ORLANDO - Kerry Kittles snapped out of a slump to score 22, including three 3-pointers in the final four minutes, in leading the Nets to their fourth straight victory, 99-95 over the Magic on Friday night.
Richard Jefferson added 19 points while Kenyon Martin had 16 points and 15 rebounds for his seventh double double. Jason Kidd scored eight points on season-worst 1-for-10 shooting with a season-high 15 assists and eight rebounds.
Orlando got 20 points and a season-best six assists from Juwan Howard. Tracy McGrady shook off an early foot injury to add 20 points and nine rebounds, and Drew Gooden had 19 points and 13 rebounds off the bench.
With the Nets trailing 83-79, Kittles made his first 3 with 3:34 remaining. That started a 7-0 run over the next minute.
"My stroke felt real good," said Kittles, who scored 18 in the second half.
After Orlando rallied to go ahead by a point, Kittles hit his second 3 with 1:34 to go. Gooden tied it, but Kittles' third 3 put the Nets ahead to stay with 1:02 left.
The Magic allowed 62 second-half points on 51 percent shooting, including 16 fastbreak points after halftime.
"You want to give your defense a chance to work for you, and when you're giving up transition points that's impossible," Orlando coach Johnny Davis said. "We should've done a much better job on defense and making them work their halfcourt offense."
Said McGrady: "Jason Kidd, Kerry Kittles, Richard Jefferson - it's a track meet."
PACERS 103, HAWKS 92: Fred Jones took over after Al Harrington left with an injury, scoring a career-high 18 for host Indiana. Harrington had a strong first half before leaving with a bruised right cheekbone, scoring nine on 4-of-4 shooting as Indiana took a 52-35 lead. The Hawks rallied in the third, but Jones had 13 points in the quarter as the Pacers increased the lead with Jermaine O'Neal in foul trouble. Harrington was taken for precautionary X-rays after colliding with Hawks guard Stephen Jackson.
HORNETS 96, WARRIORS 85: Baron Davis had 27 points and 12 assists and David Wesley added 23 points for visiting New Orleans, which has won four in a row. Davis scored 19 in the first half, then was held scoreless for about 20 minutes until making a 3-pointer with 4:57 left. P.J. Brown added 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Hornets, who have won the first two games of their four-game West Coast road trip.
CELTICS 114, RAPTORS 111: Paul Pierce had 33 points and 11 rebounds for host Boston. Toronto's five-game winning streak ended when Vince Carter, who scored 35, missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Jalen Rose shot 1-for-13 for the Raptors, who gave up 100 points for the first time in 23 games.
SONICS 93, PISTONS 72: Rashard Lewis scored 33 for visiting Seattle. With Detroit trailing by 20, fans called for Darko Milicic, and the No.2 pick in the draft scored his first NBA points on a hook.
WOLVES 110, WIZARDS 91: Minnesota made 17 of its first 22 shots and went on to a fourth straight road victory. Gilbert Arenas, whose average of 20.8 points led the Wizards before he suffered a strained abdominal muscle Nov. 25, was activated from the injured list and scored nine.
KINGS 100, JAZZ 93: Peja Stojakovic scored of his 24 in the final five minutes, including seven straight free throws in the final 2:37, and Sacramento held on to win for the eighth straight time in Utah. The Jazz lost center Curtis Borchardt, who broke his left wrist when he fell hard to the floor over Bobby Jackson on a drive in the second quarter.
BUCKS 109, BULLS 95: Michael Redd scored 30 and host Milwaukee, which blew a 16-point first-half lead, used a late 16-2 run to drop the Bulls to 1-4 since Scott Skiles became coach Dec.1. With the score tied at 87, Dan Gadzuric scored on a rebound to give Milwaukee the lead for good with 5:29 to go.
NUGGETS 86, 76ERS 77: Each of visiting Denver's starters scored in double figures and the Nuggets held Allen Iverson to 18 points on 6-for-22 shooting.
HEAT 91, GRIZZLIES 88: Lamar Odom scored a season-high 29 and host Miami held off a rally to prevent Memphis from a franchise-record seventh straight win.
COMMISSIONER RESPONDS: Commissioner David Stern responded to criticism from Trail Blazers forward Rasheed Wallace, calling his comments "ignorant and offensive to all NBA players." Wallace charged that the league's white establishment is exploiting young black athletes to enrich itself. "Mr. Wallace's hateful diatribe was ignorant and offensive to all NBA players," Stern said. "Since Mr. Wallace did not direct his comments at any particular individuals other than me, I think it best to leave it to the Trail Blazers' organization and its players and fans to determine the attitudes by which they wish to be defined."
BULLS: Forward Scottie Pippen is expected to miss four to six weeks after having surgery on his left knee. Pippen, 38, has been limited to 12 games and has had the knee drained three times.
WOLVES: Center Michael Olowokandi, who has tendinitis, had surgery on his right knee and will miss 6-8 weeks.
