PHILADELPHIA, April 3 (Ticker) -- Even with a bad shoulder, Aaron McKie carried the Philadelphia 76ers to a big win.

McKie made the tying jumper with 19 seconds left in regulation, then scored eight of his 22 points in overtime to lead the 76ers to an 89-83 victory over the Phoenix Suns.

The 2001 NBA Sixth Man Award winner, McKie has been hampered by injuries all season. His latest setback was a shoulder injury suffered in Sunday's loss to Toronto and he was a game-time decision for this contest.

"I had to play pretty much the same way last season," he said. "My biggest problem was extending it."

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With the 76ers already missing superstar guard Allen Iverson and tied with two teams for fifth place in the Eastern Conference, McKie gutted it out and saved his best for last.

Philadelphia never led in the second half but forged a 75-75 tie when McKie pulled up for a 20-footer.

"Coach (Larry Brown) was getting upset with me because I was doing some things out of the corner," McKie said. "He kept telling me, `You don't have your legs yet; you can't do that.' The way that I saw it, when I was coming off screens, I just had to make it happen right away instead of trying to hold the ball in my hand and allow them to get set up and double-team."

"He was great. He made all the big plays," teammate Eric Snow said. "His aggressiveness shows that he was not necessarily feeling good, but he just understood what we needed. We needed him to be little aggressive."

The Sixers never trailed in overtime as Snow opened the period with a jumper. McKie scored Philadelphia's next eight points, including a fadeaway from the left baseline with 3:03 left that gave the Sixers the lead for good. He added a driving layup and two free throws to widen the advantage to 85-79 with 1:53 to go.

"Coach was calling plays for me," McKie said. "I was just trying to make something happen out there. I just put the ball up and see what would happen. I'm not the slash kind of guy like Allen, who can get through cracks the split the defense. It was a little harder for me. I just had to try to be a little more crafty. Any little opportunity I could get to get to the basket and get my shot off, I just took advantage of it."

"It was amazing," Brown added. "John (assistant John Kuester) kept telling me to go to him. I thought every time that Aaron just dinked around, we were in trouble. But, when he went right at it and just made up his mind to penetrate and shoot quickly, he was phenomenal."

The Suns pulled within two points, but Derrick Coleman and Snow each made two free throws around a missed drive by Phoenix's Milt Palacio in the final minute.

Philadelphia (39-35) stopped a two-game slide and remained tied with Charlotte and Milwaukee for fifth place in the East. It is 3-3 since Iverson went down with a broken hand.

McKie made 9-of-19 shots and was one of five Sixers to score in double figures. Snow added 16 points and Coleman 13 for Philadelphia, which swept Phoenix for the first time since the 1985-86 season.

"To their credit, every game they give themselves a chance to win," Brown said. "That's pretty remarkable. We got to figure how to get into this playoff and hopefully get the little kid (Iverson) back, and maybe he can give everybody some juice."

Stephon Marbury scored 27 points and Shawn Marion added 21 and 12 rebounds for the Suns, who have lost two in a row after winning four of five. A win by Utah later Wednesday eliminated Phoenix from playoff contention for the first time since 1988.

"We played hard tonight," Suns coach Frank Johnson said. "They turned up their defense. We just didn't make the plays down the stretch offensively or defensively. McKie hit some huge shots and made some big plays." The Sixers pulled into a 61-61 tie early in the fourth quarter, but Jake Tsakalidis had a pair of baskets to help the Suns rebuild the lead to 70-64 with 6:32 remaining. Tsakalidis had 17 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out in overtime.

Baskets by McKie and Snow and a free throw by Dikembe Mutombo made it a one-point game with 3:24 to play. Tsakalidis had a follow shot to give Phoenix a 74-71 lead with 1:22 left, but Mutombo made two free throws with 38 seconds to play and Tsakalidis split a pair nine seconds later, leaving the door open for Philadelphia.

"We've had our share of giving games away or not pulling them out in the end," Snow said. "It was a grind. They kept playing well and fighting and they made plays and shot when they had to. We were fortunate to it into overtime and win it in a five-minute game."

Snow scored 12 points and Matt Harpring added 11 and a career-high 13 rebounds for the Sixers, who shot 39 percent (30-of-77) but made 27-of-33 free throws. The Suns shot 40.5 percent (34-of-84) and were 11-of-16 from the line.

Sixers guard Speedy Claxton, who suffered a concussion in Saturday's loss at New Jersey, left with an upset stomach late in the first quarter and did not return.

Phoenix opened a 36-26 lead midway through the second quarter before missing 10 straight shots. Philadelphia rattled off 12 consecutive points and took the lead, but Marion's 3-pointer just before the halftime horn made it 40-40.