NBA ROUNDUP Thursday's other games

Spurs 71, Rockets 67
HOUSTON -- Tim Duncan scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half to lead San Antonio past Houston in a game in which the teams combined for the lowest scoring first half in NBA history. Duncan scored seven of his 10 fourth-quarter points in a 15-6 run as the Spurs rallied from a four-point deficit. Devin Brown made two free throws to seal San Antonio's fifth straight win. Cuttino Mobley scored 19 points, and Steve Francis had 18 for Houston, which had its four-game winning streak halted. The teams struggled with their shooting in the first half and combined for an NBA-record low 55 points, the fewest two-team total since the shot clock was introduced in the 1954-55 season. The previous low first-half total was 57, accomplished by Detroit and Denver on Nov. 16, 2002, and New York and Miami on Jan. 30, 2003. The league record for fewest points in a half is 51, in the second half of the Boston-Milwaukee game in Feb. 27, 1955.
Hornets 111, Suns 101
PHOENIX -- Baron Davis scored 14 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and New Orleans spoiled the debut of Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni. David Wesley scored 14 points, George Lynch and P.J. Brown added 13 apiece, and Jamaal Magloire had 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Hornets, who won their third straight and fifth of six. The Suns, who fired coach Frank Johnson on Wednesday and elevated D'Antoni from lead assistant, have lost four in a row and seven of eight to fall into last place in the Western Conference for the first time since the 1996-97 season. Shawn Marion scored a season-high 31 points, and Stephon Marbury added 24.
-- Associated Press