Pacers best Houston

Al Harrington had 23 points and 14 rebounds, Jamaal Tinsley scored 17 points, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Houston Rockets 81-76 on Tuesday night in Indianapolis.

Tracy McGrady returned to Houston’s starting lineup after missing seven games with back spasms and finished with 19 points.

He shot 7 for 22 from the field and had seven turnovers, including two critical ones in the final two minutes while the Rockets were trying to come back.

Pistons 92, Nets 91: At Auburn Hills, Mich., Chauncey Billups made two free throws with 7.2 seconds left to give Detroit its fifth straight win, a victory over New Jersey.

The Pistons got 21 points apiece from Rasheed Wallace and Richard Hamilton. Carter had 28 and Richard Jefferson added 18 for the Nets, who have lost three in a row.

Mavericks 97, Bobcats 84: At Dallas, Josh Howard scored 27 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 23 as the Mavericks stretched their winning streak to seven games with a win over Charlotte.

Adam Morrison scored 17 points, Gerald Wallace had 16 and Matt Carroll 14 for the Bobcats.

Nuggets 116, Celtics 105: At Denver, Allen Iverson had 28 points and 13 assists in the Nuggets’ victory over Boston.

The Nuggets point guard was playing in his second game – picking up his second double-double – since being acquired by Denver on Dec. 19 for Andre Miller, Joe Smith and two first-round picks in 2007.

Bucks 114, Spurs 107: At San Antonio, Michael Redd scored 36 points, and Milwaukee Bucks rallied from a 13-point deficit to beat the Spurs for a fifth straight victory.

Tony Parker scored 24 points and Tim Duncan had 25 for San Antonio.

Timberwolves 100, Bulls 98: At Minneapolis, Randy Foye made a runner with 1.8 seconds left, and Minnesota blew a 25-point lead before edging Chicago.

Foye, who finished with a career-high 25 points, took the ball from Kevin Garnett and drove to the right side before putting a shot over Kirk Hinrich.

Jazz 102, Clippers 92: At Salt Lake City, Mehmet Okur scored 24 points, eight in the final two minutes, to lead Utah past Los Angeles.

Carlos Boozer had 26 points and 10 rebounds in Utah’s first game back home after going 3-2 on a five-game road trip before Christmas.

Suns 110, Trail Blazers 87: At Phoenix, Leandro Barbosa scored 20 points in a six-minute span bridging the third and fourth quarters, and the Suns beat Portland for their 16th win in 17 tries.

Wizards 116, Grizzlies 101: At Washington, Gilbert Arenas scored 31 points and the Wizards used a big first half to beat Memphis. The Wizards scored 45 points in the first quarter, a Verizon Center record for any quarter.

Warriors 116, 76ers 97: At Oakland, Calif., Baron Davis had 21 points and 16 assists to lead Golden State to its fourth straight home victory, a win over Philadelphia.

Around the league

The Dec. 20 snowed-out game between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets has been rescheduled for Feb. 5 in Denver. … Manu Ginobili and Spurs teammates Brent Barry and Matt Bonner missed San Antonio’s game against Milwaukee because of a stomach flu.