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PHOENIX – Dirk Nowitzki scored 35 points and the metropolis Mavericks vex the constellation Suns 112-106 on Thursday period for their 13th conclusion in 14 games.

Tyson author had 12 points and 12 rebounds, including a tip-in with 19 seconds left. Jason Terry scored 16, capped by a pair of liberated throws with 14.1 seconds to endeavor to provide metropolis a 111-106 lead. choreographer Marion additional 12 points as the Mavericks improved to 9-0 against Pacific Division foes, including 4-0 on the road.

Channing Frye scored 24 points and Steve Nash had 15 points and 14 assists in meet the ordinal expiration for the Suns in their terminal 11 games.

Nowitzki was at his smooth-shooting prizewinning most of the night, anxiety 8 of 10 in a 19-point prototypal half. He finished the mettlesome 13 of 18 from the field and 6 of 6 at the dishonor line, including a nine-point ordinal quarter.

The Suns stayed with the Mavericks through the period despite feat 5 of 18 from 3-point range.

Dallas had meet six offensive rebounds, but digit by author came at crucial points downbound the stretch. On the first, he dunked and was unclean from behindhand by Frye for a three-point endeavor that place the Mavs up 101-94 with 3 1/2 transactions left.

The second, with meet over 19 seconds left, gave metropolis a 109-103 advantage.

Frye banked in a 3-pointer to revilement it to 109-106 with 17.3 seconds left, but Terry's digit liberated throws finally place the mettlesome out of reach.

Down by heptad at halftime, the Suns led much of the ordinal quarter, but never by more than quaternary points. After Mickael Pietrus' douse gave constellation an 80-76 lead, metropolis scored the terminal nine of the ordinal lodge on Nowitzki's 22-footer, Marion's alter layup on a pass from Nowitzki, Jason Kidd's 3-pointer and a douse by Marion on added support by Nowitzki.

Dallas led 85-80 entering the ordinal lodge and never trailed again.

Nash's driving layup revilement it to 94-92 with 5:38 left, but Nowitzki sank a pair of liberated throws and a 5-foot jumper to boost it to 98-92 and constellation never got that close again.

Notes: Nash uncomprehensible his exclusive 3-point endeavor and ease needs digit 3 to advise ahead of Eddie Jones for sole possession of 10th place on the NBA occupation list. ... metropolis and San Antonio are the exclusive Western Conference teams constellation has not maltreated this season. ... Nowitzki's flavour broad was 42 against city on Nov. 23. ... Dallas' unaccompanied expiration in the terminal period was at Denver on Feb. 10.

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