PORTLAND, Ore. -- Rasheed Wallace had 26 points and 14 rebounds, and Derek Anderson added 26 points as the Trail Blazers beat the Magic 98-84 on Wednesday night to win consecutive games for the first time this season.

Scottie Pippen added 13 points and five assists for the Blazers.

Orlando's Tracy McGrady led all scorers with 33 points, the seventh consecutive game he's scored at least 30 -- a franchise record and the ninth time overall this year.

Guard Damon Stoudamire, who did not play in the Blazers' last game after getting benched, did not start and was a non-factor in 14 minutes. He was scoreless on 0-for-3 shooting with three rebounds and two assists.

Mike Miller scored 12 points for the Magic, who fell to 2-3 on its six-game road trip. Orlando shot just 36.5 percent from the floor and was 20 points below its league-leading 104.1 average.

Orlando forward Grant Hill, who missed Sunday's game at Sacramento with soreness in his troublesome left ankle, started but did not play again after nine minutes of action. Team officials described the move as precautionary. Hill scored two points on 1-of-4 shooting.

PACERS 97, RAPTORS 95: Al Harrington scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half as visiting Indiana matched its best start. Jermaine O'Neal added 20 points for the Pacers, who are 9-1 and tied the team record set in the 1969-70 ABA season. Indiana has won eight in a row and has the NBA's second-best record behind the undefeated Mavericks.

CELTICS 96, NETS 79: Tony Delk and Shammond Williams each scored 21 points to lead host Boston in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference final. Paul Pierce had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Antoine Walker added 16 points, but it was the first time this season that neither of them led Boston in scoring.

WOLVES 103, HAWKS 93: Troy Hudson scored 20 points and Marc Jackson added 18 as visiting Minnesota survived an off night by Kevin Garnett. Garnett was held to 15 points on 5-for-19 shooting from the floor, but had a game-high 12 rebounds for Minnesota, which beat Atlanta for the sixth straight time.

SPURS 95, LAKERS 88: Stephen Jackson scored a career-high 28 points, including eight 3-pointers, as host San Antonio overcame an early shooting slump. The Spurs started by shooting 1-for-19 and trailed by 12 in the opening quarter, but Jackson came off the bench and made three 3-pointers late in the quarter to start San Antonio's comeback. Tim Duncan finished with 16 points and 18 rebounds for the Spurs.

KINGS 93, CLIPPERS 89: Chris Webber and Bobby Jackson each scored 19 points for visiting Sacramento. Peja Stojakovic added 16 and reserve Hedo Turkoglu 11 for Sacramento. Corey Maggette scored a career-high 30 for the Clippers.

JAZZ 96, NUGGETS 79: Karl Malone scored 21 points, including 16 in the second half, and visiting Utah handed Denver its fifth straight loss. Malone added 10 rebounds and five assists as Utah posted its third straight win.

PISTONS 79, HEAT 68: Ben Wallace had 19 rebounds, a season-best 12 points and tied a franchise high with 10 blocks to lead host Detroit. Chucky Atkins scored a season-best 21 points in place of the injured Chauncey Billups for the Pistons.

76ERS 95, GRIZZLIES 88: Allen Iverson scored 33 points as visiting Philadelphia handed Memphis its 12th straight loss. Philadelphia won for only the second time in six road games this season.

WARRIORS 100, BULLS 94: Antawn Jamison scored 25 points, and Gilbert Arenas had 16 points and 11 assists for host Golden State.

O'Neal almost ready

SAN ANTONIO -- Shaquille O'Neal plans to make his season debut for the Lakers on Friday night at home against the Chicago Bulls.

The All-Star center, who had surgery on his arthritic right big toe in early September, is scheduled for another checkup by team doctors today.

"I'll probably get cleared (today), so hopefully I can come back on Friday," O'Neal said.

At the time of the injury, it was expected the All-Star center would be sidelined 6-8 weeks.

Without him, the Lakers have struggled to a 3-9 record.

HAWKS: Rookie Dan Dickau will be sidelined for 4-6 weeks after surgery to repair a cartilage tear in his left knee.

RAPTORS: Guard Jermaine Jackson, who appeared in 24 games with the team last season but was cut in October, signed.

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