Kidd rocks Bucks in Nets' win

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Jason Kidd scored a season-high 25 points to pick up the slack for an ailing Vince Carter on Wednesday night, leading the New Jersey Nets to a 100-87 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Kidd added 11 assists and eight rebounds and scored 11 straight points for the Nets in a 21-3 first-quarter spurt that gave the Nets the lead for good.

Carter, who battled flu-like symptoms all day and was a game-time decision to start, finished with 15 points, none in the fourth quarter. Nenad Krstic added 22 points.

Mo Williams had a season-high 26 points for Milwaukee, which was playing on consecutive nights. Michael Redd added 25 points for the Bucks, who were without leading rebounder Charlie Villanueva. He hurt an elbow on Tuesday night and was sent back home for further evaluation.

BOBCATS 95, SPURS 92 (OT): At San Antonio, Adam Morrison scored 27 points, surpassing his career high established just one night earlier, as the Bobcats beat the Spurs.

Emeka Okafor added 19 points for Charlotte (2-6), which had lost four straight. It was the first victory over the Spurs in Bobcats franchise history after four previous tries.

Morrison, a rookie from Gonzaga, scored 21 points Tuesday in Oklahoma City.

Tony Parker scored 25 points and Tim Duncan added 24 for the Spurs (6-2), who had won five straight games.

KNICKS 102, WIZARDS 82: At New York, rookie Renaldo Balkman scored a season-high 18 points, and the Knicks used their best defensive performance of the season to beat the Wizards.

Quentin Richardson made five 3-pointers and added 17 points and Stephon Marbury scored 16 for the Knicks, who won for the first time this season at Madison Square Garden and snapped a three-game losing streak.

They did it in surprising fashion, smothering the league's highest-scoring team with the kind of defensive effort that had been missing all season. New York was allowing 105.6 points, second worst in the league, and hadn't held an opponent below 100 in any of its first eight games.

CAVALIERS 100, TRAIL BLAZERS 87: At Cleveland, LeBron James had 32 points, seven assists and seven rebounds to help the Cavaliers win their fourth straight game with a victory over the Trail Blazers.

The Cavaliers have started the season 6-2 for the second straight year and own the best record in the Eastern Conference.