NBA roundup \ Tuesday’s other games

Celtics 98, Bucks 89

BOSTON — Rajon Rondo had 13 assists and nine rebounds and scored all of his 11 points in the fourth quarter, and Boston won its eighth straight. Kevin Garnett scored 25 to go with nine boards, and Paul Pierce scored 15 points. Reserve Rasheed Wallace added 13 points for the Celtics, who scored 12 of the game’s final 15 points. Andrew Bogut had 25 points and 14 rebounds, Ersan Ilysova scored 19 in Milwaukee’s fourth straight loss.

Mavericks 102, Suns 101

DALLAS — Josh Howard looked sharp coming off a 13-game break to rehabilitate his surgically repaired left ankle, scoring 18 of his 20 points in the second half to lead Dallas. Howard scored 16 points during a stretch late in the third quarter and early in the fourth when Dallas went from being tied at 66 to leading 88-79. Phoenix made three 3-pointers in the final 47.9 seconds to make things interesting all the way to the buzzer, but the Suns wound up losing for the fourth time in five games.

Bobcats 107, Nuggets 95

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Gerald Wallace had 25 points and 16 rebounds and Charlotte snapped Denver’s four-game winning streak. Carmelo Anthony had 34 points and seven rebounds but picked up a technical foul with just under a minute left to help seal Charlotte’s second straight win. Stephen Jackson had 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists, and Nazr Mohammed added 15 points for the Bobcats, who outscored Denver 20-8 over the final 6 minutes.

Nets 103, Bulls 101

CHICAGO — Brook Lopez scored 25 points, Devin Harris hit to the go-ahead basket with 14.9 seconds left and New Jersey got its second win of the season and first on the road. Chris Douglas-Roberts added 20 points and Harris had 17 for the Nets, who got off the worst start in NBA history at 0-18 and are now 2-19 — including 1-12 away from home. Derrick Rose scored 11 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter for Chicago, which lost for the eighth time in nine games. Luol Deng also had 27 for the Bulls.

Hornets 96, Kings 94

NEW ORLEANS — David West had 24 points and 12 rebounds, and Chris Paul had 15 points and 12 assists for New Orleans. Andres Nocioni had a chance to tied it when he rebounded Tyreke Evans’ miss and was fouled with just over a second left. He missed his first free throw, then was forced to miss the second in hopes of a putback that never had a chance because of a Kings lane violation. Emeka Okafor added 17 points and 12 rebounds for New Orleans. Evans led the Kings with 25 points.

Raptors 94, Timberwolves 88

TORONTO — Chris Bosh had 21 points and 16 rebounds, Jarrett Jack had 17 points and eight assists and Toronto got its first three-game win streak this season. Hedo Turkoglu scored 16 points, and DeMar DeRozan and Andrea Bargnani each added 15 the Raptors extended their win streak over Minnesota to 11 games — dating to Jan. 21, 2004. Al Jefferson had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Kevin Love scored 18 points for the Timberwolves.

Associated Press