OKLAHOMA CITY — Shaquille O’Neal had 28 points and 12 rebounds, moving into ninth place on the NBA’s career scoring list, and the Phoenix Suns overcame the loss of two-time MVP Steve Nash to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 110-102 on Monday night.

Nash played only 9 minutes before leaving with back spasms and Amare Stoudemire was hounded by foul trouble, but the Suns still had plenty of firepower to overwhelm the NBA-worst Thunder.

Jason Richardson scored 20 points and reserve Matt Barnes had 19 for Phoenix, which snapped a four-game road losing streak

Rookie Russell Westbrook scored a career-high 31 and Jeff Green 22 to lead Oklahoma City.

Pistons 88, Magic 82

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Rodney Stuckey led a balanced attack with 19 points and the Detroit Pistons won their fourth straight with an 88-82 victory over the Orlando Magic.

The Magic had won seven straight and were playing a Detroit team that was missing Richard Hamilton (groin), but they trailed for nearly the entire game.

Tayshaun Prince and Rasheed Wallace each scored 16 points and Allen Iverson had 15 to lead five Pistons in double figures.

Rashard Lewis led the Magic with 23 points while Dwight Howard added 18 points and 18 rebounds.

Hawks 109, Nuggets 91

ATLANTA — Joe Johnson scored 25 points and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Denver Nuggets 109-91 to close out an important homestand with a long-awaited milestone.

Atlanta completed an eight-game homestand, its longest of the season, with a 7-1 record, including five straight wins. Its only loss was to Boston.

The Hawks (20-10) reached 20 wins before New Year’s Day for the first time since the 1987-88 season. Atlanta plays Tuesday at Indiana in its final game of 2008.

Seven teams won 20 games this season before the Hawks. Even relatively modest accomplishments are noteworthy in Atlanta, which won only 13 games in the 2004-05 season and made the playoffs last season for the first time since 1999.

Bulls 100, Nets 87

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Rookie Derrick Rose had 21 points and a season-high 13 assists, Ben Gordon scored 24 points, and the Chicago Bulls beat the New Jersey Nets 100-87.

The Nets continued their poor play at home, falling to 5-12, the second-worst mark in the Eastern Conference. The Nets (15-16) are 10-4 on the road.

Andres Nocioni and Larry Hughes each added 17 points for the Bulls, who won for only the fourth time in 18 road games this season. It was Chicago’s first win in New Jersey since 2001, snapping a 13-game losing streak.

Vince Carter scored 31 points and Devin Harris added 26 for the Nets.

Timberwolves 108, Grizzlies 98, OT

MINNEAPOLIS — Al Jefferson scored a season-high 38 points, including nine in overtime, and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 108-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.

Jefferson scored the Timberwolves’ first seven points in overtime, helping them overcome the efforts of rookie scoring leader O.J. Mayo — who was picked and traded by Minnesota on draft night.

Mayo had 23 points and Kyle Lowry finished with a career-high 12 assists, but Memphis lost its second consecutive overtime game and sixth in its last seven overall.

Jazz 112, 76ers 95

SALT LAKE CITY — Deron Williams scored 27 points to help the short-handed Utah Jazz beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-95.

With two of Utah’s top three scorers out with injuries and Mehmet Okur limited with a sore back, the normally unselfish Williams made 11 of 18 shots, including four 3-pointers. The Jazz had lost three of four.

Okur, who missed the last two games with back spasms, had 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Andrei Kirilenko, filling in for injured power forwards Carlos Boozer and Paul Millsap, had 16 points and 13 rebounds.

Andre Iguodala and Thaddeus Young each scored 17 points for Philadelphia, which dropped its fourth straight and is winless on its six-game road trip with three remaining.

Warriors 117, Raptors 111

OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Jackson scored 30 points, Marco Belinelli added 23 and Golden State held off road-weary Toronto.

Kelenna Azubuike scored 18 points while Belinelli hit five 3-pointers for the Warriors, who won for just the third time in 11 games. Golden State had just enough fourth-quarter offense to stop the Raptors, who finished a tough six-game holiday road trip with four losses.

Chris Bosh had 30 points and 14 rebounds for Toronto, hitting a 3-pointer with 3:29 left to pull the Raptors within two points. Jose Calderon added 21 points and 16 assists, but the Raptors missed several open 3-pointers in the final minutes, perhaps finally running out of energy after 12 days on the road.