Richardson Lifts Warriors Over Heat

The Miami Heat was on a roll until it ran into Jason Richardson.

The Golden State guard scored a career-high 44 points to win a shootout with Dwyane Wade and lead the visiting Warriors to a 111-106 victory Friday, ending Miami’s 10-game winning streak.

Wade scored a season-high 42, making it the first time in Heat history that a player on each team scored 40 or more points.

The Heat had the longest current winning streak in the NBA, although none of its last 10 games was against a team now above .500. That included the last-place Warriors, who ended a four-game losing streak and won on the road for the first time in seven tries since the All-Star break.

The Warriors won for the first time in their last 11 games in Miami.

Shaquille O’Neal had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Heat, which was hurt by 16 turnovers.

Sacramento 105, Memphis 93 -- Ron Artest scored 19 of his season-high 30 points in the fourth quarter, and the surging Kings got back to .500 for the first time since late November with a win over the Grizzlies at Sacramento.

Pau Gasol had 26 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists for the Grizzlies.

Seattle 107, Minnesota 96 -- Ray Allen scored 38 points, his best performance in more than a month, and the SuperSonics used a strong finish to beat the Timberwolves at Seattle.

The Timberwolves haven’t won a road game since Feb. 6 at Phoenix and have dropped 17 of the last 20 away from home.

Mark Blount scored 23 for the Timberwolves, shooting 10 for 12 from the field. Kevin Garnett had 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Indiana 92, New Orleans 90 -- Peja Stojakovic scored 26 points and made a three-pointer from the right wing with 1:39 to play to lift the Pacers over the Hornets at Oklahoma City.

David West had 20 points for the Hornets, who lost their fifth straight game to match their longest losing streak of the season.

Milwaukee 92, Boston 86 -- Michael Redd scored 26 points, and the Bucks beat the Celtics at Boston to end a three-game losing streak.

Paul Pierce scored 24 points and had eight assists for the Celtics.

Orlando 102, Cleveland 73 -- Carlos Arroyo had 17 points and seven assists, leading a strong effort by the Magic’s reserves in a victory over the Cavaliers at Orlando, Fla.

Tony Battie was the only Orlando starter in double figures, with 13 points and 13 rebounds, but four reserves -- Arroyo, Darko Milicic (11 points), Keyon Dooling (13) and little-used Bo Outlaw (12) -- hit the mark.

The win ended a six-game losing streak for Orlando, which had previously lost 18 of its last 20, and a four-game winning streak for the Cavaliers.

LeBron James had 25 points and seven rebounds for Cleveland.

Denver 108, Toronto 97 -- Andre Miller scored 23 points, and the Nuggets overcame the loss of Carmelo Anthony to beat the Raptors at Toronto.

Anthony didn’t return after leaving the game in the third quarter because of a strained left hamstring. The Nuggets were already missing center Marcus Camby, who dressed but didn’t play because of a strained Achilles’ tendon.

Denver’s Reggie Evans was scoreless but grabbed 20 rebounds in 39 minutes.

Mike James led Toronto with 26 points, but he fouled out with 4:16 left.

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Houston Rocket star Tracy McGrady might sit out five weeks because of another back injury. The Rockets are 2-13 without McGrady, their leading scorer.... Phoenix Sun Coach Mike D’Antoni was put in charge of the team’s basketball operations after the departure of Bryan Colangelo to Toronto.