Los Angeles - Randy Wittman hasn't had much to smile about this season, but the Minnesota Timberwolves coach beamed a rare happy face after Sunday's game.

Randy Foye had 23 points and a career-high 14 assists as the Timberwolves spanked the Detroit Pistons 106-80 for their first road victory of the season.

Minnesota entered the game with a 2-9 record, including 0-5 away from home, before dominating one of the Eastern Conference powerhouses with ease.

Los Angeles  - Trying to guard Chinese superstar Yao Ming, Dwight Howard thought he was in a fairy tale.

The 7-6 Yao racked up 22 points and 13 rebounds while Howard was saddled with foul trouble Saturday night as the Houston Rockets held on for a 100-95 victory over the host Orlando Magic, who had their five-game winning streak snapped.

"It's like a big beanstalk," Howard said. "You've got to chop ... just kidding."

Los Angeles  - P J Carlesimo's stay in Oklahoma City was shorter than his stay in Seattle.

Carlesimo, the coach of the relocated Oklahoma City Thunder, was fired Saturday after a league-worst 1-12 start, the team announced.

Assistant Scott Brooks was named interim coach and will guide the Thunder in Saturday night's game at New Orleans. Oklahoma City has lost 10 straight games by an average of 14 points.

Carlesimo was hired prior to the start of the 2007-08 season, when the team was known at the Seattle SuperSonics. With teenage rookie Kevin Durant as the centerpiece, the SuperSonics went 20-62 before moving to Oklahoma City this summer.

Los Angeles - With one eye on the present and the other on the future, the New York Knicks made a bold move by unloading their top two scorers, Zach Randolph and Jamal Crawford, in separate trades.

The Knicks on Friday acquired forward Al Harrington from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for sharpshooting guard Crawford.

Just a few hours later, New York shipped starting forward Randolph and backup guard Mardy Collins out west to the bottom-feeding LA Clippers in exchange for guard Cuttino Mobley and forward Tim Thomas.

Los Angeles  - Singer Ashlee Simpson-Wentz has given birth to a baby boy, and in true celebrity tradition has bestowed the newborn with a highly unconventional name.