The Sacramento Kings weren't up to winning one for injured rookie Bobby Hurley.
The Kings, in their first game since Hurley was critically injured in a two-car crash late Sunday night, fell 96-95 to Milwaukee on Wednesday night."It was pretty emotional. I really wanted to win for Bobby," said center Mike Peplowski, one of the first people to discover Hurley's accident. "I know he was listening and watching."
Eric Murdock scored 10 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter for the Bucks, who have won just five of 21 games this season.
The Kings, who lost their sixth straight game at home and for the 10th time in 11 games overall, had two shots to take the lead in the final seconds, but Mitch Richmond and Wayman Tisdale missed jumpers.
"We talked before the game about Bobby and how he was doing, and we really wanted to win for him as much as for ourselves," said Sacramento coach Garry St. Jean, who wanted to send Hurley a video of a Kings win.
Richmond led the Kings with 27 points, including a 3-pointer with 36 seconds left that made the score 96-95. After Murdock missed a short jumper 12 seconds later, Richmond rebounded, setting up the Kings' final chances.
Spud Webb, filling in for Hurley as the starting point guard, scored 17 points. Lionel Simmons had 17 points and 15 rebounds.
Clippers 110, Magic 109
Los Angeles defeated visiting Orlando when Danny Manning hit a jumper from the top of the key with 1.7 seconds remaining.
Ron Harper's 27 points, Manning's 25 and Loy Vaught's 23 for the Clippers offset Shaquille O'Neal's 31 points and 14 rebounds and Nick Anderson's 24 for the Magic.
Los Angeles also got a strong game from Elmore Spencer, who became the Clippers' starting center when Stanley Roberts tore an Achilles tendon on Dec. 4. Spencer established career highs with 16 points and 14 rebounds.
Spurs 111, Trail Blazers 91
David Robinson moved ahead of O'Neal into the NBA scoring lead by scoring 37 points against Portland in host San Antonio's highest offensive output of the season.
The Trail Blazers, who were led by Clifford Robinson with 18 points, shot 38 of 100 from the field, just six baskets more than their season low.
Robinson, who also grabbed 15 rebounds, is now averaging 28.4 points to O'Neal's 28.3.
Suns 110, Warriors 104
Phoenix won at home against Golden State for the 17th consecutive time as Charles Barkley scored 33 points and Oliver Miller grabbed two key rebounds in the final minute.
Miller gave the Suns, who have won seven consecutive games, a 104-101 lead with 47 seconds left when he followed teammate A.C. Green's miss. Miller then outjumped Chris Webber for the ball with 29 seconds remaining after Kevin Johnson's miss of his second free throw left the Suns up 105-103.
Bulls 108, Celtics 98
Horace Grant scored a career-high 31 points and added 15 rebounds and four blocks as Chicago won at Boston for its seventh victory in eight games.
The Bulls, who outrebounded the Celtics 52-36, also got 22 points and 10 assists from B.J. Armstrong. Dino Radja had a career-high 26 points for the Celtics.
76ers 101, Nuggets 93
Jeff Hornacek scored 25 points and capped a decisive 9-0 run with a 3-pointer with 49 seconds remaining, lifting Philadelphia past Denver.