Toronto ? The Toronto Raptors were unable to recover after Vince Carter crashed into Miami coach Stan Van Gundy.

Dwyane Wade scored 23 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 28 seconds left, and had a key block on Carter to lead Miami past the Raptors, 90-89, Sunday for the Heat’s third straight victory.

After Carter missed a fadeaway with 43 seconds remaining, he banged into Van Gundy.

“He turned around and ran into me,” said Van Gundy, who has a welt under his left eye. “I’m not very big and I’m certainly not very tough, so I can’t imagine it hurt him that bad because I would have gone down. I sort of took it and looked up the floor.”

Carter stayed on the floor for several seconds before a timeout was called. He glared back at Miami’s bench after getting up a couple of minutes later.

After a foul and a timeout, a double-teamed Lamar Odom passed to Wade, whose jumper gave Miami a 90-89 lead.

Carter missed a potential game-winning jumper with five seconds left, and the Raptors couldn’t get another shot off. Carter, also bothered by a sore left Achilles’ tendon, finished with 12 points.

“Sometimes an 80 percent Vince Carter is OK,” Toronto coach Kevin O’Neill said. “I wanted to go back to him at the end of the game. He’s our guy. We run things through him. He had some great opportunities, and a couple of shots rimmed in and out for him.”

Carter said he felt a little dizzy after the collision.

Miami Dwyane Wade dunks during the first half. The Heat defeated Toronto, 90-89, Sunday at Toronto. Wade had 23 points in the victory.

“He’s got a hard cheek bone,” said Carter, who was reluctant to talk about it.

Carter said his Achilles’ tendon affected his game, but he didn’t want to use that as an excuse.

“I wasn’t getting as much lift off the ground,” said Carter, who went 3-for-12 from field.

Brian Grant added 19 points and 13 rebounds for the Heat, and Odom had 17 points and 16 rebounds.

Miami is 3-0 since Caron Butler returned to the lineup.

“We wanted the game. We’ve worked too hard. We paid a lot of dues in the first month of the season with our schedule, with our injuries and starting off 0-7,” Grant said. “We deserved to come out here and get a victory.”

Donyell Marshall scored 25 points for the Raptors, who have lost two straight games after winning five in a row following their Dec. 1 trade with the Chicago Bulls.

Toronto’s Carter and Jalen Rose didn’t play in the fourth quarter until there were just two minutes left. After Carter’s short jumper gave Toronto a 89-88 lead with 1:55 remaining, the Raptors didn’t score again. Wade blocked Carter’s shot with just over a minute left.

Jazz 94, 76ers 86

Philadelphia — Andrei Kirilenko scored 30 points, and Matt Harpring added 27 to lead Utah to a victory over Philadelphia.

The 76ers played without Allen Iverson, the NBA’s leading scorer at 28.9 points a game. He sat out for the second time in three games because of swelling in his right knee.

Carlos Arroyo added 15 points to help the Jazz win for only the second time in nine road games. Kenny Thomas led the 76ers with 16 points and Derrick Coleman and Kyle Korver each had 14.

The Jazz pulled away with a late 18-9 run. They took the lead on Raul Lopez’s three-point play, and got consecutive three-pointers from Raja Bell and Kirilenko to help push the lead to 10.

Philadelphia’s Aaron McKie hit a three-pointer with 30 seconds to go, making it 88-83, but the Jazz sealed the win from the free-throw line.

Knicks 89, Wizards 87

New York — Allan Houston tied his season high with 39 points, scoring 11 in the fourth quarter as the Knicks ran almost every play for him in a close victory.

His 23-footer with 18.1 seconds left broke an 84-all tie and gave New York the lead for good.

Larry Hughes had 19 points for Washington but made two poor plays on the offensive end in the final 16 seconds — committing a charging foul against Kurt Thomas, then taking an off-balance two-pointer and looking for a bailout call with his team trailing by three.

Antonio McDyess added 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Sonics 108, Bucks 102

Seattle — The SuperSonics’ latest victory might have come at a high price.

Ronald Murray scored 23 points and rookie Richie Frahm added a career-high 17, leading Seattle to a comeback victory over Milwaukee.

Seattle’s leading scorer, Rashard Lewis, played just three minutes in the second half after straining his left shoulder in the third quarter. He finished with 10 points and four rebounds in 25 minutes.

The slightly built 6-foot-10 Lewis had been bothered by left-shoulder injuries during his six-year career in Seattle. He did not miss any games last season, but sat out two playoff games in 2001-02 because of a partially dislocated left shoulder.

Lewis said he was injured going for a rebound and had some soreness after the game.

Kings 107, Suns 102

Sacramento, Calif. — Peja Stojakovic tied a season high with 36 points, helping rally Sacramento to a victory over struggling Phoenix.

Brad Miller added 17 points, Doug Christie had 14, and Bobby Jackson had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Kings, who have won four straight and now 13-1 at home.

Stojakovic put Sacramento ahead for good at 100-98, making a short baseline jumper with 4:16 remaining. He hit five three-pointers, made 11 of 22 shots and all nine free throws.

Shawn Marion had 28 points and 12 rebounds for Phoenix, which lost its sixth straight game to drop to 0-3 under interim coach Mike D’Antoni.

Stephon Marbury added 22 points and eight assists, but missed nine straight shots in the fourth quarter.