Manu Ginobili scored eight points in a 19-0 third-quarter rally that sent the San Antonio Spurs past Dallas 88-81, but the Mavericks came away worried mostly about injured star Dirk Nowitzki on Sunday.
Nowitzki, the NBA's most valuable player, hurt his lower left leg during a nasty spill after running to block a shot. The team said he would be re-evaluated yesterday.
San Antonio actually went ahead on that play, with Tim Duncan grabbing the loose ball and scoring, wiping out what had been a 12-point Dallas lead only minutes before. Duncan added a free throw and the Spurs were headed to their third straight win. They also claimed the season series 3-1.
Ginobili led San Antonio with 26 points and Duncan finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds.
Warriors 115, Lakers 111
In Los Angeles, Stephen Jackson scored six of his 31 points on two three-pointers in the final 38 seconds and Golden State beat Los Angeles after blowing a 26-point lead.
Monta Ellis also had 31 points along with seven rebounds and five assists for the Warriors, who won for the 10th time in 14 games.
Baron Davis scored 18 points and Al Harrington added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Golden State (43-26), who remain one-and-a-half games ahead of Denver in the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Kobe Bryant scored 16 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter and added a season-high 14 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Lakers (48-22), who had their three-game winning streak snapped and fell percentage points behind the Western Conference-leading New Orleans Hornets.
Lamar Odom had 19 points and a career-high 22 rebounds.
Nuggets 109, Raptors 100
In Toronto, Allen Iverson had 36 points, Carmelo Anthony added 33 and Denver scored 100 or more for the 11th consecutive game.
Chris Bosh was one assist shy of a triple-double, finishing with 17 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists as Toronto lost for the seventh time in eight games.
Iverson, who has averaged 30.4 points in 36 career games against Toronto, made two of Denver's six three-pointers in the fourth, including one with 1 minute, 7 seconds remaining that capped a 7-0 Denver run and gave the Nuggets a 103-98 edge.
Wizards 95, Pistons 83
In Washington, Antawn Jamison had 24 points and 12 rebounds as Washington topped Detroit.
The Wizards earned their third straight victory. They shot 53 percent and moved one-and-a-half games ahead of sixth-placed Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference.
Richard Hamilton scored 19 points to lead the Pistons, who have lost two in a row. Rasheed Wallace scored 11 points on three-for-12 shooting and was called for a technical for shoving Andray Blatche during the Wizards' key fourth-quarter run.
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