Rudy Gay scored 28 points to lead visiting Memphis to a 111-91 victory Wednesday night against the Boston Celtics and give the Grizzlies a franchise-record seventh consecutive road win.

It was the Grizzlies' first victory against Boston in seven tries since 2006.

O.J. Mayo scored 17 points and Zach Randolph had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis.

It tied Boston's worst loss of the season -- a 20-point loss to Cleveland last month that was the worst loss for the Celtics with Kevin Garnett in the lineup.

The Celtics lost Tuesday night in Milwaukee to snap a four-game winning streak.

Memphis led by 15 after the first quarter, by 22 at the half and by 19 after three. The Grizzlies led by as many as 29 in the fourth quarter, when Garnett never got off the bench.

The 20-point defeat matched the worst with Garnett.

Allen scored a team-high six points in the first quarter against Memphis -- the only Celtic to make more than one basket in the period.

Memphis scored the last eight points of the quarter to take a 27-12 lead -- a season low in points for Boston in the first quarter. The Grizzlies scored nine of the last 11 in the second quarter to make it 55-33; the 33 points also were a season low for a first half for Boston.

Fans booed lustily as the Celtics left the court at halftime. And many of them just filed out quietly during a timeout with 5:41 to play, with the Celtics behinde, 102-77, and both teams emptying their benches.

• Bobcats 102, 76ers 87: Gerald Wallace scored 28 points on 9-for-10 shooting from the field, Stephen Jackson added 24 points and 10 rebounds, as visiting Charlotte won its fourth game in a row with a victory against reeling Philadelphia. Fans began leaving the Wachovia Center and booing before the third quarter even ended as the 76ers fell behind by as many as 29.

• Heat 108, Clippers 97: Dwyane Wade had 27 points and 8 assists, and Jermaine O'Neal finished with 19 points and 9 rebounds, as Miami extended its longest home winning streak of the season to four by beating Los Angeles. Michael Beasley scored 15 points before leaving with a thigh bruise in the third.

• Nuggets 110, Timberwolves 102: Chauncey Billups scored 25 points and got a huge lift from role players Chris Andersen, Nene and J.R. Smith in visiting Denver's victory against Minnesota. Andersen had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Nene had 17 points and 9 boards and Smith scored 15 to shake the Nuggets out a first-half funk and deliver their fourth win in a row.

• Mavericks 96, Nets 87: Jason Kidd had 20 points and 9 assists and Caron Butler added 16 points as host Dallas recovered from a lethargic start to match the NBA's longest winning streak this season with its 13th consecutive victory, a win against New Jersey. Rookie Roddy Beaubois' 16 points helped the Mavericks equal Cleveland's winning streak from Jan. 10-Feb. 11.

• Jazz 115, Pistons 104: Deron Williams had 18 points and 12 assists as visiting Utah beat Detroit. The Jazz had seven players in double figures as it posted its 10th victory in a row against Detroit. Former Pistons center Mehmet Okur finished with 18 points. Detroit also had seven players score at least 10 points but couldn't avoid its seventh loss in eight games.

• Thunder 98, Hornets 84: Kevin Durant scored 29 points, Russell Westbrook added 17 points and came up just shy of a triple-double as host Oklahoma City beat injury-depleted New Orleans. The Hornets got off to a hot start in their latest return to the building they called home after Hurricane Katrina, but it was short-lived with Peja Stojakovic joining point guard Chris Paul on the team's injured list. Stojakovic is expected to miss at least two weeks with a lower abdominal strain.

• Spurs 97, Knicks 87: Manu Ginobili scored 28 points in host San Antonio's victory against New York, which clinched a franchise-record ninth consecutive losing season. Ginobili kept carrying the Spurs after scoring 38 in a loss Monday at Cleveland, thriving again in his second start since Tony Parker's broken right hand thrusted Ginobili off the bench.

• Kings 113, Raptors 90: Tyreke Evans recorded his first career triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, leading host Sacramento past Toronto.

The bottom line

The New Jersey Nets lost to the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday night. How they stand after 62 games in their bid to avoid finishing with a worse record than the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers -- the worst of all time at 9-73.

Category No.

Nets after 62 games 6-56

76ers after 62 games 4-58

Games remaining 20

vs. teams at or above .500 13

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