Buford, Ollie Key for 76ers

Without the services of Allen Iverson, the Philadelphia 76ers needed a little extra something from somebody.

They got it from two players, Rodney Buford and Kevin Ollie, in a 97-86 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Friday night at Philadelphia.

Ollie played 42 minutes and had nine assists, both career highs, to go along with a season-high 10 points. Buford scored a season-high 16 points, all in the first half before leaving because of an ankle injury in the fourth quarter.

“A lot of guys contributed to a very good win,” 76ers Coach Larry Brown said. “I told you guys that Buford was going to be terrific. He just needs to play and he gets better every day. Ollie was tremendous.”

Iverson sat out nursing a bruise of his left knee suffered in Wednesday night’s victory over the Chicago Bulls.

Aaron McKie scored 21, Theo Ratliff had 17 and Toni Kukoc added 14 for Philadelphia, which extended its winning streak to five games.

Stephon Marbury scored 26 for the Nets, who had won their last two.

New York 97, Detroit 91--With Marcus Camby serving the first game of a five-game suspension, the visiting Knicks won for the 10th time in 11 games and extended their record of holding opponents under 100 points to 32 consecutive games.

The NBA’s leading scorer, Jerry Stackhouse, scored 37 points for Detroit, which has lost seven of eight and 10 of 12.

Milwaukee 105, Charlotte 98--Sam Cassell scored 23 points at Charlotte, N.C., as the Bucks extended their winning streak to a season-high six games.

The Bucks, winners of 16 of their last 20 games, stretched their Central Division lead over Charlotte to 2 1/2 games. The Hornets have lost four consecutive and 10 of 13.

Toronto 101, Washington 79--Vince Carter had 25 points at Toronto as the Raptors extended the Wizards’ losing streak to nine games.

Former Wizard Tracy Murray had 16 points and Morris Peterson added 11. Charles Oakley had 10 rebounds.

Miami 97, Vancouver 86--Eddie Jones scored 26 points at Vancouver, Canada, to help the Heat snap a four-game road losing streak.

Anthony Mason added 16 for Miami, which won for the 11th time in 15 games.

Golden State 103, Phoenix 95--Antawn Jamison had 24 points and 13 rebounds as the Warriors took advantage of the absence of Jason Kidd at Phoenix to snap a six-game losing streak.

Minnesota 98, Seattle 93--Anthony Peeler scored 24 points, 21 in the second half, and the Timberwolves defeated the SuperSonics, who played without the suspended Gary Payton at Seattle.

Denver 91, Cleveland 88--Antonio McDyess had 20 points and 16 rebounds, and Nick Van Exel had 19 points and 10 assists at Denver to lead the Nuggets to their ninth win in 10 games.