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The Honolulu Advertiser
Updated at 2:57 a.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2009

NBA today

Associated Press

Today's Games, Hawaii Times

Memphis at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.

Chicago at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Detroit at New Orleans, 3 p.m.

Milwaukee at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.

Portland at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Denver, 4 p.m.

Charlotte at Sacramento, 5 p.m.

Boston at L.A. Clippers, 5:30 p.m.

STARS

Tuesday

—Dwyane Wade, Heat, scored 31 points and had a career-high 16 assists in Miami's 103-91 victory over Detroit.

—Tony Parker, Spurs, had 37 points and 12 assists with All-Star teammate Tim Duncan sitting out with a sore right knee, and short-handed San Antonio beat Dallas 93-76.

—Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani, Raptors, each scored 26 points as Toronto beat Minnesota for the 10th consecutive time, 118-100.

—Kobe Bryant, Lakers, scored 10 of his 36 points in a 3-minute span of the fourth quarter to thwart an Oklahoma City rally and lead Los Angeles to a 107-93 victory.

NIFTY NEWCOMERS

Chicago's three new players acquired at the trade deadline combined for 37 points Tuesday in their home debuts, leading the Bulls to a 120-102 victory over Orlando. Tim Thomas scored 17 points, John Salmons 11 and Brad Miller had nine points, seven rebounds and five assists.

SO LONG, STEPH

Stephon Marbury's turbulent five-year tenure in New York is over after the point guard and the Knicks reached a buyout agreement. Marbury is eligible to sign with a playoff contender after he clears waivers and will be eligible to appear in the postseason. The former All-Star didn't play this season for new coach Mike D'Antoni and never led his hometown team to a single playoff victory.

SIDELINED

Tim Duncan sat out San Antonio's 93-76 victory over Dallas with a sore right knee, his first missed game because of injury this season. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said afterward he didn't know the severity of Duncan's injury. He said Duncan would be evaluated by doctors Wednesday morning, putting his status for San Antonio's back-to-back against Portland later that night in doubt. Portland's Greg Oden will miss the game while recovering from his knee injury.

SLUMPING

The Detroit Pistons dropped their seventh straight, their longest skid in more than seven years, with a 103-91 loss to Miami on Tuesday. The Pistons (27-28) fell under .500 this late in a season for the first time since 2000-01 and need to win in New Orleans on Wednesday to avoid matching the franchise's longest losing streak since 1995. ... Oklahoma City has lost six straight following its 107-93 loss to the Lakers. ... Memphis' skid was extended to five with a 94-79 loss to Cleveland.

STREAKING

The Houston Rockets have won eight straight home games and five straight overall, both season-best streaks, after a 98-94 victory over Portland on Tuesday. Luis Scola had 15 points and 11 rebounds for his fifth consecutive double-double.

SIGNED

The Boston Celtics signed forward Mikki Moore, waived by the Sacramento Kings last week. Moore, who spent part of the 2002-2003 season with the Celtics, has career averages of 5.9 points and 3.9 rebounds.

SPEAKING

"Our whole thing is not on the offensive end. We can't stop anybody. The way we're playing we have to shoot 60 percent to win a basketball game. Everybody's always going to look at the offensive end and scoring points. We scored enough points to win the basketball game. But we just can't get stops consistently. We can't get stops when we need them." — Allen Iverson, after Detroit dropped its seventh straight with a 103-91 loss to Miami.