Morrison scores 30 for Bobcats

Adam Morrison scored a career-high 30 points and the Charlotte Bobcats held off a second-half rally to beat the Indiana Pacers 113-102 Saturday night in Indianapolis.

Emeka Okafor finished with 19 points and 14 rebounds, and Matt Carroll scored 18 points for the Bobcats (9-21), who won consecutive games for the first time this season. Charlotte beat the Lakers 133-124 in triple overtime on Friday.

Charlotte guard Raymond Felton had 19 assists. He had 15 in Friday night’s game.

Jermaine O’Neal had 27 points and 12 rebounds, Danny Granger scored 17 points and Jamaal Tinsley chipped in 15 for Indiana (17-15), which lost at Conseco Fieldhouse for the third time in its last four games.

Indiana coach Rick Carlisle was ejected following his second technical foul with 10:14 left in the third quarter. Carlisle was arguing a technical that had been called on Stephen Jackson after a hard foul on Morrison.

Nets 100, Timberwolves 92: At East Rutherford, N.J., Richard Jefferson scored 23 points and Mikki Moore had a career-high 20 to lead New Jersey to a victory over Minnesota.

Jason Kidd added 19 points and Vince Carter scored 14 as the Nets posted a second straight win following a four-game losing streak. The victory also ended a two-game home losing streak and improved the Nets record to 4-10 against Western Conference teams.

Magic 97, Heat 68: At Orlando, Fla., Dwight Howard had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Orlando to a victory over Miami, which lost its second straight without NBA Finals MVP Dwyane Wade.

Also missing Shaquille O’Neal, who has appeared in only four games this season, the Heat conceded the paint to Orlando.

The Magic outscored Miami inside 50-14, and commanded the game for all but the opening minutes.

Grizzlies 110, Raptors 104: At Memphis, Tenn., Pau Gasol had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Mike Miller added 27 points, and Memphis beat short-handed Toronto in the debut of interim coach Tony Barone.

Memphis led by as many as 24 points, but had to withstand a late charge by Toronto to snap a five-game losing streak.

Morris Peterson scored 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Raptors pull within 106-104 when Jorge Garbajosa hit a 15-footer with 1:14 left. But Memphis hit four free throws in the final 13.5 seconds.

Bucks 119, Wizards 102: At Milwaukee, Michael Redd scored 28 points and Ruben Patterson added 21 as the Bucks beat Washington to snap the Wizards’ five-game winning streak.

The loss dropped Washington into a first-place tie with Orlando in the Southeast Division.

Milwaukee pulled away with a 22-5 run to open the fourth quarter and won for the seventh time in eight games. The Bucks made 13 of their first 17 shots in the fourth.

Mavericks 94, Hornets 80: At Dallas, Jason Terry scored 25 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 17, and the Mavericks extended their winning streak to nine games with a victory over injury-depleted New Orleans.

Josh Howard added 15 points and Devin Harris had 12 to help the Mavericks beat the Hornets for the 20th consecutive time, the longest active streak in the four major North American professional sports.

Dallas’ Avery Johnson improved his head coaching record to 99-31. The late Red Auerbach holds the NBA record for quickest to 100 coaching victories, reaching the milestone in 135 games.

Bulls 103, Cavaliers 96: At Chicago, Luol Deng scored a career-high 32 points, and the Bulls went on a 24-point run in the second half of a victory over Cleveland.

A jumper by Larry Hughes made it 67-60 with 7:17 left in the third quarter, but the Cavaliers did not score again until he hit a 3-pointer with 9:23 left in the game. Meanwhile, the Bulls built an 84-67 lead and hung on for their third straight victory.

Deng, whose previous career high was 30 against Dallas in February 2005, is playing well despite spraining his right wrist on a flagrant foul by Miami’s James Posey on Wednesday. With his wrist bandaged again, Deng hit 15 of 19 shots after scoring 25 the previous night in a 107-97 win at Toronto.

Jazz 96, Trailblazers 86: At Salt Lake City, Mehmet Okur scored 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds as Utah beat Portland.

Carlos Boozer scored 19 points and pulled down 10 boards for Utah, which has won three of four. Andrei Kirilenko scored 14 points and Derek Fisher added 11.

The Trailblazers, who trailed by as many as 24 in the second half, trimmed the lead to 79-73 with 7:23 left, but got no closer.

Zach Randolph led Portland with 34 points and 13 rebounds.

Kings 119, Warriors 96: At Sacramento, Calif., Kevin Martin scored 25 points, Mike Bibby had 21 and the Kings parlayed a spectacular first half into a victory over Golden State, snapping a three-game losing streak in the Northern California rivalry.

Warriors guard Jason Richardson broke his right hand in the second quarter, adding injury to the insult of Sacramento’s impressive offensive performance.

Rookie Quincy Douby scored 16 of his 21 points in the second quarter alone –doubling his previous high for an entire game – as the Kings opened a 36-point lead with an extraordinary effort from their reserves. Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 10 points in the second quarter, and Corliss Williamson had seven as Sacramento took control of the game.