Randolph, Knicks polish off Nuggets

Zach Randolph had 22 points and 17 rebounds, three other players scored more than 20 points, and New York erased a series of double-digit deficits to win 119-112 Tuesday night in Denver's first trip to Madison Square Garden since last year's brawl.

Seemingly on the verge of being run off the floor in the same way they were before losing their cool 11 months ago, the Knicks instead blew by the Nuggets with a fourth-quarter rally, then held on behind huge plays from Randolph and Eddy Curry in their best outing since being paired together.

Jamal Crawford led the Knicks with 25 points and Curry added 24, nine in the fourth quarter. Stephon Marbury had 21 and nine assists, and Renaldo Balkman led a spirited bench effort with 11 points.

Allen Iverson scored 32 points and Carmelo Anthony had 24 for the Nuggets.

Magic 111, T'wolves 103: In a matchup of two of the best young power forwards in the game, Dwight Howard edged his classmate Al Jefferson, with 28 points and 16 rebounds in visiting Orlando's victory over winless Minnesota.

Suns 115, Bobcats 83: Leandro Barbosa, Raja Bell and Shawn Marion led eight players in double figures with 16 points apiece and visiting Phoenix continued its dominance of the Eastern Conference with a rout of Charlotte.

Nets 87, Hawks 82: Richard Jefferson scored 25 points, and Antoine Wright added 15 to lead New Jersey to a victory over Atlanta.

Jason Kidd had 9 points, 12 assists and 9 rebounds in nearly collecting his second straight triple-double and helping New Jersey win for the third time in four games.

Bucks 112, Raptors 85: Desmond Mason was 10-for-10 from the field and scored 21 points as host Milwaukee shot 60.3 percent and held Toronto star Chris Bosh to 1 point.

Rockets 89, Spurs 81: Yao Ming had 28 points and 13 rebounds to help Houston snap a four-game, home-court losing streak to San Antonio.

Bonzi Wells added 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Rockets.