Court Briefs

Jack R. Zeyher

PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Not even Dr. J could inspire the 76ers.
On a night Julius Erving and Philadelphia&rsquo;s 1983 championship team was honored, Andrew Bynum and the Lakers stole the show. Bynum scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Lamar Odom had 21 and 11 to lead Los Angeles to a 106-101 win over the Sixers on Friday night.
Erving tried to motivate the Sixers with a speech at the morning shootaround. The Sixers could have used the Hall of Famer in his prime instead.
Andre Miller scored 21 points, Andre Iguodala had 20, and Samuel Dalembert had 10 points and 14 rebounds.
Bobcats 105, Knicks 95
CHARLOTTE, N.C. &mdash; Gerald Wallace scored 27 points and Charlotte dominated New York to send the listless Knicks back to their losing ways.
Nazr Mohammed added 20 points and 14 rebounds and Jason Richardson and Emeka Okafor scored 17 points apiece for the Bobcats, who rolled out to a 24-point second-quarter lead.
Jazz 113, Magic 94
ORLANDO, Fla. &mdash; Paul Millsap scored a career-high 28 points to help Utah end a seven-game road losing streak with a victory over Orlando.
Celtics 107, Bulls 82
BOSTON &mdash; Paul Pierce scored 15 of his 22 points in the third quarter, going 4-for-4 from three-point range in the third before sitting out the fourth on as Boston pulled away from Chicago.
Hawks 97, Wizards 92
WASHINGTON &mdash; Joe Johnson scored half of his 32 points in the final quarter, and Atlanta beat Washington to move past the Wizards and into second place in the Southeast Division.
Marvin Williams added 22 points and Josh Smith had 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Hawks, who hadn&rsquo;t won at Washington since December 2003.

Bynum, Odom Give L.a. The Win Over Sixers