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November 11, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

Celtics 94, Raptors 87

BOSTON — Paul Pierce scored 22 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Celtics to a comeback win. Kevin Garnett added 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Ray Allen had 19 points for the Celtics (7-1). Boston scored 58 points in the second half after getting just 36 in the opening 24 minutes. Jermaine O’Neal recovered from a rough night in Sunday’s win over Charlotte, leading the Raptors (4-3) with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Anthony Parker scored 15 and Jason Kapono 14 for Toronto.

Trail Blazers 106, Magic 99

ORLANDO, Fla. — Brandon Roy scored 27 points to lead the Trail Blazers to their first road win with a victory over the Magic. Dwight Howard had 29 points and a season-high 18 rebounds and Hedo Turkoglu added 35 points for the Magic, who finished their homestand 4-1. Trailing 73-72 entering the final period, Portland scored the first 11 points of the fourth quarter, fueled by two 3-pointers by Rudy Fernandez. He finished with 16 points.

Heat 99, Nets 94

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade scored 19 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter, and the Heat rallied from a 10-point deficit midway through the final quarter to beat the Nets. Michael Beasley scored 19 points and Daequan Cook added 15 for the Heat, who are 3-0 at home for the first time since the 1999-2000 season — and had to dig deep to get there, after the Nets seemed to have the game completely under control for much of the second half. Yi Jianlian made a career-best five 3-pointers and finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets, who got 22 points from Vince Carter. New Jersey led by 10 after Carter connected on a 3-pointer — one of 13 by the Nets — with 5:48 left, but got outscored 26-11 the rest of the way.

Pacers 107, Thunder 99

INDIANAPOLIS — T.J. Ford had 24 points and 10 assists to help the Pacers beat the Thunder. Ford scored 11 points in the final period as Indiana (3-3) pulled away. Danny Granger added 20 points and seven rebounds for the Pacers, who won their second straight. Kevin Durant led the Thunder (1-6) with 37 points and eight rebounds, but no other Oklahoma City player scored more than 14 points in the team’s fourth consecutive loss. Ford took over when Granger, the Pacers’ leading scorer this season, got into foul trouble. Indiana led 96-95 in the fourth quarter, but Oklahoma City had a chance to take the lead when Indiana’s Jeff Foster took a charge from Russell Westbrook. Indiana’s Marquis Daniels made a layup to make it 98-95, then another turnover by the Thunder led to a running bank shot by Foster that gave the Pacers a 100-95 lead.

Associated Press