Rockets overcome missed FTs
As long as the Houston Rockets avoided the free-throw line Wednesday night, they did just fine against the Detroit Pistons.
Tracy McGrady scored 29 points and Yao Ming added 21 points and 13 rebounds as the Rockets nearly entered the NBA record book for foul-shot futility before beating the Pistons 80-77.
The Rockets missed 14 of their first 15 shots from the line before finishing 6-for-22 (27 percent) to win for the third time in seven games.
Houston wore throwback uniforms and it was all too fitting -- the 1983 Rockets went 3-for-14 from the free-throw line (21 percent) in a game against Portland. Toronto is the only team in history to not make a free throw in a regular-season game, missing all 3 attempts in a game against Charlotte in 1996.
Good thing for the Rockets, the Pistons seemed to miss from everywhere else on Wednesday.
Detroit shot 36 percent (30 of 83) and went 4-for-15 from 3-point range.
Sixers 98, Timberwolves 94: Samuel Dalembert had 18 points, 11 rebounds and tied a career high with 9 blocked shots, and Andre Iguodala scored 25 points in host Philadelphia's victory over Minnesota.
Raptors 92, Mavericks 76: Kris Humphries had 16 points and 12 rebounds, Chris Bosh scored 17 points, and host Toronto beat Dallas for the first time in more than four years. The Raptors' last win over the Mavericks was 77-71 on Nov. 6, 2003.
Bobcats 108, Clippers 103: Raymond Felton scored 26 points and keyed a fourth-quarter surge to lift host Charlotte over Los Angeles. Emeka Okafor added 25 points and 16 rebounds for the Bobcats.
Celtics 90, Kings 78: Rookie Glen Davis made his first start since taking his power game to the NBA from LSU and kept host Boston unbeaten at home with a win over Sacramento. The young-looking, 289-pound center had 16 points and 9 rebounds, and made all 10 of his free throws as Boston improved to an NBA-best 18-2.
Sonics 117, Knicks 110: Kevin Durant scored 30 points, and fellow Seattle rookie Jeff Green added 17 as the Sonics beat host New York. The Knicks lost their fourth straight.
Bucks 100, Magic 86: Michael Redd had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists to help host Milwaukee snap a four-game losing streak with a victory over Orlando.