Brand leaves his mark for shorthanded Clippers

TORONTO — Elton Brand had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and Chris Wilcox added 17 points and eight rebounds to help short-handed Los Angeles beat Toronto.

Glen Rice scored 11 points for the Clippers, who were missing two of their top scorers in Corey Maggette and Quentin Richardson.

Maggette served the second game of his two-game suspension for fighting with New Jersey's Kenyon Martin. Richardson has a strained right hand.

Vince Carter went 5-for-18 from the field and scored just 12 points for the Raptors, who were booed off the court. Toronto's Jalen Rose had 26 points.

MAGIC 103, WIZARDS 92: At Orlando, Tracy McGrady scored 35 points and Orlando ended a six-game losing streak by holding on for a 103-92 win over Washington. Keith Bogans added 13 points, and Juwan Howard had 10 with 12 rebounds. Lee Nailon came off the bench to score 11 points, all in the fourth quarter, while Andrew DeClercq grabbed a season-best 13 rebounds before fouling out.

76ERS 97, NETS 81: At Philadelphia, Glenn Robinson scored 24 of his season-high 26 points in the first half, leading Philadelphia over New Jersey. Robinson's best game of the season helped offset a poor first half by Allen Iverson, who was held scoreless in the first quarter and did not make a field goal until hitting a jumper with 2:14 left in the third. Nets guard Jason Kidd was left the court in obvious pain with 7:01 remaining after jamming his left hand into Derrick Coleman while reaching for a bounce pass.

CELTICS 107, CAVALIERS 82: At Boston, Paul Pierce had 30 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists before sitting out most of the fourth quarter on Friday night and Boston coasted to their 13th consecutive victory over Cleveland. Boston held LeBron James to 19 points on 7-for-19 shooting. But he was still the high scorer on a team that has five former Celtics — a result of two trades in the past six months as the struggling franchise tries to rebuild around the top pick in last year's draft. Tony Battie had 10 points and 13 rebounds in the first game between the teams since the Dec. 15 trade.

BUCKS 103, HEAT 94: At Milwaukee, Toni Kukoc scored 24 points, grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds and keyed a decisive second-period surge that propelled Milwaukee past Miami.

The Bucks have won five in a row for the first time this season. They climbed to four games over .500 (20-16) for the first time since last Feb. 14 and won their eighth straight home game.Michael Redd added 18 points, Tim Thomas 15 and T.J. Ford 14 for Milwaukee.