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Wizards Win Third in a Row

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From Associated Press

Michael Jordan scored 16 points and had nine assists early, and Richard Hamilton scored a season-high 30 points as the Washington Wizards defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, 91-81, Tuesday night for their third consecutive victory.

Jason Williams led the Grizzlies with 17 points and 11 assists.

Miami 99, Milwaukee 97--Eddie Jones scored 23 points, including the go-ahead layup with 10.5 seconds left, to lift the Heat at Miami.

Alonzo Mourning had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Miami.

Ray Allen had 30 points for Milwaukee.

Atlanta 89, Philadelphia 87--Jacque Vaughn hit a long jumper with three seconds left to give the Hawks the victory at Atlanta and send the 76ers to their sixth consecutive loss.

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Jason Terry scored 23 points, and Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 19 points and 11 rebounds for Atlanta.

Allen Iverson scored 34 points for Philadelphia.

Minnesota 107, Golden State 86--Wally Szczerbiak scored 22 points and Kevin Garnett had 20 for Minnesota at Minneapolis.

Danny Fortson had 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Warriors.

New Jersey 107, Chicago 93--Lucious Harris had a season-high 22 points and Jason Kidd scored 17 for New Jersey at Chicago.

Ron Mercer led the Bulls with 18 points.

Cleveland 107, Houston 102--Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored a season-high 22 points at Houston as the Cavaliers sent the Rockets to their 11th consecutive loss.

Cuttino Mobley had 33 points for the Rockets and Oscar Torres had a career-high 28.

Cleveland point guard Andre Miller left with 5:30 to play with a dislocated right shoulder.

Dallas 105, Portland 103--Steve Nash scored a career-high 39 points for the Mavericks at Dallas.

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Bonzi Wells had 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Trail Blazers.

Sacramento 112, Orlando 100--Chris Webber had 24 points for the Kings at Sacramento.

Peja Stojakovic scored 23 points for the Kings.

Tracy McGrady had 21 points for Orlando.

King Coach Rick Adelman got his 500th career victory.

Charlotte 99, Denver 96--Lee Nailon scored 20 points to lead the Hornets at Denver.

Raef LaFrentz had 23 points and nine rebounds, and James Posey had 22 points for Denver.

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