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- It's not often a team misses three alley-oops in one quarter and still wins by 26 points. It's even rarer for the Washington Wizards to start 0-5.

That hasn't happened since they were the Baltimore Bullets.

The Denver Nuggets treated the Verizon Center as their own personal playground Friday night, breaking a three-game losing streak with a 118-92 victory that provided comic relief for the winners and showers of boos for the losers.

"We scored 118; we threw away 20," Denver coach George Karl said. "We play a style where I know we're going to have mistakes, but sometimes we make the mistakes and don't make the defense make the plays. It will be interesting the film we'll put together -- maybe we'll put it to Abbott and Costello."

Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points, including 12 consecutive Denver points in the third quarter. Marcus Camby added 13 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists for the Nuggets, who shot 51 percent and rebounded from a 119-93 pounding Wednesday night at Boston.

"We lost three straight -- and this was the game we really needed," Anthony said. "We needed to get our confidence back, get our swagger back."

The Wizards fell to 0-5 for the first time since 1966, when their home was up the road in Baltimore. The third quarter has to rank among the most embarrassing 12 minutes of basketball since the team moved to the nation's capital: Coach Eddie Jordan, who pronounced his team's mind-set as "fine" before the game, watched his team miss 7 of 10 shots, commit 12 turnovers and get outscored 33-11 in the quarter.

"We just weren't disciplined. We didn't stay organized. We didn't rebound. We didn't share the ball. We didn't execute," Jordan said. "It's one of the most disappointing games I've been involved in."

Gilbert Arenas, still laboring on a surgically repaired left knee that was drained for a second time on Wednesday, finished with 18 points on 5-for-13 shooting. He made 2 of 8 3-pointers and is 5-for-32 from 3-point range on the season. He remained in the trainer's room long after the game and was not available for comment, needing treatment after playing 42 minutes on Thursday in New Jersey and 37 minutes on Friday.

"Back-to-back's going to be difficult for him right now," Jordan said.

Caron Butler scored 14 of his 21 points in the first quarter for the Wizards, while Antawn Jamison (6-for-17) and DeShawn Stevenson (0-for-6) continued to struggle from the field. Washington shot 38 percent, only a slight improvement over their NBA-worst 36.4 percent entering the game.

"We need to get our act in order, and we have to find a way to get a win, period," Jamison said. "Not only get a win, but find a way to get this thing rolling because it's not rolling at all. You can see it. When you're out there, you're experiencing it."

The Nuggets had won their first two and lost their next three, but they were in the mood to have fun Friday. They attempted six alley-oops, missing all three in the second quarter but making three others, including a poetry-in-motion twisting reverse slam by J.R. Smith on a feed from Allen Iverson in the fourth quarter.

Smith finished with 16 points and Iverson had 15 points and eight assists, but Anthony had the best run. The Baltimore native's 12 straight points in the third quarter all came on jump shots, including a pair of 3-pointers, as part of a 14-4 spurt that gave the Nuggets an 80-58 lead. Anthony went 3-for-13 against the Celtics, but he was 14-for-24 Friday night.

"'Melo led us tonight. He caught fire," Iverson said. "We just rode his coattails all the way in."

The last time the Philadelphia 76ers won 11 straight road games, Allen Iverson was 5 years old.

Iverson scored 30 points and pushed a frenetic pace as the 76ers tied a 21-year-old franchise record for consecutive road wins with a 114-98 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.

Philadelphia has not lost on the road since a 96-85 setback to the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers on December 5. Its 18-4 road mark is the league's best and represents more wins than nine teams' totals for the entire season.

"It's hard on the road," Iverson said. "You've got to concentrate a lot more on the road. It's the toughest environment to play in. So you have to be focused and I think we've been real focused on the road. We understand everything is not going to go our way. We understand that we've got to keep playing for 48 minutes."

The 76ers tied a club record set from October 15-November 26, 1980, when the stars were Julius Erving, Andrew Toney and Maurice Cheeks, now an assistant coach with the club. They can break the mark Wednesday in Houston, which has a losing record at home.

"Coming into here, you know they beat us in Philly, and we were kind of shorthanded, not having (Rodney) Buford and Tyrone (Hill) to go with our other injuries," Sixers coach Larry Brown said. "It's been that way all year. We just find ways to win games and have guys step up and make valuable contributions."

"It's pretty good," forward Toni Kukoc said. "I think when you can win 11 games in a row on the road it tells you how good of a team we are. If we can keep our home court a little safer than what we've been doing, it would be nice."

Toni Kukoc scored a season-high 25 points for Philadelphia as he repeatedly knocked down open perimeter jumpers. He started for the flu-ridden Tyrone Hill and made 4-of-6 3-pointers.

"I was looking to pass the ball more than I was looking for my shot, then later on, I felt pretty comfortable shooting the ball," Kukoc said. "I had to find the good places and get open, especially when they started doubling. I spaced the court and my teammates found me and I hit the shots."

George Lynch added 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Sixers, who had six players in double figures and shot 54 percent from the field as they avenged a 112-94 home loss to Dallas on December 15.

In that game, Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki scored 36 points on 13-of-19 shooting. But the German sensation was held to 15 on 4-of-12 this time as Dallas had a three-game winning streak snapped.

"We just defended much better than we did in Philly but it didn't matter, I mean they were on fire in Philly," Brown said. "It wasn't just Dirk. I thought everybody on their team had a terrific game and made open shots. Today we stayed at home a little bit more. We didn't gamble quite as much or look to double-team as much."

