LeBron James scored 21 points and Chris Bosh added 20 to lead the host Miami Heat past the New Jersey Nets 108-78 on Tuesday while the Detroit Pistons edged the Los Angeles Lakers 88-85 in over-time.

Miami snapped a two-game losing streak in overwhelming fashion. Bosh scored 16 points in the first half while James added 10 and Dwyane Wade scored all 13 of his points in the first half.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 28 points to power the Dallas Mavericks over the New York Knicks 95-85, denying Knicks star Jeremy Lin another highlight-filled victory over the reigning NBA champions.

Lin, whose parents were born in Taiwan, became a global sensation last month for the Knicks, coming off the bench to spark the Knicks to a seven-game win streak with big-scoring, clutch shooting and inspired passing.

Arsenal fell one goal short of forcing extra time against AC Milan in the Champions League, going down 4-3 on aggregate in the last 16 despite winning 3-0 in the second leg on Tuesday.

Milan, seven-time winners, advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time since winning the title in 2007. Milan crushed the Gunners 4-0 in the first leg at the San Siro on February 15.

Carlos Tevez marked his first public appearance for Manchester City in more than five months with a goal as the Premier League leaders' reserves beat Bolton 3-1 on Tuesday.

Tevez, who played for 45 minutes behind closed doors last week, appeared in front of a crowd of more than 1,000 boosted by media personnel in the Manchester district of Hyde.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp on Tuesday ruled himself out of the running to succeed sacked Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas.

Villas-Boas was sacked on Sunday, a day after his side suffered a 1-0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion. The loss was the latest in a string of league defeats that has left Chelsea off the pace in the race for a Champions League spot next season.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and fourth-ranked Caroline Wozniacki will defend their titles at the $11 million Indian Wells ATP and WTA hardcourt event that begins on Wednesday.

The record prize purse for ATP-WTA events outside majors includes $1 million for both the men's and women's singles champion. Women's main draw matches begin on Wednesday. The men open Thursday. High seeds have first-round byes.

The Oklahoma City Thunder's top trio struggled to make shots all night.

With one final flurry, they were still able to keep rolling at home.

AC Milan and defending champions Barcelona are hot favorites to progress to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, but Arsenal are on the brink of elimination.

Milan take a 4-0 lead to London on Tuesday evening, while Barcelona -- who got the better of the Italian champions in the group phase -- have a 3-1 advantage to defend when Bayer Leverkusen visit Camp Nou on Wednesday.

Sir Alex Ferguson believes the destiny of the Premier League title race will be decided by the outcome of Manchester United's trip to face current leaders Manchester City at Eastlands on April 30.

United manager Ferguson is convinced his side took a major step toward retaining the English crown with the hard-fought 3-1 victory at Tottenham on Sunday.

Claudio Ranieri's grip on his Inter Milan job appeared even more precarious on Sunday after his side had to fight back from two goals down to squeeze out a 2-2 draw against Catania.

Ranieri's team had lost seven of their previous eight games, without scoring a goal, and they were soon in trouble against their unheralded visitors from Sicily.