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Mavericks survive late Wizards surge
Jason Terry scored 25 points, Tyson Chandler had a seasonhigh 23 and 13 rebounds and the Mavericks needed a late surge to beat Washington 10599 on Saturday night for their fifth consecutive victory.
The Wizards, who have lost five straight and 15 of 16,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], tied it at 97 on Jordan Crawford's jumper with 1:36 left. But Chandler scored on a tip and Dirk Nowitzki and Terry each hit two free throws to help Dallas regain control.
''You're up nine in the fourth early that's a situation where you kind of want to go up 15, ice your knees and get on the bus. It didn't happen, but at the end of the day we want wins,'' Terry said.
Nowitzki added 21 points for Dallas,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who have won 15 of 16 overall. Dallas improved to 81 in its last nine road games in the opener of a threegame trip.
''Obviously we were disappointed in the way we finished that ballgame, but hey, we got out of here with a win,'' Terry said. ''This is a stretch where we have games where, let's be blunt, we should win.''
John Wall had 24 points for Washington, Nick Young scored 14 and Rashard Lewis finished with 13, but it was Wall's missed free throws that cost the Wizards a chance for a surprising victory.
The Mavericks led 9586 with four minutes left, but Wall responded with three straight layups. He scored and was fouled by Jason Kidd on successive plays, but both times missed the free throws.
''We didn't do a good job slowing the game down there when we had some leads,'' Nowitzki said. ''We just kept on chucking, missed a couple shots, put them in transition and they were right back in it.''
The Wizards missed 10 of their 16 foul shots,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and whenever the game could have been theirs suddenly it wasn't.
''We shoot free throws we win the game,'' Washington coach Flip Saunders said.
Shawn Marion had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Mavericks, who improved to 4216,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], second in the Western Conference to San Antonio. Kidd, who turns 38 next month, had 14 assists 11 in the first half.
The Mavericks were a little rusty,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], playing in just their second game in nine days due to the AllStar break. Chandler had three dunks in an 110 run that got Dallas going and gave the Mavericks a 5744 lead with 28.5 seconds left in the first half.
''I really wanted to get involved, because coming after the AllStar break, I know it's the stretch now where we've really got to get focused and make our playoff push,'' Chandler said.
Wall connected on a 34footer to cut it to 5949 at the break, and the Wizards scored the first nine points of the second half. But Dallas quickly regained a 10point lead.
It was the first time that Washington's Josh Howard faced Dallas since he and three others, who are no longer with the team,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], were traded for Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson on Feb. 13, 2010. It also was the first home game for Mike Bibby, Maurice Evans and Crawford, acquired from Atlanta on Wednesday.
Howard, who had nine points in 29 minutes, felt soreness in his surgically repaired left knee, Saunders said.
NOTES: Haywood had four points in 14 minutes. Stevenson did not score in two minutes. . Washington has turned over its roster so drastically since the trade that Stevenson and Haywood played with just three of the 15 current Wizards: G Young, C JaVale McGee and F Andray Blatche. . Blatche (sprained right hip) and F Al Thornton (sprained right hip) missed their second straight games. . Butler, who made the trip, was exercising his injured right patella tendon on a bicycle in the locker room. . Evans was called for a flagrant foul on Marion late in the third quarter.
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