NBA ROUNDUP | Wednesday's other games

Heat 100, Nets 77
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Shaquille O'Neal made his debut with Miami and had his way against a familiar face from the Heat's recent past -- Alonzo Mourning: Shaq shot 7-for-9 and finished with 16 points. It was anything but a dominant debut in black for O'Neal. Mourning finished with seven points, five rebounds and four fouls in 14 minutes for a gutted Nets team that's a shadow of the squad that reached the NBA Finals two of the past three years.
Magic 93, Bucks 92
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Steve Francis hit the game-winning basket with two-tenths of a second remaining and finished with 26 points for the new-look Magic. Grant Hill, in his first regular season action since Jan. 16, 2003, scored 20 points. Top draft pick Dwight Howard had 12 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks. On the final possession, Hill inbounded from the left to Francis at the top the arc. Francis beat Mo Williams on the turn to the basket and got the shot off despite being fouled.
Timberwolves 99, Knicks 93
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin Garnett began his quest to repeat as league MVP with 28 points and 20 rebounds to lead Minnesota. Latrell Sprewell, whose complaints about his lack of a contract extension were the talk of the town this week, had 10 points against his former team. Sam Cassell added 19 points and 11 assists for the Timberwolves. Stephon Marbury, also up against his old club, led the Knicks with 27 points. Jamal Crawford, in his first game with New York since arriving from Chicago in a summer trade, capably filled Allan Houston's spot in the starting lineup with 22 points on 10-for-23 shooting.
Raptors 95, Rockets 88
TORONTO -- Chris Bosh had 20 points and the Raptors handed Tracy McGrady and the Rockets their second straight loss. McGrady scored 21 points, but only two after the third quarter; and Yao finished with 17 points. Vince Carter, who asked for a trade this summer, added 16 points and six assists for the Raptors to help Sam Mitchell win in his first game as Toronto's coach.
76ers 98, Celtics 95
BOSTON -- Allen Iverson scored 30 points, five of them during an 11-0 fourth-quarter run when the 76ers took the lead and held off the Celtics. Paul Pierce had 35 points and 13 rebounds, but missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that could have tied it. Gary Payton, making his Boston debut, had six points and eight assists and missed a pair of 3-pointers in the final minute with the Celtics trailing by 3.
Wizards 103, Grizzlies 91
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Antawn Jamison scored 34 points as Washington won in the first regular season game at the new FedExForum. Juan Dixon had 28 points and Jarvis Hayes added 20 points and nine rebounds for the Wizards.
Mavericks 106, Hornets 91
NEW ORLEANS -- Dirk Nowitzki, Michael Finley and Jerry Stackhouse helped Dallas ruin Byron Scott's coaching debut with the Hornets. All three scored 19 points, and Dallas had three other players reach double figures. Baron Davis led the Hornets with 25 points, and Jamaal Magloire and David Wesley added 11 apiece.
Spurs 101, Kings 85
SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan scored 30 points and Brent Barry made three 3-pointers in his debut with San Antonio. Manu Ginobili finished with 24 points, and Barry had 16 on 6-for-9 shooting. Duncan had 14 rebounds, and Rasho Nesterovic added 12 boards. The Spurs improved to 8-0 in season openers since Duncan joined the team in 1997. Mike Bibby scored 23 points for Sacramento, which lost for the second time in two nights in Texas.
Suns 112, Hawks 82
PHOENIX -- Amare Stoudemire had 18 of his 23 points in the first half, helping Phoenix win the opener for both teams. Stoudemire also had eight rebounds and two blocked shots. Joe Johnson scored 17 and Steve Nash had 12 points in his Suns debut. Shawn Marion added 10 points and nine boards. Yuta Tabuse entered the game with 10 minutes left to become the first Japanese-born player to play in an NBA game. The 5-foot-9 point guard scored seven points, including 3 that put Phoenix up 100-64 with 4:58 to play. Antoine Walker scored 21 points on 9-of-22 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds for Atlanta. Al Harrington added 13 points but made just four of 16 shots in an ugly head coaching debut for Atlanta's Mike Woodson.
Trail Blazers 78, Warriors 75
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nick Van Exel scored 13 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to help Portland beat his former team. Mike Dunleavy missed two 3-pointers in the final seven seconds, including one at the buzzer, spoiling the NBA debut of Warriors coach Mike Montgomery. Shareef Abdur-Rahim added 18 points, five rebounds and four assists for the Blazers. Zach Randolph, who signed an $84 million, six-year contract extension Monday, had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Portland.
Clippers 114, SuperSonics 84
LOS ANGELES -- Bobby Simmons scored a career-high 30 points and Los Angeles routed Seattle to win its season opener for the first time in eight years. The win also was the most lopsided in an opener in franchise history for the Clippers. Their previous most one-sided victory to start a season was a 133-112 win over Milwaukee in 1976, when the Clippers were the Buffalo Braves. Elton Brand added 21 points, Corey Maggette 18 and Chris Wilcox 15 for Los Angeles.
Jazz 104, Lakers 78
SALT LAKE CITY -- Carlos Boozer had 27 points and 11 rebounds in his Utah debut, Andrei Kirilenko added 16 points and eight blocks, and the Jazz opened their season with a record-setting rout of Los Angeles. The Lakers made only 20 field goals, breaking the previous franchise low by three. They shot 29.4 percent, also the worst in team history. Matt Harpring finished with 23 points and seven rebounds, and Keith McLeod had eight assists -- one more than the Lakers -- in his first NBA start.
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