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PHILADELPHIA – Stephen Jackson’s layup with 2.9 seconds left lifted the Indiana Pacers to a 94-93 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.

Allen Iverson had 33 points and nine assists, but couldn’t lead the Sixers to their third straight victory.

Anthony Johnson had 18 points and Jackson scored 15 for Indiana, which has won three of four.

Down by one point, the Pacers got possession after a shot-clock violation on Philadelphia with 4.9 seconds left.

Sarunas Jasikevicius threw an inbound pass to Jackson, who went around a stumbling Kyle Korver to make an uncontested shot.

Chris Webber missed a jumper at the buzzer after an inbounds pass from Iverson.

Iverson has scored 120 points and dished out 31 assists in three games since he was snubbed for the United States’ national team.

He reached 40 points and 10 assists in consecutive games for the first time in his 10-year career, but fell short of doing it again.

Suns 115, Mavericks 107

DALLAS – Boris Diaw had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his second career triple-double and the Phoenix Suns extended their winning streak to a season-high 10 games with a 115-107 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.

Steve Nash had 25 points and 11 assists, Shawn Marion had 22 points and 10 rebounds and Leandro Barbosa scored 20 points to help the Suns end the Mavericks’ club-record 16-game home winning streak.

Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points and nine rebounds, Marquis Daniels added 22 points and Jason Terry had 21 points for the Mavericks, who had won 20 of their previous 22.

Wizards 117, Kings 107

WASHINGTON – Antawn Jamison had 31 points and eight rebounds and the Washington Wizards beat the Sacramento Kings 117-107 to snap a three-game losing streak.

Gilbert Arenas added 23 points and Caron Butler 22 for the Wizards, who became only the fifth opponent to score 100 points against the Kings since they acquired Ron Artest, the 2003-04 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, in January.

Artest led Sacramento with 30 points, five assists and three blocks.

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T-wolves 103, Warriors 90

MINNEAPOLIS – Kevin Garnett scored 23 points and tied his season high with 21 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a superb scoring performance by Jason Richardson and defeated the Golden State Warriors 103-90 .

Ricky Davis scored 19 for the Wolves, and Trenton Hassell added 15 as Minnesota won its second in a row by sending the Warriors to their sixth loss in seven games.

Cavaliers 91, Bulls 72

CLEVELAND – LeBron James scored 37 points – 27 after halftime – and the Cleveland Cavaliers posted a 91-72 win over the Chicago Bulls.

Rockets 102, Blazers 84

HOUSTON – Yao Ming had 32 points and 13 rebounds as the Houston Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers for the ninth straight time, 102-84.

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SuperSonics 113, Jazz 81

SEATTLE – Rashard Lewis led six Seattle players in double figures with 22 points in just three quarters, and the SuperSonics rolled past the Utah Jazz 113-81.

Grizzlies 102, Clippers 86

LOS ANGELES – Pau Gasol had 17 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and Mike Miller scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Memphis to a 102-86 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

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