Heat Gets Edge Over Nets

— Dwyane Wade scored 23 points, Penny Hardaway added 16 in his best game since returning to the NBA, and the Miami Heat beat the New Jersey Nets 91-87 Saturday night for their second victory of the season.
Shaquille O’Neal had 18 points for the Heat (2-8), who snapped a three-game skid and sent the Nets to their fifth straight loss. Hardaway was 6-of-6 from the field, making three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.
Wade was only 4-for-17 from the floor in his third game of the season, but made 15 of 20 free throws before a clinching jumper in the final second.
Rookie Sean Williams scored a season-high 22 points in his first career start for the Nets, playing without injured All-Star Vince Carter. Jason Kidd had 16 points and 15 assists, but the Nets couldn’t overcome a season-high 27 turnovers
Pacers 117, Jazz 97
INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Dunleavy scored 25 points, and Indiana beat Utah to snap a six-game losing streak.
Danny Granger had 19 points and Jamaal Tinsley had eight points and 13 assists for the Pacers (4-6).
Marquis Daniels scored 17 points for Indiana after sitting out Friday’s loss at Toronto with a sore left knee, and Shawne Williams added 16 points and eight rebounds.
Carlos Boozer led the Jazz with 19 points and Andrei Kirilenko added 12. They were the only Utah players to reach double figures in a game the Jazz never led.
Wizards 109, Trail Blazers 91
WASHINGTON — Antawn Jamison had 30 points to lead short-handed Washington over Portland.
About an hour before the start of the game, the Wizards said that Gilbert Arenas, who had surgery on his left knee in April, would miss the game with soreness in his knee.
Jamison, who entered the night averaging 17.8 points, third on the team behind Caron Butler and Arenas, picked up for his injured teammate.
Jamison’s shooting wasn’t spectacular. He was 8-for-19, but he made four 3-pointers — three in the first half. Jamison’s season-high scoring mark enabled Washington to win its fourth straight game — the first time they’ve won four straight since Jan. 15-20.
Bobcats 100, SuperSonics 84
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Gerald Wallace scored 27 points, Jason Richardson added 23 and Charlotte wore down a weary Kevin Durant and Seattle.
Raymond Felton added 13 points and 12 assists, Emeka Okafor added 12 points and 15 rebounds, and the Bobcats set a franchise record by limiting Seattle to 31 percent shooting, a night after the Sonics won an emotional double-overtime game in Atlanta.
Kevin Durant, who hit the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer Friday, was held to 16 points on 3-of-12 shooting. Chris Wilcox had 20 of his 24 points in the first half and Damien Wilkins scored 19 for Seattle, which had a two-game winning streak snapped following their 0-8 start.