NBA ROUNDUP West has 21 points to lead Hornets

New Orleans defeated Seattle 105-99 for consecutive wins.
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SEATTLE -- David West scored 21 points in the latest in a string of strong performances, and the New Orleans Hornets won consecutive games for the second time this season with a 105-99 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics on Saturday.
West had averaged 25 points and 10 rebounds in his previous three games coming in. He was 7-of-12 from the field and grabbed five rebounds against Seattle.
The Hornets had six players in double figures, including 17 points and 10 assists from rookie point guard Chris Paul. J.R. Smith added 19 points, nine in the fourth quarter, while reserves Speedy Claxton and Desmond Mason each had 14.
New Orleans, which beat Atlanta and Orlando last week for its first two-game winning streak since 2003, defeated Minnesota on Wednesday and has won four of its last five.
Rashard Lewis led six Seattle players in double figures with 21 points, but Seattle was outscored 34-12 at the free throw line.
Vladimir Radmanovic came off the bench to score 14, and Nick Collison and Ronald Murray both scored 13. Luke Ridnour had 12.
The Hornets never trailed in the second half, despite a handful of runs by the SuperSonics. Seattle got to 79-75 with 10:23 left on a 3-pointer by Radmanovic, but West answered with a fallaway 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to put the Hornets back up by seven.
Knicks 105, 76ers 102, OT
NEW YORK -- Nate Robinson's buzzer-beating 3-pointer lifted the New York Knicks.
Stephon Marbury scored a season-high 33 points and rookie Channing Frye added 21 points and 11 rebounds for New York, which rallied from a 16-point deficit in the third quarter and then squandered a nine-point lead in the fourth.
Allen Iverson had 40 points and 10 assists, and Chris Webber scored 19 points for Philadelphia. Webber tipped in Iverson's miss with .6 seconds left to send the game into overtime.
Philadelphia, which trailed by six in overtime, tied it on Iverson's 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds remaining. The Knicks pushed the ball up the court and Robinson took a 23-foot jumper from the right side just before the buzzer.
New York, outplayed in the first half, outhustled and outworked the 76ers for a key 161/2-minute stretch in the second half.
After Kyle Korver's 3-pointer pushed Philadelphia's lead to 63-47 a minute into the third quarter, New York went on an 18-2 run to tie the game at 65 on Marbury's short jumper with 3:27 remaining in the period.
Iverson's 20-footer briefly regained the lead for the Sixers before Marbury hit a 3-pointer to give New York its first lead of the game. Marbury's 22-footer increased the Knicks' lead to 70-67 with 1:53 left in the quarter.