Iverson tops 50-point mark again

Another 50-point game by Allen Iverson wasn’t enough for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Iverson became only the seventh player in NBA history to score at least 50 points in consecutive games, but he fouled out with 4.5 seconds left, putting Mehmet Okur on the line for the winning free throws in Utah’s 103-101 victory over the 76ers on Monday night in Philadelphia.

Iverson followed up his 54-point game in Milwaukee with 51 this time, becoming the first Sixers player to score 50 in back-to-back games and the first Philadelphia player to accomplish the feat since Wilt Chamberlain for the Warriors in 1962.

The last NBA player to score 50 points in consecutive games was Antawn Jamison in December 2000 with the Warriors. Iverson joined Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor, Chamberlain, Bernard King, Michael Jordan and Jamison as the only players to accomplish the feat.

Okur finished with 20 points and Carlos Boozer scored 28 to lead Utah.

Suns 107, Nuggets 105: Amare Stoudemire had 32 points and nine rebounds, and Quentin Richardson tipped in a putback attempt at the buzzer to help Phoenix extend its winning streak to nine games with a victory in Denver.

Grizzlies 82, Lakers 72: Shane Battier had 17 points, Mike Miller scored five in the final 2:46 and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Lakers in Los Angeles for the first time. Memphis had been 0-18 on the Lakers’ home court.

Bulls 92, Trail Blazers 87: Ben Gordon scored 23 points with Michael Jordan in attendance, and Chicago beat visiting Portland for its fourth consecutive victory.

Rockets 114, Raptors 102: Yao Ming scored a season-high 40 points and Tracy McGrady added 34 points and 12 rebounds, leading Houston past visiting Toronto.

Wizards 103, Warriors 101: Gilbert Arenas drove the length of the floor for a layup with less than a second left to lift Washington over Golden State in Oakland, Calif. Arenas burned his former team for 29 points.

Around the league

A strained left Achilles’ tendon will keep Vince Carter from playing tonight against the Charlotte Bobcats, postponing his debut with the New Jersey Nets. … Los Angeles Clippers guard Kerry Kittles will be sidelined for at least 2 weeks because of a disc problem in his lower back.