EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Vince Carter scored 43 points to outduel Dwyane Wade and New Jersey beat Miami 90-78 yesterday for the Nets’ 12th straight win.

A day after scoring a season-high 44 against Cleveland but losing to the Cavs and LeBron James’s 47, Wade scored 32 points to lead Miami (48-25), which had won three of its last four games.

Carter had 33 points in the second half and helped New Jersey (44-28) pull away from the Heat after Miami scored the first 11 points of the fourth quarter to cut a 16-point deficit to five.

Miami trailed 74-58 to start the fourth quarter, but immediately lopped 11 points off the lead and trailed just 74-69 when Gary Payton made two free throws with 9:15 left. The Nets missed eight of their first nine shots,but the one they made was a 3-pointer by Carter to break the drought and give them a 77-69 lead. From that point, New Jersey went on a 13-4 run, with Carter providing the final five points with an alley-oop dunk and a 3-pointer to give the Nets a 90-73 lead with 2:35 left.

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76ERS 114, KNICKS 95 Allen Iverson scored 32 points and dominated New York for the second straight game to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 114-95 win over the injury-depleted Knicks last night. The Knicks played without injured starters Jalen Rose and Stephon Marbury. Marbury did not play because of his injured left knee, while Rose sat out because of plantar fasciitis of the left foot and a sore right knee.

Jamal Crawford led the Knicks with 23 points. Steve Francis, who did not start after missing Friday’s game with a sprained toe on his right foot, scored 18. Eddy Curry had 14.