Minneapolis ? If the Minnesota Timberwolves seem accustomed to playing short-handed, it’s because they are.

Kevin Garnett had 30 points and 17 rebounds as the Timberwolves won their eighth straight home game Sunday, 99-91 over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Marc Jackson had 14 points and Gary Trent made all six shots he took for 12 points. The Wolves dressed only 10 players, with Rod Strickland on the bench due to a strained groin.

Minnesota’s reserves outscored Philadelphia’s, 35-22.

“They all came with good defensive energy,” Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders said.

Allen Iverson had 21 points on 7-for-23 shooting for the 76ers, who shot 39 percent from the field and had a four-game road winning streak snapped.

Derrick Coleman, who had 15 points and 11 rebounds, scored four straight points to pull Philadelphia to 95-91 with 1:24 left, but Garnett made a long jumper on the other end to give Minnesota some breathing room.

“We couldn’t get stops when we needed them down the stretch,” Iverson said. “K.G. got open, and he knocked down all the open shots they needed.”

Iverson — unable to practice Saturday because of an inflamed right knee — scored the Sixers’ first seven points, but he started leaving shots a hair short after that and couldn’t find many openings to drive at in the lane.

The Timberwolves were tough on defense underneath and outscored the 76ers, 60-42, in the paint.

“They made good decisions,” Sixers coach Larry Brown said. “They outrebounded us. They had more assists. They shot 55 percent. That usually leads to good outcomes.”

Minnesota guard Wally Szczerbiak, right, drives on Philadelphia forward Aaron McKie in the Timberwolves' 99-91 victory. Szczerbiak had 14 points Sunday in Minneapolis.

Iverson, whose season high of 41 points came in a 99-94 win over Minnesota in December, was 5-for-14 in the first half and missed his first five attempts of the second half.

“We tried to push him toward help and keep hands in his face,” Garnett said.

Iverson said his knee was sore, but he didn’t want that to excuse his performance.

“My outside shot wasn’t falling,” Iverson said. “Then when I got inside for layups, I couldn’t get those to go down, either.”

Keith Van Horn, who had 33 points Friday for the Sixers in a win over Miami, was 2-for-8 from the floor in the first half and finished with 13 points.

Fouls bogged down the first half — seven were called in the first two minutes of the second period, and nobody made a field goal during that span — until the Wolves closed it with a 10-0 run.

Rockets 105, Kings 89

Houston — Eddie Griffin scored 22 points and Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley each had 21 as Houston got out to a big lead early and held off Sacramento.

Yao Ming added 18 points and 10 rebounds for his team-leading 15th double-double of the season.

Peja Stojakovic led the Kings with 31 points.

Houston took an early 13-2 lead as the Kings missed eight of their first nine shots from the field.

Houston shot 65 percent (15-of-23) in the first while Sacramento hit only 22 percent (5-of-23) in the quarter and just 29 percent (12-of-42) for the half.

Trail Blazers 114, Cavaliers 95

Cleveland — Rasheed Wallace scored 14 of his 29 points in the first 10 minutes to lead Portland past Cleveland.

Wallace, in his second game back after a seven-game suspension for confronting a referee, shot 10-for-13 from the field in 32 minutes as Portland won for the seventh time in eight games.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 20 points to lead Cleveland, which lost for the ninth time in 10 games and dropped to 1-5 under coach Keith Smart.

Raptors 100, Clippers 86

Toronto — Voshon Lenard scored 23 of his season-high 30 points in the second half to lead Toronto over the Clippers.

Vince Carter added 14 points in 28 minutes for the Raptors, winners of two straight and three of four since the All-Star forward returned after missing 23 games with a strained right knee.

Lenard scored 11 straight points to give Toronto a 66-62 lead late in the third quarter and tied a franchise record by scoring 30 points in a reserve role.

Hawks 97, Magic 89

Atlanta — Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 23 points and Dion Glover added 22 as Atlanta overcame a 38-point performance by Tracy McGrady to beat Orlando.

McGrady broke the team record he set earlier this season with his eighth straight game of at least 30 points, but the NBA’s leading scorer missed his last three shots after his three-pointer cut Atlanta’s lead to 82-76 with 4:44 remaining.

Nuggets 93, Grizzlies 78

Denver — Juwan Howard had 26 points and 13 rebounds as Denver snapped a seven-game losing streak. Chris Whitney added 15 points as Denver handed Memphis its fifth straight loss. Denver scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter to break a 68-all tie.

Drew Gooden came off the bench to score 16 points for the Grizzlies, and Pau Gasol had 13 points and 11 rebounds.

The Nuggets outshot Memphis 42 percent to 35 percent and outrebounded the Grizzlies 55-38, including 15-3 in the final quarter.