WASHINGTON (AP) Kwame Brown had career-highs of 30 points and 19 rebounds while playing all 48 minutes Wednesday night as the Washington Wizards snapped a seven-game losing streak by defeating the Sacramento Kings 114-108.

Brown shot 12-for-16 from the field and 6-for-7 from the line, including two free throws with 23.6 seconds left to give the Wizards a 113-105 lead.

Gilbert Arenas had 27 points, 10 assists, a career-high eight steals and five rebounds. He also played the full game for Washington, which lost at New York in overtime on Tuesday night.

Peja Stojakovic scored 25 points and Mike Bibby added 20 as the Kings lost their third in a row.

Celtics 104, Nuggets 100

BOSTON (AP) Paul Pierce had 28 points and 11 rebounds, and Mark Blount and Chucky Atkins also had double-doubles Wednesday night as the Celtics improved to 12-1 when playing at home on St. Patrick's Day.

Wearing green road uniforms, green socks and green headbands to celebrate the holiday, Blount had 17 points with 15 rebounds and Atkins had 21 points and 10 assists. Pierce also had seven assists for the Celtics, who remained in ninth place in the East.

Carmelo Anthony had 20 points and nine rebounds, Nene had 12 and 10 and Voshon Lenard scored 19 for the Nuggets, who are struggling to hold onto the eighth spot in the Western Conference playoff race.

Andre Miller shot an airball from 3-point range with a dozen seconds left and a chance for Denver to pull within one.

Raptors 85, Jazz 81

TORONTO (AP) Vince Carter scored 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, and the Toronto Raptors knocked the Utah Jazz back to .500.

Jalen Rose and Donyell Marshall each added 17 points for the Raptors, who began the day in 10th place in the East. Toronto is 2-0 since Rose returned to the lineup after missing a month with four broken bones in his right hand.

Gordan Giricek had 25 points and Andrei Kirilenko added 20 for the Jazz (34-34), who remained 1{ games behind Denver in the West.

Toronto rookie Chris Bosh grabbed an offensive rebound after a miss by Carter, and Morris Peterson made one of two free throws to give Toronto a 83-81 lead with 8.3 seconds remaining. After Kirilenko missed a running jumper, Toronto's Michael Curry hit two free throws with 1.7 seconds left.

Pacers 80, Trail Blazers 71

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Ron Artest scored 21 points to help give Rick Carlisle his third straight 50-win season in his third season as a head coach.

Reggie Miller added 18 points for the Pacers, who overcame a big disparity at the free throw line to improve the NBA's best record to 50-17.

Carlisle won exactly 50 games in his first two seasons coaching the Detroit Pistons before being replaced by Larry Brown last summer. He was hired by Pacers president Larry Bird in September and appears headed for much more than 50 wins this season.

The Pacers closed the game with a 10-0 run to put away a Portland team that had made a habit of beating the league's best teams in recent weeks.

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