Portland, Ore. ? Paul Pierce scored 37, Wally Szczerbiak added 25, and the Boston Celtics beat the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers, 102-96, Friday night.

Ryan Gomes added 13 points and a season-high 17 rebounds for the Celtics.

Rookie Martell Webster had 17 of his season-high 24 in the first half to lead the Blazers.

Portland was playing with just nine players.

Pistons 95, Bulls 87

Chicago – Chauncey Billups scored 17, and Antonio McDyess tied a season-high with 16 to lift Detroit.

76ers 116, Bucks 111

Milwaukee – Kyle Korver scored a career-high 31, and Allen Iverson added 30, passing Julius Erving the NBA’s career scoring list.

Wizards 102, Cavaliers 94

Cleveland – Gilbert Arenas scored 26 for Washington.

Magic 102, Sonics 89

Orlando, Fla. – Dwight Howard had 23 points and 16 rebounds against Seattle. Nick Collison returned to Seattle for the birth of his child.

Hawks 117, Pacers 112, OT

Indianapolis – Joe Johnson matched his career high with 40 points.

Nets 94, Knicks 90

New York – The Knicks allowed the first 10 points and trailed the rest of the way.

Nuggets 102, T’wolves 101, OT

Minneapolis – Carmelo Anthony scored 30.

Spurs 83, Grizzlies 80

Memphis, Tenn. – Tim Duncan had 19 points and 16 boards.

Rockets 91, Warriors 88

Houston – Yao Ming and Juwan Howard each scored 22.

Clippers 102, Lakers 83

Los Angeles – Elton Brand scored 24 of his 32 points in the second half.