Vince Carter scored 30 points and almost singlehandedly held off Utah's fourth-quarter run, leading the New Jersey Nets to a victory that knocked the Jazz from the unbeaten ranks. Richard Jefferson added 23 points, Jason Kidd had 15 and Antoine Wright scored a career-high 15, including a clutch 3-pointer with 3:41 left in the final quarter after Utah had drawn within 85-84. Arenas was 14-of-20 from the field and 8-of-9 on free throws for the 21st 40-point game of his NBA career -- and second in a row at home.
He was taken out shortly after making a 3-pointer to put the Wizards ahead 105-72 about a minute into the fourth quarter.
MAGIC 88, SONICS 87: Hedo Turkoglu scored 18 points, including a fallaway 20-footer with 0.4 seconds left, to lift the Orlando Magic to an victory over the Seattle SuperSonics.
Jameer Nelson added 18 points and Grant Hill had 12 as the Magic won their second straight game. Ray Allen led Seattle with 21 points and Rashard Lewis had 16 as the Sonics dropped to 1-4.
RAPTORS 106, 76ERS 104: Chris Bosh made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 6.
1 seconds left and finished with 29 points and 14 rebounds, leading the Toronto Raptors to a victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Allen Iverson had 35 points and 10 assists for the Sixers, who have dropped two straight after winning their first three games of the season.
ROCKETS 97, BUCKS 93: Tracy McGrady scored 32 points and teamed with Yao Ming to lead a big third-quarter spurt as the Houston Rockets beat the Milwaukee Bucks.
Yao added 23 for the Rockets before he and McGrady went cold down the stretch as the Bucks tried to make a comeback. Michael Redd scored 34 for Milwaukee, topping the 30-point mark for the third time in five games. Redd and guard Charlie Bell helped the Bucks make a fourth-quarter comeback attempt that ultimately fell short.
SPURS 111, SUNS 106 (OT): Tony Parker scored 29 points and Fabricio Oberto added 22 on 11-of-11 shooting to lead the San Antonio Spurs to an overtime victory over the struggling Phoenix Suns.
The Spurs (4-1) scored 10 of the first 12 points in overtime. Tim Duncan added 26 points and 14 rebounds.
Oberto also added 10 rebounds for his first career double-double.
BROWN SETTLEMENT RELEASED: The New York Knicks will pay former coach Larry Brown 18.5 million to settle a dispute over his firing in June, the NBA team's owner, Cablevision Systems Corp.
, said yesterday.
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