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East Rutherford, New Jersey—Devin Harris scored a career-high 38 points to lead New Jersey to a 103-96 win over Detroit giving a first start to Allen Iverson.
New Jersey, which trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half, played some of its best basketball of the season in the final two periods to hand the Pistons their first loss after four wins to open the season.
Iverson had 24 points and six assists in his first outing for the Pistons, four days after he was acquired from Denver.
Jazz 104, Thunder 97
In Salt Lake City, Jerry Sloan became the first NBA coach to win 1,000 games with one team as Utah downed Oklahoma City.
Sloan is 1,000-596 with the Jazz, who improved to 5-0 for just the third time in team history despite letting a 31-point lead slip to eight in the fourth quarter.
Andrei Kirilenko led the Jazz with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Celtics 101, Bucks 89
Paul Pierce had 18 points and 10 rebounds to help the Boston Celtics overcome their second straight slow start and beat the undermanned Milwaukee Bucks.
Richard Jefferson scored 20 points and Charlie Villanueva added 13 points and 12 rebounds for Milwaukee, playing without the injured Michael Redd. Kevin Garnett had 16 points for Boston.
Hawks 110, Raptors 92
In Atlanta, Mike Bibby scored all of his 19 points in the first half, making four 3-pointers during an 18-4 run that broke open the game, as unbeaten Atlanta routed Toronto.
Bibby added 12 assists for Atlanta, which is off to its best start since 1997, when they won their first 11 games.
Bulls 100, Suns 83
In Chicago, reserve Ben Gordon scored 23 points as Chicago downed Phoenix.
Bulls rookie Derrick Rose had 18 points, six assists and several dazzling plays.
The Suns played without Shaquille O’Neal, who got the night off as part of a plan to rest him periodically throughout the season. O’Neal is expected back in the lineup Saturday. AP
Cavaliers 111, Pacers 107
In Cleveland, LeBron James scored 27 points as Cleveland rallied to beat Indiana.
Anderson Varejao added a career-high 18 for the Cavaliers. AP
