Pistons notch win over Nuggets
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Jerry Stackhouse scored 24 points and Mateen Cleaves added 13 as the Detroit Pistons ended a six-week home losing streak with a 94-83 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night.
Detroit snapped an eight-game home losing streak. The Pistons had not won at home since beating Boston 101-96 on Dec. 26.
Joe Smith added 12 points for Detroit.
Antonio McDyess led Denver with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Nick Van Exel scored 22 for the Nuggets, who have lost seven of eight on the road.
McDyess limped off the court with an apparent left-knee injury with 9:54 left. McDyess was coming around a screen when his knee buckled. He returned to the game after missing three minutes.
Magic 109, Hornets 83
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tracy McGrady scored 26 points as Orlando stretched its winning streak to a season-high five games.
Mike Miller finished with 17 points and Darrell Armstrong added 13 as the Magic shot 60-percent in the second half, including 6-of-9 from 3-point range.
Baron Davis led the Hornets with 18 points. Eddie Robinson added 13 points and Jamal Mashburn finished with 12.
Nets 90, Hawks 84
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Keith Van Horn had 23 points and 12 rebounds as New Jersey held off a late rally and won their second straight.
Stephon Marbury added 16 points and Johnny Newman finished with 11 for the Nets.
DerMarr Johnson and Jason Terry each had 13 points, and Dikembe Mutombo had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Hawks.
Heat 102, Pacers 89
MIAMI -- Anthony Mason scored a season-high 29 points as Miami dealt Indiana its sixth loss in seven games.
Brian Grant scored 19 points for the Heat, who shot 52 percent.
Al Harrington, making only his fifth start this season for Indiana, scored a career-high 20 points. Reggie Miller, who has been slowed by back spasms, played 41 minutes but scored just nine points.
The game ended with Miami's Tim Hardaway and Miller shouting taunts at each other as the clock ran out. Both players were restrained by teammates.
Bucks 112, Kings 109
MILWAUKEE -- Sam Cassell scored 29 points and Ray Allen added 28 as Milwaukee withstood a furious fourth-quarter rally by Sacramento in a game between division leaders.
Predrag Stojakovic finished with 23 points for the Central Division-leading Bucks, who led almost the entire game, trailing just once, at 36-35, although Sacramento's tenacious defense nearly allowed it to overcome a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit.
Chris Webber, who missed the shootaround with a stomach virus, had 39 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for the Kings, whose loss put idle Portland atop the Pacific Division.
Suns 97, Bulls 80
PHOENIX -- Jason Kidd and Cliff Robinson ignited a third-quarter outburst as Phoenix handed Chicago its 16th straight loss.
Kidd scored all eight of his points and had eight of his 11 assists in the third quarter.
Robinson, in his first game since his arrest early Monday on suspicion of driving under the influence and marijuana possession, scored 12 of his 18 points in the third.
Shawn Marion had 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Suns. Rodney Rogers scored 15 and Tony Delk 11.
Ron Artest scored 18 for Chicago, which was without coach Tim Floyd, suspended for the game and fined $10,000 for intentionally making contact with referee Greg Willard in the Bulls' 102-82 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers Monday night.
The Bulls didn't have leading scorer Elton Brand, out with a hyper-extended right elbow.