The Houston Rockets overcame a 14-point deficit to beat the Atlanta Hawks 86-77 on Saturday night.

　　Cuttino Mobley scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter to lead the comeback.

　　Houston's all-star Steve Francis had a game high 24 points, and Jim Jackson added 18 to help the Rockets extend its winning streak to three games.

　　"It was about time," Francis said. "He wasn't doing anything else but playing defense, so we needed some offense from him late and he really gave it to us."

　　"I just tried to be aggressive," Mobely said. "They had us down and the momentum was their way, so we just tried to make anything possible happen."

　　The Rockets Yao Ming had a quiet night, scoring 7 points on 2-of-11 shooting. Yao, the starting center for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game next Sunday, also contributed 9 rebounds.

　　Shareef Abdur-Rahim led the Hawks with 20 points.

　　Elsewhere in the NBA on Saturday, New York beat Miami 76-64, Boston defeated Philadelphia 110-80, Washington beat Cleveland 106-88, Milwaukee knocked off New Orleans 107-97, Dallas edged Detroit 111-108, and Utah nudged Phoenix 96-92.

　　In Miami, the New York Knicks Stephon Marbury scored all 16 of his points in the first half, and the New York Knicks extended their winning streak to four games with a 76-64 victory over the Miami Heat on Saturday.

　　Miami's point total was its lowest of the season, and the Heat scored just 10 points in the fourth quarter. They went 6:11 without a field goal.

　　"Missing got contagious for us today," said forward Brian Grant, who returned to the lineup after missing five games. "We missed a lot of open looks. You hate when that happens in such a crucial game, and we felt that this was a crucial game for us."

　　New York, which remained seventh in the Eastern Conference standings, took three of four from its Atlantic Division rival this season. Miami lost its third straight overall.

　　"We're playing well right now, we're clicking," forward Kurt Thomas said. "We're waiting for Allan to get back. We know we're going to be a much stronger team when he gets back, when he's healthy."

　　Lamar Odom had 18 points and 14 rebounds to pace the Heat, who last led 15-14 with three minutes left in the first quarter. Miami shot 30.5 percent overall, including 1-of-15 from behind the 3-point line.

　　Thomas had 14 second-half points, and Shandon Anderson added 12 as the Knicks earned their third straight road win.

　　In Philadelphia, Paul Pierce scored 35 points, helping Boston snap a six-game losing streak and give interim coach John Carroll his first victory.

　　Ricky Davis had 20 points and Walter McCarty added 16 for Boston, which hadn't won since January 23 against Washington. Carroll lost his first five game after taking over when Jim O'Brien resigned.

　　Glenn Robinson scored 19 points, and Allen Iverson had 15 for the Sixers, who have lost 10 of 13.

　　In Cleveland, Gilbert Arenas scored 26 points, Jerry Stackhouse had 19 and suddenly healthy Washington snapped an 11-game road losing streak.

　　Stackhouse added 11 assists and Kwame Brown had 20 points and 10 rebounds to help the Wizards win away from home for the first time since December 6 in Milwaukee.

　　Arenas scored 15 points in the third and did a nice job shutting down Cavs rookie LeBron James, who lit up the Wizards for a season-high 38 points a week ago while Arenas was out.

　　James scored 14 points, but went just 3-for-10 after scoring eight points in first quarter. Carlos Boozer had 19 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Cavs.

　　Mavericks 111, Pistons 108

　　In Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki scored 40 points, nine in the final 6:40, as Dallas rallied to beat Detroit.

　　Steve Nash added 29 points, 11 assists and hit six straight free throws in the final 18.5 seconds to help the Mavericks win for the 12th time in their last 14 games.

　　Chauncey Billups scored 17 points, and Richard Hamilton had 16 for the Pistons, who lost their third straight.

　　Bucks 107, Hornets 97

　　In Milwaukee, Michael Redd scored 25 points to help Milwaukee beat New Orleans.

　　Brian Skinner added 17 points for the Bucks, who never trailed and led by as many as 26 in improving to an Eastern Conference-best 20-5 at home. Jamaal Magloire led the Hornets with 20 points.

　　In Phoenix, Carlos Arroyo sank a 3-pointer with 35.2 seconds to play and Utah beat Phoenix to snap a four-game losing streak and finally give coach Jerry Sloan his 900th victory.

　　Amare Stoudemire tied a Suns' record with 10 blocked shots, six in the first quarter, and scored 20 points but Phoenix lost for the ninth time in 11 games.

　　Sloan, in his 16th season with the Jazz, is the eighth NBA coach to achieve 900 victories. He trails only Lenny Wilkens, Larry Brown and Don Nelson in victories among active coaches, and his .623 winning percentage is the best of all four.

　　Andrei Kirilenko had 21 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Jazz.