Gilbert Arenas, Wizards
117-91 win vs. Pacers
40 points, 14-20 FG, 4-6 3-pt FG

Tracy McGrady, Rockets
97-93 win at Bucks
32 pts, 11-19 FG, 3-5 3-pt FG

Fabricio Oberto, Spurs
111-106 win vs. Suns
22 pts, 11-11 FG

Tim Duncan tallied 26 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and two blocks as the Spurs eked out a 111-106 overtime victory after blowing a four-point lead in the final eight seconds of regulation. Raja Bell hit a three to pull Phoenix within one, but -- after T.D. missed two free throws -- clanked the second of two from the line that would have given the Suns the win. Duncan's effort sent Phoenix to its worst start since 1996-97.

Rasheed Wallace, Pistons
99-86 loss at Kings
0-9 FG, 0-2 3-pt FG, 0 pts

Andrei Kirilenko, Jazz
96-89 loss at Nets
2-10 FG, 0-3 3-pt FG, 6 pts

Shawn Marion, Suns
111-106 loss at Spurs
4-13 FG, 0-5 3-pt FG, 8 pts

Maybe it's a carryover from dropping four straight to the Heat in The Finals. Maybe it's just a slow start to a long season. Whatever it is, the Mavericks need to figure it out fast. Despite leading the Clippers by as many as 14 points Wednesday, Dallas fell on the road, 103-85, and dropped to 0-4 for the first time in franchise history. The loss also marked the Mavs' longest losing streak under Avery Johnson. And if Dallas falls to the Suns on national TV Thursday, it will match the worst start to a season by a defending conference champion since Philadelphia opened the 2001-02 season 0-5. It could be worse for the Mavs, though. They could be the Nuggets -- the NBA's only other winless team -- who have lost all three of their games in the final seconds. Denver's latest defeat came when Jamal Crawford's long-distance three won it for New York.

Delonte West struggled for most of Wednesday's game against the Bobcats. He hit just 3-of-10 field goals and failed to get to the free throw line. He turned the ball over three times as well. But West came through for the Celtics in overtime, draining a long two at the buzzer off a pass from Paul Pierce that lifted Boston to a 110-108 victory, its first of the season. The buzzer-beater concluded a wild game that that saw the Celtics become the first team to have two players score 35 points (Pierce and Wally Szczerbiak) and another bank a triple-double (Ryan Gomes: 10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists) in the same game since Michael Adams, Alex English and Lafayette "Fat" Lever did it for the Nuggets in 1988. Boston also avoided its first 0-4 start since the 1969-70 season, the first following Bill Russell's retirement.

Allen Iverson and the Sixers had put together a pretty solid run playing against their neighbors to the north, the Toronto Raptors. Philly had won seven of nine at the Air Canada Centre dating back to the 2001-02 season, and, in 32 career meetings with the Raptors, Iverson owned a 30.7 points per game average. True to the stats, A.I. went off for 35 points and 10 dimes Wednesday, leapfrogging Dolph Schayes for second place on the Sixers' all-time scoring list. But Chris Bosh proved that sometimes numbers lie when he buried a go-ahead 3-pointer -- his second of the game after going 18 months between 3-balls -- with 6.1 seconds left in regulation that put the finishing touches on his 29-point, 14-rebound night. Toronto held on in the final seconds for a 106-104 win.

Through his first three games since returning from offseason knee surgery, Kobe Bryant never found his rhythm offensively. He averaged just 18.3 points per contest, topping out at 23 in his first appearance on the court. But Wednesday against the Blazers, Kobe looked like the man who rampaged the NBA last season and put up gaudy scoring lines not seen since Michael Jordan had hair and LeBron James had a babysitter. Bryant finished with 32 points on 12-of-19 shooting. Unfortunately for the Lakers, Luke Walton, who scored a career-high 22, was the only other man in purple and gold to get it going. L.A. trailed by six at the half and struggled after intermission in a 101-90 loss, its fifth straight in Portland, which was without rookie stud Brandon Roy (heel). Zach Randolph carried the Blazers with 36 points and 10 boards.

Adam Morrison will have better nights than he did against the Celtics. In fact, he already has. The notoriously consistent Morrison struggled with his shot, hitting just two of his 11 attempts from the field, and finished with 12 points in a tough overtime loss. Despite the difficult shooting night, Morrison showed his game is evolving to better suit the NBA. After attempting just 10 free throws in his first three games combined, Morrison got to the charity stripe 11 times Wednesday, hitting eight of those attempts.

Vince Carter, who played through pain in the final frame, and Richard Jefferson, who scored 23, may get the glory for stepping up and stopping the Jazz's quest for a 5-0 start, but second-year swingman Antoine Wright deserves his share of the credit. Wright scored a career-high 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting in 32 minutes off the bench. He hit his second 3-pointer of the game with 3:41 left to play after Utah cut a 14-point deficit down to a single point. The clutch basket effectively stalled the Jazz's comeback.

After allowing the Sonics to rally from nine points down in the final three minutes of the game Wednesday, it looked as if the Magic would have to wait just a little longer for their first winning streak of the young season. Seattle completed its comeback and took a one-point lead on a Rashard Lewis layup with 5.7 seconds left. After a timeout, Grant Hill inbounded the ball to Hedo Turkoglu, who took a bump from Lewis and heaved an off-balance rainmaker from the left corner. Nothing but net. Game over. Magic win, 88-87.