By The Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Vince Carter scored 31 points and Richard Jefferson had 30 Saturday, leading the New Jersey Nets past the Toronto Raptors 105-100 in overtime.

New Jersey’s Jason Kidd finished with 14 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds for his 72nd career triple-double and his fifth this season, tops in the league. Morris Peterson led Toronto with 25 points and Chris Bosh had 23, 21 in the second half.

Toronto took a 91-89 lead in overtime on Charlie Villanueva’s two free throws before New Jersey scored 10 of the next 13 points. The Raptors, who went the final 6:10 of regulation with one field goal, didn’t make another until Mike James’ drive with 22 seconds left in overtime.

Peterson made three free throws after being fouled on a 3-point attempt by Jacque Vaughn with 2:36 left in the extra period, but Vaughn redeemed himself with consecutive jumpers to give New Jersey a 99-94 lead.

Toronto, which trailed by as many as 13 points late in the second quarter, led 85-75 midway through the fourth before the Nets moved closer with a 9-1 spurt culminated by a 3-pointer by Jefferson to make the score 86-84 with 2:17 left.

Heat 95, Hawks 93

MIAMI – Alonzo Mourning’s dunk with 1.8 seconds remaining gave Miami its first lead of the game, and the Heat beat the Atlanta Hawks 95-93 on Saturday night for their season-high eighth straight victory.

Shaquille O’Neal had 21 points and eight rebounds before fouling out with 3:45 left for Miami, which overcame a 17-point deficit despite playing without Dwyane Wade.

Wade was sidelined with a sprained wrist and is listed as day to day.

Joe Johnson scored 28 points for the Hawks, who have lost 10 straight games to Miami. Josh Smith added 21 points and eight rebounds.

After Salim Stoudamire missed a jumper with 20 seconds left, Miami called timeout. On the ensuing possession, the Heat worked the ball until Udonis Haslem missed a foul-line jumper.

Knicks 103, Bucks 98

MILWAUKEE – Steve Francis made five free throws in the final 20 seconds of his first win with New York, Eddy Curry had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the Knicks snapped a six-game losing streak with a 103-98 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.

Jalen Rose had 19 points and Quentin Richardson 18 in the Knicks’ rare road win that kept the Bucks, currently in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, from matching last season’s win total of 30 games when they finished 30-52.

The Knicks won for only the third time in 25 games and picked up their fifth road win of the season.

Michael Redd had 23 points, Joe Smith added 19 and Maurice Williams 17 for the Bucks, who have lost three straight at the Bradley Center after a season-high six-game home win streak.

Spurs 101, Blazers 81

SAN ANTONIO – Tim Duncan had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs hit five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 101-81 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.

Leading 69-65 after three, the Spurs opened the final period with consecutive shots from behind the arc by Brent Barry, Beno Udrih and Manu Ginobili.

Portland narrowed the gap to 80-75 on a layup and three-point play by Zach Randolph, but San Antonio closed out the game by outscoring the Blazers 21-6.

Tony Parker had 18 points for the Spurs, who won their sixth straight.

Ginobili scored 13, Udrih 11 and Barry and Nazr Mohammed 10 apiece.

Randolph paced Portland with 24 points. Darius Miles added 16 and Steve Blake 14 for the Blazers, who have lost 11 of their last 13 games.

A follow by Viktor Khryapa gave Portland its first lead at 14-13 with about 4 minutes left in the first quarter.

Khryapa had three of the Blazers’ seven offensive rebounds in the period, which they turned into four second-chance baskets.

A jumper by Sebastian Telfair gave Portland its biggest lead of the half at 32-26 early in the second.