Detroit at San Antonio (8:30 p.m. EST). Two of the league's top defensive teams meet.

STARS

Tuesday

_Joe Johnson, Suns, tied a career high with 31 points to help Phoenix beat Cleveland 103-86.

_Pau Gasol, Grizzlies, had 29 points and 13 rebounds to spark Memphis to a 95-86 win over Toronto.

_Jamaal Magloire, Hornets, scored 17 points, including a last-second shot from 11 feet out that lifted New Orleans to an 82-81 victory over Detroit.

VERSATILITY

Andrei Kirilenko had 19 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, seven blocked shots and four steals to lead Utah to an 85-77 win over Washington on Tuesday night.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

Jamal Crawford scored 34 points to lead Chicago, but missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied the game. The Bulls lost to New Jersey 84-81 on Tuesday night.

STREAK STOPPERS

Milwaukee snapped Sacramento's 29-game home winning streak against Eastern Conference teams with a 112-101 victory Tuesday night. The Kings' run dated to a 97-86 loss to Indiana on March 3, 2002.

TOUGH DEFENSE

Memphis held Toronto to 33-percent shooting from the floor in a 95-86 win over the Raptors on Tuesday night _ the lowest percentage for a Grizzlies' opponent this season.

BACK TO BACK

Phoenix's 103-86 victory over Cleveland on Tuesday night marked the first time the Suns won consecutive games since winning four straight in mid-January.

HOLDING ON

Memphis, which led by 12 after three periods in its 95-86 win over Toronto, is 30-2 when leading entering the fourth quarter.

STEPPING UP

With its 82-81 win over Detroit on Tuesday, New Orleans, which has lost 18 times to teams with losing records, has beaten the Pistons (46-26) three times and Indiana (51-19) twice, not to mention earlier victories over the Los Angeles Lakers (47-23), San Antonio (46-25) and New Jersey (42-28).

SPEAKING

``I was terrible. That's cool, but I pride myself on making shots.'' _ Minnesota's Sam Cassell, who had his third career triple-double despite shooting 2-for-11 from the floor in the Timberwolves' 86-81 win over San Antonio on Tuesday night. Cassell had 14 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds.