MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade scored 25 points, Michael Beasley scored nine of his 19 in the fourth quarter, and the Miami Heat beat the Memphis Grizzlies 102-85 Tuesday night for their first preseason win in nearly two years.
Wade also had six assists and five rebounds for the Heat, who improved to 1-4 in this preseason. Udonis Haslem had 14 points and 13 rebounds, while Shawn Marion added 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Miami, which had dropped 12 straight exhibitions since beating Orlando on Oct. 24, 2006.
Mario Chalmers had nine assists for the Heat, who shot 53 percent and had assists on 30 of their 40 field goals.
O.J. Mayo scored 28 points for Memphis on 12-for-19 shooting, with five rebounds and five assists. Darko Milicic scored 12 for the Grizzlies (2-5).
Rudy Gay, Memphis' leading scorer last season and so far this preseason, missed the game with a staph infection. He was with the team and will be a game-time decision Wednesday for the Grizzlies' preseason finale at the Orlando Magic.
Wade and Beasley scored every Heat point in a 13-2 fourth-quarter run that gave Miami an 88-76 lead with 6:12 remaining. Full story
Celtics 101, Knicks 90
NEW YORK -- Kevin Garnett had 14 points and nine rebounds, Ray Allen scored 12 points and Boston tuned up for the start of its NBA title defense by beating New York.
Eddie House led the Celtics with 20 points. Leon Powe added 19 points and 12 rebounds as Boston's big men overwhelmed an undersized New York lineup.
The Celtics finished 6-2 in the preseason and are now off until hosting Cleveland next Tuesday night in the NBA opener, when they will raise the banner celebrating their 17th NBA championship and receive the rings they earned for beating the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals.
Nate Robinson scored 25 points and Stephon Marbury had 14 for New York.
Cavaliers 91, 76ers 83
PHILADELPHIA -- LeBron James scored 20 points and had eight rebounds, four assists and four steals before sitting out the fourth quarter of Cleveland's win.
James' soaring slam dunk off an alley-oop pass from Ben Wallace late in the second period provided the game's highlight.
Andre Iguodala had 19 points and Elton Brand 12 points and 13 rebounds for Philadelphia. The 76ers played without starting center Samuel Dalembert, who was sidelined with a sore right knee.
The 76ers led 75-71 with 9:26 to play, but Sasha Pavlovic sparked an 11-4 run by the Cavaliers, and his 3-point shot with 6:17 to go gave the Cavs an 80-77 edge.
Hornets 101, Pacers 96
NEW ORLEANS -- Chris Paul had 23 points, 15 assists, five rebounds and three steals in 36 minutes for New Orleans.
David West added 26 points, hitting 12 of 17 shots in the Hornets' return home from their two-game trip to Berlin and Barcelona last week.
The Hornets, harboring hopes of playing for a championship, are 6-0 in the preseason with one exhibition remaining against Miami in Mobile, Ala., on Thursday night.
Danny Granger, a New Orleans native, led Indiana (3-4) with 20 points in 37 minutes. T.J. ford added 14 points, while Troy Murphy had 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Bulls 109, Mavericks 105
DALLAS -- Rookie Derrick Rose scored 30 points, including the go-ahead basket with 41.5 seconds left as Chicago rallied from a 23-point deficit.
Luol Deng and Andres Nocioni added 14 points each for the Bulls (2-4).
Rose, the first overall pick in the draft, went 13-for-18 from the field and had seven assists.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 26 points, Gerald Green had 19 and Josh Howard added 18 for Dallas (4-3).
Nuggets 105, Raptors 94
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Carmelo Anthony scored 15 points, and Denver beat Toronto in the first NBA game played in the Alberta capital in nine years.
Forward Chris Bosh scored 17 points and point guard Jose Calderon had 18 points for the Raptors, who trailed 24-17 after the first quarter of the exhibition and never seriously challenged the rest of the way.
Toronto finished the preseason 4-4 and plays its opener Oct. 29 in Philadelphia.
Anthony shot 5-for-9 from the field and grabbed six rebounds in 28:25 before 17,534 fans at Rexall Place.
Suns 86, Clippers 69
LOS ANGELES -- Amare Stoudemire scored 21 points in his second game back from an eye injury and Boris Diaw scored six of his 14 points during a 57-second span to spark a pivotal fourth-quarter run for Phoenix (4-3).
Alando Tucker, back in the Phoenix lineup after missing three games with a tightness in his left hamstring, missed five of his first six shots and finished with 10 points in his first start of the preseason. Robin Lopez, getting his first start while Shaquille O'Neal had the night off, had five points and two rebounds before fouling out with 7:26 left in the game and Phoenix ahead 69-61.
Chris Kaman had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers (4-2), who have two more exhibition games at Staples Center before their season opener on Oct. 26 against the Lakers.
Clippers forward Marcus Camby remained out of coach Mike Dunleavy's rotation because of a bruised right heel, and former Suns forward Tim Thomas remained sidelined due to a groin strain.
Warriors 126, Lietuvos Rytas 106
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Golden State's Stephen Jackson scored 28 points and Corey Maggette added 17 points and five rebounds in the exhibition win over the Lithuanian club.
C.J. Watson added 12 points and five assists off the bench while Kalenna Azubuike had 15 points for the Warriors in their final tuneup before next week's season opener.
Players from both teams met at midcourt prior to the opening tipoff to exchange gift bags. The goodwill lasted throughout the game, though Maggette and Lietuvos center Matthew Nielsen were both hit with technical fouls in the second quarter.
Chuck Eidson, who spent one season in the NBA's Development League before moving to Europe, had 28 points, eight assists and nine rebounds for Lietuvos. Nielsen added 11 points, six assists and six rebounds.
