TORONTO - The Raptors were unable to recover after Vince Carter crashed into Miami coach Stan Van Gundy.
Dwyane Wade scored 23, including the go-ahead jumper with 28 seconds left, and had a key block on Carter to lead the Heat 90-89 over the Raptors Sunday for its third straight victory. After Carter missed a fadeaway with 43 seconds left, he banged into Van Gundy.
"He turned around and ran into me," said Van Gundy, who had a welt under his left eye. "I'm not very big and I'm certainly not very tough, so I can't imagine it hurt him that bad because I would have gone down. I sort of took it and looked up the floor."
Carter, a 6-foot-6, 225-pounder, stayed on the floor several seconds before a timeout was called. He glared at Miami's bench after getting up a few minutes later. After a foul and a timeout, a double-teamed Lamar Odom passed to Wade, whose jumper gave Miami the winning margin.
Carter missed a jumper with five seconds left, and the Raptors couldn't get another shot off. Carter, bothered by a sore left Achilles' tendon, finished with 12 points.
"Sometimes an 80 percent Vince Carter is okay," coach Kevin O'Neill said. "I wanted to go back to him at the end of the game. He's our guy. We run things through him. He had some great opportunities, and a couple of shots rimmed in and out for him."
Carter said he felt dizzy after the collision. "He's got a hard cheekbone," said Carter, who was reluctant to talk about it.
Carter also said his Achilles' tendon affected his game, but he didn't want to use that as an excuse.
Donyell Marshall scored 25 for the Raptors, who have lost two straight after winning five in a row after their Dec.1 trade with the Bulls.
SONICS 108, BUCKS 102: Ronald Murray scored 23 and rookie Richie Frahm added a career-high 17 to lead host Seattle. The Sonics' leading scorer, Rashard Lewis, played just three minutes in the second half after straining his left shoulder. He finished with 10 points and four rebounds in 25 minutes.
Lewis has been bothered by left-shoulder injuries during his six-year career. He did not miss any games last season, but sat out two playoff games in 2001-02 because of a partially dislocated left shoulder. "I probably could have gone back in," said Lewis, who is averaging 19.8 points.
With Lewis sidelined, Murray and Frahm stepped up for the Sonics, who rallied from an 18-point first-half deficit. Frahm, who scored 1,621 points in a Gonzaga career that ended three years ago, scored his 17 in front of his former college coach, Mark Few, whose Bulldogs beat Missouri at the Key Arena on Saturday. Few was seated near courtside.
Michael Redd scored 27, and Tim Thomas, who had missed nine games with a sprained ankle, scored 19 for Milwaukee.
KNICKS 89, WIZARDS 87: Kurt Thomas put aside his anger about losing his starting job and drew a key charging foul with 15.6 seconds left to help lift host New York. Allan Houston tied his season high with 39 points, scoring 11 in the fourth. His 23-footer with 18.1 seconds left broke a tie at 84 and gave New York the lead for good.
Larry Hughes scored 19 for Washington, but made two poor plays on the offensive end in the final 16 seconds, committing a charging foul, then taking an off-balance 2-pointer and looking for a bailout call with his team trailing by three.
Thomas came off the bench for the first time since April 8, 2001, and wasn't happy about it.
"I'm shocked and definitely not pleased," said Thomas, who was replaced by Antonio McDyess at power forward. "I definitely feel that I should be in the starting lineup. I think my numbers speak for themselves along with how hard I play."
Thomas finished with seven points and six rebounds in 28 minutes. McDyess had 12 points and 11 rebounds in 34 minutes, his most playing time since returning eight games ago after a knee injury. The Wizards were short-handed after Gilbert Arenas went back on the injured list. He played just one game after returning from an abdominal injury.
JAZZ 94, 76ERS 86: Andrei Kirilenko scored 30 and Matt Harpring added 27 to lead Utah. The 76ers played without Allen Iverson, the league's leading scorer at 28.9 points per game. He sat out for the second time in three games because of swelling in his knee. Carlos Arroyo added 15 points to help the Jazz win for the second time in nine road games.
Kenny Thomas led the 76ers with 16 points and Derrick Coleman and Kyle Korver each had 14. The Jazz pulled away with a late 18-9 run, taking the lead on Raul Lopez's three-point play and getting consecutive 3s from Raja Bell and Kirilenko to help push the lead to 10.
Philadelphia's Aaron McKie hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds to go, making it 88-83, but the Jazz sealed it from the free-throw line.
KINGS 107, SUNS 102: Peja Stojakovic tied a season high with 36 points, helping rally host Sacramento. Stojakovic put Sacramento ahead for good at 100-98, making a short baseline jumper with 4:16 remaining. He hit five 3-pointers, made 11 of 22 shots and all nine free throws.
Shawn Marion had 28 points and 12 rebounds for Phoenix, which lost its sixth straight to drop to 0-3 under interim coach Mike D'Antoni. Stephon Marbury added 22 points and eight assists but missed nine straight shots in the fourth when the Suns were 3-of-26 from the field.
