Brooks scored 24 points for the Rockets, who ended a five-game
losing streak despite playing without leading scorer Kevin Martin.
Houston was up 106-94 with 3:13 left before Marquis
Daniels made a jumper and then Ray Allen and Paul Pierce followed with
3-pointers to make it a four-point game.
Kyle Lowry had 17 points and eight assists and Luis Scola
added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Rockets.
Allen scored 19 for Boston and Daniels had season highs
of 19 points and seven rebounds for the Celtics, who have lost two straight
without star Kevin Garnett. Garnett has been out since late December with a
strained right calf, but the team hopes he will be able to return against
Sacramento on Wednesday.
In Charlotte, North Carolina,
Stephen Jackson scored 27 points and the Bobcats stayed hot under new coach
Paul Silas with a victory over listless Memphis.
A crowd of about 1,000 fans braved a snowstorm that shut
down much of the city to watch the Bobcats move to 5-2 since former coach Larry
Brown was fired.
D.J. Augustin added 18 points and nine assists and Matt
Carroll scored 12 points for Charlotte.
Zach Randolph had 15 points and 15 rebounds for the
Grizzlies, who lost their second straight. Memphis missed 33 of its first 42
shots to fall behind by 16 points in the second quarter.
At Chicago, Derrick Rose scored 29
points and Carlos Boozer added 27 points and 11 rebounds to rally Chicago past
Detroit.
Luol Deng added 17 points and eight rebounds for the
Bulls, who have won seven straight home games.
The Bulls erased Detroit's 12-point halftime lead midway
through the third quarter behind Boozer. He scored nine quick points to even
the score at 61 with 4:54 left in the quarter.
Tayshaun Prince scored 15 points and Austin Daye added 14
for the struggling Pistons, who fell to 3-17 on the road.
Pistons guard Richard Hamilton played, despite his name
circulating in a blockbuster three-team trade centering around Carmelo Anthony.
The reported deal would reunite Chauncey Billups and Hamilton in New Jersey
along with Anthony.
Hamilton finished with two points off the bench, shooting
0-for-5 from the field.