"I didn't really get any open looks today," Nowitzki said. "Somebody was always standing by me. They did a great job defensively and you've got to give them credit."

Michael Finley had 27 points and a franchise-record 10 steals for the Mavs, who have lost five of the last six meetings with the Sixers.

"Gary (Mavs forward Gary Trent) talked to a couple of the Sixers yesterday that he's good friends with," Finley said. "That's all they kept saying was how we embarrassed them in Philadelphia. That was on their minds and it showed. They didn't give up. They came out and defended us."

Coming off a 51-point game against Toronto on Sunday, Iverson came out flying and never slowed down. He made 12-of-16 free throws and five steals as he cheated the passing lanes on defense and went hard to the basket on offense, forcing the tempo.

"He's one of the best players in the league," Finley said. "The way he handles the ball and as many times as he has the ball, he's always a threat. He's been playing well. He's been carrying this team."

Iverson scored 17 points in the first half, when Philadelphia led by as many as 13 before settling for a 51-48 halftime edge. Dallas tied it, 57-57, on a jumper by Steve Nash with 9:10 to go in the third quarter before the Sixers took control.

Iverson fed Lynch for a layup and made a pair of buckets. A 3-pointer by Kukoc and a jumper by Aaron McKie completed the 11-0 surge and gave Philadelphia a 68-57 lead with 6:32 left.

The Mavs got no closer than six points thereafter. They got within 77-71 late in the period but Kukoc made a 3-pointer. They closed to 71-75 early in the fourth quarter but a layup by Ratliff and a jumper by Kukoc rebuilt the lead to 10 points.

And when a free throw by former Sixer Shawn Bradley made it 85-79 with 8:41 remaining, Philadelphia sealed it with a 17-5 surge. Kukoc had another 3-pointer and capped it with a jumper for a 102-84 lead with 3:13 to go.

"Kukoc played well tonight," Finley said. "Toni was definitely the X factor that put them over the hump. If he plays like that, that team will easily be in the Eastern Conference finals."

No matter how many shots he took, Allen Iverson couldn't beat the Atlanta Hawks by himself.

Iverson scored 53 points, the fifth-highest total of his career, but Joe Johnson had 24 to lead the Hawks over the Philadelphia 76ers 111-108 on Friday night.

"I'm as disappointed as everybody else on my team," Iverson said. "We wanted to go into the holidays with a win. We'll have to get this one out of our system and come back to work."

Zaza Pachulia added a career-high 23 points, including the go-ahead free throws, and Al Harrington scored 22 for Atlanta, which won its fourth straight at home and its fifth in the last seven games overall.

"We shared the ball," Pachulia said. "We had 29 assists, and that's great. We shot pretty good also, 54 percent. It's tough to beat a team like that."

Iverson, who entered with a league-best 33.5 scoring average, had 21 points and six rebounds in the first half. He shot 17-of-31 and hit 19 of 21 free throws, the last coming on a three-point play that cut the Atlanta lead to 101-100 with 5:20 remaining.

He broke the record that Shareef Abdur-Rahim set at 7-year-old Philips Arena with a 50-point performance against Detroit on Nov. 23, 2001. Iverson has scored 50 in nine games, including a career-best 60-point effort in a 112-99 win over Orlando last Feb. 12.

Iverson gave the Sixers their last lead when his runner over Johnson and Pachulia made it 105-104 with just under 3 minutes remaining. Pachulia then made two free throws, then added a jumper for a three-point lead.

On Philadelphia's last five possessions, John Salmons missed two straightaway 3-point attempts and had a fast-break layup blocked by Atlanta's Josh Smith.

"When someone is scoring like that, everybody else isn't involved," Harrington said. "When they do shoot, they're ice cold, so that worked in our favor."

Iverson drove past Salim Stoudamire and Harrington after a steal for the Sixers' last basket, a layup that cut Atlanta's lead to 110-108 with 36 seconds remaining. Philadelphia had the ball with 2.4 seconds left when Iverson made an inbounds pass in front of the Atlanta bench to Chris Webber, who missed an 8-foot turnaround jumper.

"I told him before the play that if both men went to me, to go to the basket and get a good shot," Iverson said. "Things didn't go the way we wanted tonight."

Johnson made one free throw, then jumped to intercept Andre Iguodala's long pass from the Hawks' baseline.

Two free throws by Iverson gave the Sixers their biggest lead at 82-70 in the third quarter, but the Hawks went on a 26-9 run to go up 96-91 on Stoudamire's fast-break layup.

"We showed a lot of character coming back from 12 down," Atlanta coach Mike Woodson said. "I thought Iverson was tremendous tonight. He created so many problems for us, but I like that we found a way to overcome that and get the win. We had a number of guys step up in the fourth quarter."

Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks could tell a big difference when center Samuel Dalembert picked up his fifth foul with 9:02 remaining.

"Our defense is a lot better with Sam in the game, because he can block shots and rebound the ball," Cheeks said. "They're a jump-shooting team, with the exception of Harrington. We just have to get better in all areas defensively."

Game notes

Iverson stayed home Thursday night to take care of an undisclosed personal matter before joining the Sixers for the morning shootaround Friday. ... Philadelphia F Michael Bradley did not make the trip because his wife was expecting to give birth. ... Johnson had eight assists. ... Webber added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Sixers. ... Iverson, who leads the NBA in minutes, played the entire second half