PHILADELPHIA -- Andre Iguodala scored 16 points, including a late 3-pointer to give Philadelphia the lead, and the 76ers rallied past the short-handed New Jersey Nets 97-94 Friday night.
Lou Williams scored 18 points and Jason Kapono had 14 for Philadelphia, which rebounded from a 31-point loss to Boston three days earlier.
Brook Lopez led the Nets with 22 points and 11 rebounds while Trenton Hassell had 17 points and 12 rebounds. New Jersey fell to 0-6, the worst start in franchise history.
The Nets were without six players due to injury and had only a four-man bench.
After Lopez tied the game at 92 with a pair of free throws, Iguodala made a 3-pointer to put the 76ers up with 2:03 left.
New Jersey lost guard Courtney Lee early in the third quarter with an apparent leg injury. The Nets were already missing guards Keyon Dooling (hip surgery), Chris Douglas-Roberts (flu), and Devin Harris (strained right groin); as well as forwards Tony Battie (right knee), Yi Jianlian (sprained right knee) and Jarvis Hayes (strained left hamstring).
New Jersey built a 73-65 lead with 1:51 left in the third quarter and carried it into the fourth quarter. Full story
Rockets 105, Thunder 94
HOUSTON -- Trevor Ariza and Carl Landry scored 21 points apiece and the Houston Rockets extended their winning streak over the Oklahoma City franchise to 11 games by beating the Thunder.
Luis Scola added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets.
Russell Westbrook scored 33 points and Kevin Durant added 27, but they were the only players in double figures for the Thunder, who've lost nine straight games in Houston.
Rookie Chase Budinger scored 16 and Aaron Brooks added 11 points for the Rockets, who finished with 26 assists. Houston made 6 of 16 3-pointers.
Magic 110, Pistons 103
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dwight Howard had 22 points and 12 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic hold off Charlie Villanueva and the Detroit Pistons.
Villanueva scored 22 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough to get past the defending Eastern Conference champs, who led by 19 early and never trailed at all.
Matt Barnes had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Magic and Jameer Nelson also scored 18, with eight assists.
Orlando had lost 20 of 25 regular season games to the Pistons, including one earlier in the week.
Raptors 107, Hornets 90
NEW ORLEANS -- Chris Bosh scored 27 points and the Toronto Raptors used a 27-4 run in the third quarter to take control of a victory over the New Orleans Hornets.
The Raptors trailed 56-51 before hitting a barrage of open 3-pointers to put the game away. Bosh's 3 gave them the lead for good, 57-56, and Hedo Turkoglu and Andrea Bargnani both hit three 3s in the next 7 minutes as Toronto went ahead 81-63.
Turkoglu and Jose Calderon both had 16 points for Toronto, while Bargnani added 14.
Chris Paul led New Orleans with 21 points and a season-high 18 assists, while Bobby Brown added 16 points.
Bucks 87, Timberwolves 72
MINNEAPOLIS -- Andrew Bogut bested Al Jefferson inside with 17 points and 10 rebounds, Luke Ridnour had 16 points off the bench and the Milwaukee Bucks used a second-half surge to top the Minnesota Timberwolves 87-72.
Rookie Brandon Jennings had his first clunker for the Bucks, putting up nine points on 4 for 16 shooting, but his backup Ridnour helped counter a career-high 20 points by Timberwolves rookie Jonny Flynn.
Milwaukee outscored Minnesota 31-14 in the third quarter.
Jefferson, still trying to find his groove after a knee injury knocked him out last winter, went 3 for 12 from the floor and finished with a season-low nine points.
Bobcats 103, Hawks 83
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Raja Bell scored 24 points and the Charlotte Bobcats looked nothing like the NBA's lowest scoring team in beating the road-weary Atlanta Hawks.
Bell hit 9 of 12 shots, including 5 of 6 from 3-point range, Ronald "Flip" Murray added 15 points in his Charlotte debut, and Gerald Wallace offset a poor shooting night with 18 rebounds in the Bobcats' second straight win.
The Hawks struggled defensively and saw their two-game winning streak snapped at the end of a difficult trip that also took them to Los Angeles, Portland and Sacramento. Josh Smith and Jamal Crawford each scored 13 points, but combined to shoot 10 of 27 from the field.
The Hawks fell behind by 21 in the third quarter and scored only 14 points in the fourth.
Clippers 118, Warriors 90
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Chris Kaman had 22 points and nine rebounds in 28 minutes and Los Angeles ended a seven-game losing streak in the Oakland Arena.
Baron Davis scored 16 of his 25 points in the third quarter as the Clippers won their second straight after opening the season with four losses. Eric Gordon added 25 points for Los Angeles and DeAndre Jordan scored all 13 of his points in the fourth quarter.
Stephen Jackson and Anthony Morrow both scored 17 points for the Warriors, who were coming off their first win of the season. Monta Ellis added 14 points.
The Clippers led 57-45 at halftime.
