Mavericks 111, Pistons 108
In Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki scored 40 points, nine in the final 6:40, as Dallas rallied to beat Detroit.
Steve Nash added 29 points, 11 assists and hit six straight free throws in the final 18.5 seconds to help the Mavericks win for the 12th time in their last 14 games.
Chauncey Billups scored 17 points, and Richard Hamilton had 16 for the Pistons, who lost their third straight.
Rockets 86, Hawks 77
In Atlanta, Cuttino Mobley scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and Houston overcame a 14-point deficit.
Steve Francis had 24 points, and Jim Jackson added 18 to help Houston extend its winning streak to three games.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim led the Hawks with 20 points.
Jazz 96, Suns 92
In Phoenix, Carlos Arroyo sank a 3-pointer with 35.2 seconds to play and Utah beat Phoenix to snap a four-game losing streak and finally give coach Jerry Sloan his 900th victory.
Amare Stoudemire tied a Suns' record with 10 blocked shots, six in the first quarter, and scored 20 points but Phoenix lost for the ninth time in 11 games.
Sloan, in his 16th season with the Jazz, is the eighth NBA coach to achieve 900 victories. He trails only Lenny Wilkens, Larry Brown and Don Nelson in victories among active coaches, and his .623 winning percentage is the best of all four.
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