RESULTS, SCHEDULE

* New Orleans 118, at Phoenix 113: Chris Paul had a simple request for Coach Byron Scott. “I said, ‘Coach, let me play the whole game,’ ” Paul said after going all 48 minutes and leading the Hornets to a comeback victory. He had 28 points -- including 14 in the fourth quarter -- and 10 assists, helping to end the Suns’ four-game winning streak.

* at Chicago 94, Sacramento 93: Ben Wallace made the first of two free throws with 3.2 seconds remaining and then blocked Brad Miller’s jumper with about a second left. The Kings’ Justin Williams grabbed the rebound after the second free throw, and the Kings called a 20-second timeout. Miller caught the inbound pass, and Wallace blocked the shot.

* at Portland 109, Utah 89: Martell Webster had a career-high 26 points -- 24 in the third quarter -- and the Trail Blazers got their revenge against the Jazz. Earlier in the week, the Jazz ended a 13-game Portland winning streak with a 111-101 victory at Salt Lake City. The Trail Blazers, who led by as many as 20 points, have won three in a row since the streak-stopping loss. They have lost only one of their last 17 games.

* at Houston 103, New York 91: Yao Ming scored 30 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had six assists, and the Rockets won for the fourth time in six games without Tracy McGrady, who has been out since Dec. 23 because of strained tendons and a bone bruise in his left knee.

* New Jersey 113, at Atlanta 107: Jason Kidd had 10 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds for his ninth triple-double of the season. Equally important, he held the Hawks’ Joe Johnson to nine points on four-for-16 shooting.

* Boston 92, at Detroit 85: For the first time since 1981, two teams entered an NBA game on Jan. 5 with a combined 54 wins.

From the Associated Press

*--* Indiana at LAKERS, 6:30 p.m. San Antonio at CLIPPERS, 12:30 p.m. Cleveland at Toronto, 10 a.m. Seattle at Washington, 10 a.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 12:30 p.m. Miami at Memphis, 1 p.m. Milwaukee at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Philadelphia at Denver, 5 p.m. *--*