Tracy McGrady ignored the boos and the angry crowd. He just played hard — and won.

Playing in Orlando for the first time since a bitter parting last summer, McGrady scored 27 points to lead a balanced offense and the Houston Rockets beat the Magic 108-99 on Thursday night.

“I was so focused,” said McGrady, winner of two scoring titles in four seasons with Orlando. “I knew the reception I was going to get, but while I was out on the basketball court I was just trying to find ways to get myself going and make my team better.”

Unlike his time in Orlando, when McGrady was often the Magic’s first, last and only scoring option, his Rockets teammates can help — and he is willing to lean on them.

Yao Ming added 20 points, and Bob Sura had 19 points, a season-high 11 rebounds and nine assists. David Wesley scored 18, and Juwan Howard 13.

“I didn’t want to come out and make it a Tracy McGrady show, jacking up shots and playing outside the offense,” said McGrady, who shot 8-of-21, including 1-for-7 on 3-pointers, but made 10 of 12 free throws.

Randy Moss has been told he will be fined $10,000 for his end-zone celebration, a Vikings source told ESPN’s Chris Mortenson on Thursday.

NFL officials would not confirm or deny the report.

Moss caught a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter of the Vikings’ 31-17 win over the Packers on Sunday and headed toward the goalpost. He then turned his back to the Lambeau Field crowd, bent over and pantomimed pulling down his pants.

Moss didn’t practice with the Vikings on Wednesday because of a sprained right ankle, but he’s listed as probable for Sunday’s playoff game at Philadelphia.

Sunday night, an NFL spokesman told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen: “Randy Moss can expect to be hearing from us.”

When asked by The Associated Press whether the oft-fined Moss would be penalized again, a league spokesman recited NFL rules mandating discipline for “obscene gestures or other actions construed as being in poor taste.”

A fine for the first offense under those guidelines is $5,000. Moss has not previously been fined for such action, but paid a $25,000 penalty in 1999 for squirting an official with a water bottle.

Moss, making $5 million this season, declined comment Monday.

Last month, Denver quarterback Jake Plummer was fined $5,000 for an obscene gesture.

Moss had four receptions for 70 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday’s game.

Randy Moss is almost sure to be fined for pretending to moon fans in Green Bay during a playoff win, according to NFL rules.

The league is looking into the star receiver’s antics in Minnesota’s 31-17 win over the Packers on Sunday and will announce its ruling later this week.

When asked whether the oft-fined Moss would be penalized again, a league spokesman recited NFL rules mandating discipline for “obscene gestures or other actions construed as being in poor taste.”

A fine for the first offense under those guidelines is $5,000. Moss has not previously been fined for such action, but paid a $25,000 penalty in 1999 for squirting an official with a water bottle.

Wide receiver Roscoe Parrish will skip his senior season and enter this year’s NFL draft, according to his new agent, Drew Rosenhaus, who said Parrish will hold a news conference Thursday to announce the decision formally. Parrish was Miami’s top receiver this season, catching 43 passes for 693 yards. He also averaged 16.2 yards per punt return, running two back for touchdowns. One was in the Hurricanes’ 27-10 Peach Bowl victory over Florida on Dec. 31. He was named the co-MVP of that game. The 5-foot-9, 172-pound Miami native was the first player offered a scholarship by Larry Coker after Coker’s promotion to head coach four years ago. Parrish is the fourth Miami player to declare early for the draft in the past two seasons. Sean Taylor, Kellen Winslow and Vince Wilfork were first-round picks in 2004.

Miami running back Frank Gore is skipping his senior season and will enter the NFL draft, becoming the second Hurricane in as many days to make that jump.

“I think it’s time to move on,” Gore said Friday.

He has already signed with agent David Levine.

Miami coach Larry Coker was among those who said Gore’s stock would considerably rise if he stayed for 2005. Gore had two major knee injuries in college, and was occasionally slowed by knee trouble this season. He still had a team-best 945 yards, capping a career in which he ran for 1,975-yards and 17 touchdowns.

Gore has a 2-year-old son and a mother who is seriously ill with kidney disease, and he wants to begin providing for them. He knows a strong 2005 season would likely translate into a more lucrative NFL contract, while another knee injury would probably end his pro plans.

Ultimately, Gore — who missed the 2002 season with torn right knee ligaments, then most of the 2003 campaign with a similar injury to his left knee — opted against taking a risk.

“Me and my mom talked (Thursday) night, and then I just sat down and made my decision,” said Gore, who acknowledged that his mother’s wish for him to leave school early played a huge role in his choice.

Gore also thanked Coker and other Miami coaches for “not forgetting about me when I got hurt,” and said he believed they had his best interests in mind when advising him to stay for the 2005 season.

Gore becomes the 10th Miami player to leave school early for the draft in the last four seasons.

Miami has produced 40 first-round draft selections since 1987, the most of any school. There were a record six Hurricanes chosen in the opening round of last year’s draft.

Matt Leinart and his Southern California teammates bounced around the end zone, then broke into a victory dance. The celebration was on — and it was only halftime.

Playing to perfection, the Heisman Trophy winner threw a record five touchdown passes and the Trojans overwhelmed Oklahoma 55-19 Tuesday night in the Orange Bowl, ending the season just as they started: No. 1.

“I think we proved tonight that we are the No. 1 team in the country without a doubt,” Leinart said. “No doubt.”

Even better, there’s no one they have to share it with.

The much-anticipated battle of unbeatens, No. 1 vs. No. 2, turned into a coronation for USC, which had to settle for a share of the national championship last year after being left out of the Bowl Championship Series title game.

“We didn’t expect it to be this easy, but the game went our way from the beginning,” USC coach Pete Carroll said. “I was a little surprised.”

That was no consolation for unbeaten Auburn, the odd team out of the BCS title game this season.

The Tigers (13-0) stated their case with a 16-13 victory over Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl on Monday night and could have done no worse than Oklahoma against Southern Cal. But they finished second in the final Associated Press poll.