Mavericks end Raptors’ win streak at six
DALLAS — J.J. Barea scored 20 points, including a clinching a layup in the final seconds, and the Dallas Mavericks ended another six-game winning streak by Toronto with a 98-93 victory over the Raptors.
The Mavericks held DeMar DeRozan and the Raptors to season lows in shooting percentage as Toronto lost for just the second time in 14 games, with each loss coming after six straight wins.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 points, and fellow German Maxi Kleber had 15 points and matched his rookie season best with five blocks. Harrison Barnes had 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Kyle Lowry led Toronto with 23 points but didn’t score in the fourth quarter, while DeRozan couldn’t get going at all after averaging 37 points on a three-game road winning streak that ended.
DeRozan scored eight points while shooting 19 percent (3 of 16). His previous low was 20 percent (1 of 5) in his only other single-digit game this season — two points in a 112-78 win at Atlanta in November.
The Raptors (23-9) came into the game with the best winning percentage in the Eastern Conference but shot under 40 percent for the first time this season.
Jonas Valanciunas had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Toronto, and Ibaka added 12 points and 12 boards.
SPURS 119, NETS 97
Kawhi Leonard scored 21 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 20, and San Antonio beat visiting Brooklyn in its first game of the season with every player healthy and available.
San Antonio is third in the Western Conference at 24-11 despite being without Leonard and/or Tony Parker for 30 games this season.
The Spurs scored just 19 points in the opening quarter while trying to involve all their scoring options, but San Antonio settled into a rhythm, shooting 51 percent overall in the win.
PISTONS 107, PACERS 83
Tobias Harris scored 30 points and had eight rebounds to help Detroit rout visiting Indiana.
BULLS 115, BUCKS 106
Nikola Mirotic came off the bench to score 24 points in 28 minutes as Chicago won for the eighth time in 10 games, beating host Milwaukee.
SUNS 99, GRIZZLIES 97
Devin Booker had 32 points, six assists and five rebounds, and Tyson Chandler dunked Dragan Bender’s inbounds pass from the opposite sideline with 0.4 seconds remaining to help host Phoenix slip past Memphis.
CLIPPERS 122, KINGS 95
Montrezl Harrell came off the bench to score 22 points as Los Angeles beat visiting Sacramento.
HEAT 107, MAGIC 89
Wayne Ellington had 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter as host Miami beat struggling Orlando.
NUGGETS 107, JAZZ 83
Jamal Murray scored 13 of his 22 points in the first quarter as Denver beat visiting Utah.