei Kirilenko scored a career-high 31 points for Utah, which has lost six of its last eight. DeShawn Stevenson added 14 points for the Jazz.
Timberwolves 110, Suns 95
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Kevin Garnett had 32 points and 14 rebounds for his league-leading 47th double-double to help the Timberwolves improve to 23 games over .500 (38-15) for the first time in team history.
Fellow All-Star Sam Cassell had 22 points and 10 assists and Latrell Sprewell added 21 points for Minnesota, which has won three straight and 17 of 21 games.
Amare Stoudemire scored 29 points and Joe Johnson added 25 for Phoenix, which has lost six straight games for the third time this season. Shawn Marion finished with 18 points, but shot just 6-for-21.
Bucks 127, Magic 104
MILWAUKEE (AP) Michael Redd scored 27 points to help the Bucks overcome Tracy McGrady's 41 and hand the Magic their eighth straight loss.
Keith Van Horn, acquired by the Bucks on Sunday in a three-team trade, passed his physical before the game. But he didn't play, and instead headed back to New York to take care of family matters.
Desmond Mason started in place of Van Horn and scored 13 points. Joe Smith had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Brian Skinner had 16 points and Marcus Haislip added a career-high 13 points in Milwaukee's highest-scoring game of the season.
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