Add the prefix pts to each array key and then make each variable that results into a reference.
<?php
$points = array('home' => 21, 'away' => 13);
extract($points, EXTR_REFS|EXTR_PREFIX_ALL, 'pts');
$pts_home -= 4;
$pts_away += 6;
printf("<p>%s</p>", var_export($points, TRUE));
?>
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