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NBA: Philadelphia 111, Houston 107

HOUSTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The Philadelphia 76ers road the combined 45-point effort of Andre Miller and Samuel Dalembert to a 111-107 road win over the Houston Rockets.

The Sixers rallied from an 83-67 deficit late in the third quarter, using a 29-9 run to take a lead they never relinquished.The best Houston could do was pull within 105-104 with 50 seconds left on a Rafer Alston three-pointer.

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But Dalembert then scored off an alley-oop pass from Andre Iguodala and later came up with a key block on Luis Scola to seal the win.

Miller finished with 26 points, while Dalembert had 19. Louis Williams scored 18 and Iguodala had 17 points and seven rebounds for the Sixers, who ended a season-high seven-game skid.

Yao Ming scored 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Rockets, who have dropped two straight. Alston added 20 points but committed six turnovers for Houston.

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