ORLANDO, Fla. — Ryan Anderson admits he's been joking with Rashard Lewis about who will be the Orlando Magic's starting power forward when the All-Star returns from suspension.

For now, it's no joke: Anderson is filling in just fine.

Anderson had 20 and 10 rebounds, Dwight Howard scored 25 and the short-handed Orlando Magic defeated the previously unbeaten Phoenix Suns, 122-100, last night.

"How can I control it? I can't do much more than what I'm doing now," Anderson said about the starting spot. "I have a great opportunity to play now. Of course, it's Rashard Lewis. It's a given he's going to play. He's an All-Star. He's going to help this team when he comes back. It will be great to even be his backup."

Playing without injured Vince Carter and Lewis, the Magic built a 23-point lead in the third quarter to pull away.

Amare Stoudemire finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds for Phoenix (4-1), which was looking to match the 1984-85 team for the franchise's best start.

"Well, dreams of an undefeated season have gone down," Suns coach Alvin Gentry said.

Jameer Nelson added 16 points, and Mickael Pietrus had 15 points for the Magic. And they did it despite Carter missing the game with a sprained left ankle. Lewis is suspended for the first 10 games after testing positive for an elevated level of testosterone.

CELTICS 92, TIMBERWOLVES 90

Kevin Garnett had 12 points and 11 rebounds in his third game back in Minnesota since he was traded in 2007, helping Boston remain undefeated at 6-0.

NUGGETS 122, NETS 94

Chauncey Billups scored all 12 of his points in the third quarter and Carmelo Anthony had 11 of his 22 in the same period as visiting Denver improved to 5-0, while dropping New Jersey to 0-5.

HEAT 93, WIZARDS 89

Dwyane Wade scored 40 points, including a go-ahead jumper with 25 seconds left, and Quentin Richardson had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead visiting Miami over Washington.

PACERS 101, KNICKS 89

T.J. Ford scored eight of his 16 points in the final 3:12, and visiting Indiana ended its season-opening three-game losing streak by holding New York without a field goal for the final 9-plus minutes.

RAPTORS 110, PISTONS 99

Andrea Bargnani had 22 points and 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the season as host Toronto became the first team this season to score more than 100 points against Detroit.

LAKERS 103, ROCKETS 102

Kobe Bryant scored 41 points and Andrew Bynum made two free throws with 22 seconds left in OT to lift visiting Los Angeles over Houston, which failed to get a shot off in the final seconds.

HORNETS 114, MAVERICKS 107

Peja Stojakovic hit a game-tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation and Chris Paul scored six of his 39 points in overtime, lifting host New Orleans over Dallas.

HAWKS 113, KINGS 105

Joe Johnson and Jamal Crawford scored 26 points each and Mike Bibby hit a 3-pointer for a 93-92 lead with 9:19 to play and visiting Atlanta never trailed again in beating Sacramento.

WARRIORS 113, GRIZZLIES 105

Monta Ellis and Anthony Morrow each scored 24 points to lead host Golden State to its first win of the season. Allen Iverson had 18 points for Memphis to become the 16th player in NBA history to reach 24,000 points for his career.