Pacers 76, Hornets 75

Pacers 76, Hornets 75
NEW ORLEANS -- The Indiana Pacers, with the NBA's best record, stayed unbeaten on the road thanks to a last-second miss by New Orleans rookie David West.
Jermaine O'Neal scored 24 points and Reggie Miller hit a pair of go-ahead free throwsth 8.4 seconds left to lift the Indiana Pacers.
Ron Artest scored 22 points and O'Neal also had 11 rebounds and five blocks for Indiana, which snapped the Hornets' four-game winning streak.
76ers 87, Celtics 85
PHILADELPHIA -- Allen Iverson missed 14 of his first 18 shots, including a breakaway layup, but finished with 24 points.
Paul Pierce scored 33 and Vin Baker had 22 for the Celtics, who have lost three straight and four of five.
The Sixers, again playing without Glenn Robinson (ankle) and Derrick Coleman (knee), have won two straight for just the second time this season. Kenny Thomas added 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Pierce scored eight straight points on a dunk and consecutive 3-pointers as Boston tied it at 83 with 1:28 left. Aaron McKie answered with a jumper to give the Sixers an 85-83 lead with 1:05 to go, and Boston let the shot clock expire on its next possession. After Iverson missed a driving layup, Walter McCarty missed a 3-pointer with 9.5 seconds left. Iverson then iced it with two free throws.
Pistons 95, Knicks 85
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Chauncey Billups scored 23 points and Richard Hamilton added 21 to lead the Detroit Pistons to their fourth consecutive win.
The Knicks played without forward Keith Van Horn, who missed his second game with a sprained right ankle, and lost for the sixth time in seven tries. They never led.
Kurt Thomas led New York with 16 points and nine rebounds before fouling out with four minutes to play, while Shandon Anderson scored 15 and Charlie Ward had 13.
Spurs 114, Hawks 75
SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan had 20 of the Spurs season-high 68 first-half points and finished with 25.
Manu Ginobili had 20 points on 9-for-10 shooting with five rebounds and five assists, and Tony Parker had 17 points and six assists as the Spurs bounced back from a 95-92 defeat the previous night at Dallas.
The Spurs opened the game with a 13-5 run in which Ginobili, who replaced Stephen Jackson as San Antonio's starting shooting guard, scored eight points. The Spurs led 37-13 by the end of the first quarter.
The Spurs extended their lead to 41 when Devin Brown hit a 22-foot jump shot with 5:46 in the fourth.
Jazz 99, Bucks 90
SALT LAKE CITY -- Andrei Kirilenko scored 20 points and Raul Lopez scored a career-high 18 as the Utah Jazz overcame injuries to Carlos Arroyo and DeShawn Stevenson.
Arroyo and Stevenson left the court -- Stevenson on a stretcher -- within 70 seconds of each other in the third quarter. The Jazz erased a seven-point deficit and then took charge in the fourth quarter as Lopez scored seven straight points.
Matt Harpring scored 18 for the Jazz, who improved to 6-1 at home.
Nuggets 108, Wizards 87
DENVER -- Carmelo Anthony had 23 points and seven assists, and Voshon Lenard added 19 points.
Denver has won four of five and is off to its best start (7-5) since opening the 1989-90 season 8-4. The Nuggets are 5-1 at home after needing until Jan. 8 to get their fifth home win last season.
Andre Miller added 15 points and eight assists, and Chris Andersen had 11 points and five blocked shots for Denver.
Gilbert Arenas had 27 points and Larry Hughes 12 for Washington, which has lost five of seven.