NBASteve Nash scored nine of his 42 points, a career best, in the second overtime and Boris Diaw hit a go-ahead shot in the lane with 14 seconds left to lead the Phoenix Suns to their eighth straight victory, a 161-157 decision over the New Jersey Nets on Thursday night.
The wild shootout was the highest-scoring game in the NBA this season. It also matched the fourth-most points scored in league history.
Nets point guard Jason Kidd tied Wilt Chamberlain for third place all-time with his 78th career triple-double.
Kidd finished with 38 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists, but the point guard dribbled the ball off his foot with 10 seconds left, costing the Nets a chance to tie.
Shawn Marion added 33 points, Raja Bell had 24 and Amare Stoudemire 23 for the Suns, who made an NBA season-high 17 three-pointers, including a remarkable one by Nash at the end of regulation that tied the score and forced the overtime.
Vince Carter had 31 points and Richard Jefferson had 25 for the Nets. Marcus Williams added 18 for New Jersey, which set a team-record for points in a game.
Pistons 92, Mavericks 82
At Dallas, Rasheed Wallace scored most of his 19 points on five three-pointers, including back-to-back shots that he emphatically celebrated, to lead Detroit.
Wallace scored 10 points in the first quarter and had nine more in the third, all coming after a Dallas rally.
They came in a flurry, too -- three thee-pointers in a span of four possessions. He followed the second one by jabbing his right index finger and screaming, "Pow!"
After banking in the next one, putting the Pistons up by 16, he repeatedly hollered, "I called that!"
Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 29 points and nine rebounds.
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