TORONTO – Vince Carter scored 39 points against his former team, Devin Harris added 30 and the New Jersey Nets rallied from an 18-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 129-127 in overtime on Friday night.

Carter sent the game to overtime by draining a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds remaining in regulation, capping a stretch that saw him score 12 consecutive points for the Nets.

Anthony Parker returned the favor, draining a turnaround 3 from the corner with 2.9 seconds left in the extra session to tie it at 127, but Carter won it with a reverse dunk on Bobby Simmons’ inbounds pass with 2.1 seconds left.

Hawks 88, Bobcats 83

ATLANTA – Joe Johnson scored 30 points, Marvin Williams added 22 and the Atlanta Hawks pulled away in the closing minutes for a sloppy 88-83 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night.

Charlotte went ahead for the final time in a back-and-forth final period when Raymond Felton hit a jumper from the top of the key, giving the Bobcats an 81-80 lead.

But Williams put the Hawks ahead for good on a 3-pointer with 2:12 remaining. The Charlotte defense collapsed on Johnson, who swung the ball to Maurice Evans. He whipped it around to Williams all alone in the corner.

Rookie D.J. Augustin led the Bobcats with a career-best

Magic 100, Pacers 98

INDIANAPOLIS – Dwight Howard had 24 points, 17 rebounds and five blocks, and the Orlando Magic beat the Indiana Pacers 100-98 in overtime on Friday night.

Howard blocked a potential game-winning shot at the end of regulation, then altered what would have been a game-tying shot in the closing seconds of overtime.

Rashard Lewis scored 23 points for the Magic and made what turned out to be the game-winning basket with 23 seconds left in overtime. Jameer Nelson added 22 points and nine assists in Orlando’s fifth straight win.

Marquis Daniels scored 25 points, T.J. Ford had 22 and Danny Granger added 21 for the Pacers.

Rockets 103, Wizards 91

WASHINGTON – Tracy McGrady scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, Yao Ming added 18 and the Houston Rockets added to the Washington Wizards’ misery with a 103-91 victory Friday night.

Quiet for most of the game, McGrady hit a pair of 3-pointers in a 9-0 run that wiped out a nine-point deficit and tied it with 7 minutes to play. McGrady, who’s recently been hobbled by a sore left knee, then added two more 3s and another long jumper as the Rockets ended the game with a 27-6 run and held the Wizards scoreless – 13-0 – over the final 4:16.

Carl Landry scored 19 points, and Aaron Brooks had 18 for the Rockets, who opened a three-game East Coast trip with their seventh straight win against Washington.

76ers 89, Clippers 88

PHILADELPHIA – Elton Brand beat his former team with his biggest basket for his new one.

Brand hit a 15-footer with 57 seconds left and finished with 17 points in his first game against Los Angeles, leading the Philadelphia 76ers to an 89-88 victory over the short-handed Clippers on Friday night.

The Clippers lost shortly after acquiring forward Zach Randolph and guard Mardy Collins from the New York Knicks for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas.

Bucks 104, Knicks 87

MILWAUKEE – Charlie Villanueva tied a season high with 20 points in his return from injury, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the suddenly trade-depleted New York Knicks 104-87 on Friday night.

Chris Duhon scored a season-high 20 for the Knicks, who dressed the league-minimum eight players after trading away three players in a pair of deals earlier Friday. Out the door were New York’s top two scorers, Zach Randolph and Jamal Crawford, along with guard Mardy Collins.

Milwaukee’s Andrew Bogut had 14 points and 17 rebounds. Rookie Luc Richard Mbah a Moute added eight points and 13 rebounds – including 10 in the first quarter – for the Bucks, who broke a three-game losing streak.