SAN ANTONIO — Chris Paul was mad. He threw his hands down, screamed at the referee and was summarily punished with a technical foul.

He wasn't winning this argument. Nor would his 38 points be enough to win the game.

Tony Parker instead prevailed in a clash of All-Star point guards, scoring 25 points and stretching San Antonio's lead in the Southwest Division over Paul and the New Orleans Hornets in a 106-93 win last night.

Paul will start ahead of Parker for the Western Conference at the All-Star game in two weeks, and his season-high points total showed why. But Parker had a strong game of his own to offset the big night from his All-Star teammate, scoring 15 in the second half when Paul was at his hottest.

"Tony and Chris were great. They went after each other," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "They put on a hell of a performance."

It was the last treat that Spurs fans will see at home in a long while. The next three weeks of performances at the AT&T Center will include the cowboys and cattle who now send the Spurs out on their annual Rodeo Road Trip.

San Antonio's next eight games will be played coast-to-coast before returning home Feb. 24. But they're leaving with a little more room in the standings — beating the Hornets extended their lead over New Orleans to three games in the Southwest Division.

The Spurs have won three straight and seven of their last eight.

Paul said San Antonio wasn't the same banged-up team the Hornets beat at home in December. That was their first meeting since the Spurs rallied from an 0-2 deficit to oust the Hornets in the Western Conference semifinals last season.

Sitting in his front of his locker with ice bags on both legs, Paul contemplated this loss in which he said every loose ball and traveling call seemed to go the way of the Spurs.

That might have worn on the Hornets. Along with Paul, David West and James Posey also got technical fouls.

"We sort of got frustrated a little bit and said 'darn' and got two techs," Paul said. "I'm serious, I said 'darn.' I mean, I guess that's not what you should say."

Hornets coach Byron Scott said his players were simply frustrated.

"Not to put a damper on how the referees reffed this game, but they got some technicals out of plain frustration," Scott said. "Some missed calls. Then at the end, the referees will obviously come over and tell you they missed that call, but it doesn't do us any good."

Paul shook off the third-quarter technical and kept shooting. He scored 17 in the third quarter and another 12 in the fourth, finishing 15-of-22 from the floor.

KNICKS 122, PACERS 113

INDIANAPOLIS — Al Harrington had 31 points and David Lee added 23 points and 17 rebounds as New York snapped Indiana's seven-game home winning streak to move within two games of matching its win total from last season.

NETS 85, 76ERS 83

PHILADELPHIA — Brook Lopez had 24 points and 17 rebounds, and scored on a dunk with 16.8 seconds left for an 84-83 lead as New Jersey rallied from a 12-point deficit early in the fourth quarter to beat Philadelphia, which went the final 10:37 without a basket — missing its last 18 shots.

MAVERICKS 111, HEAT 96

MIAMI — Dirk Nowitzki scored 30 points on 12 for 14 shooting, Jason Terry scored 20 and Dallas, which used a 16-5 run to open a 91-70 lead, shot a season-best 60 percent to beat Miami for the ninth straight time in the regular season.

WIZARDS 106, CLIPPERS 94

WASHINGTON — Antawn Jamison had 25 points and 12 rebounds, Nick Young added 22 points and Washington used an 11-0 run for a 88-75 lead with 9:13 to play en route to ending a five-game losing streak, while handing Los Angeles its fifth straight loss.

LAKERS 115, GRIZZLIES 98

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Kobe Bryant scored 25 points, Pau Gasol had 24 points and eight rebounds and Los Angeles, despite losing center Andrew Bynum due to a sprained right knee in the first quarter, handed Memphis its 12th consecutive loss.

ROCKETS 110, WARRIORS 93

HOUSTON — Yao Ming had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Ron Artest scored 27 and Houston, playing without Tracy McGrady after he sprained his left ankle in practice on Friday, handed Golden State its ninth loss in its last 10 road games.

BUCKS 110, HAWKS 107

MILWAUKEE — Charlie Villanueva scored 27 points and Andrew Bogut made a layup to break a 20-all tie and Milwaukee held the lead the rest of the way in beating Atlanta, which got 22 points from Joe Johnson, who reached 10,000 career points.

BULLS 122, SUNS 111

PHOENIX — Ben Gordon and Derrick Rose each scored 26 points, and Chicago won its third straight game, beating Phoenix to sweep the two-game season series for the first time since 1996-97.

TRAIL BLAZERS 122, JAZZ 108

PORTLAND, Ore. — Brandon Roy scored 30 points to lead Portland to its fourth straight victory, beating Utah, which played without starting forwards Andrei Kirilenko (out four weeks after ankle surgery) and Carlos Boozer (has not played since November with knee injury.