NBA ROUNDUP | Tuesday's games

Mavericks 84, Pacers 75
INDIANAPOLIS -- Dirk Nowitzki had 31 points and 11 rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks pulled away in the closing minutes. The Pacers, playing their first game at home after a five-game trip out west, cut a 14-point Dallas lead to 75-71 with under four minutes remaining. But Adrian Griffin, Nowitzki and Marquis Daniels hit consecutive baskets for the Mavericks, and after a basket by Indiana's Ron Artest, Nowitzki put the game out of reach with a 3-pointer with 58 seconds remaining. Sarunas Jasikevicius finished the scoring for the Pacers with a pair of free throws. Devin Harris added 15 points and Keith Van Horn had 11 for Dallas. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 25 points and 13 rebounds, and Artest added 15 points and five steals.
Wizards 119, Raptors 111, OT
WASHINGTON -- Jarvis Hayes broke out of a shooting slump with a season-high 21 points, including six in overtime, and Gilbert Arenas scored 16 of his 37 in the final 121/2 minutes to lead Washington. Hayes didn't score in the Wizards' loss to Milwaukee on Friday, and he had gone 7-for-24 from the field in his last five games, but he opened the game with three jumpers and made two more in the extra period. He finished 8-for-15 with a season-high eight rebounds and made two key defensive plays in overtime, including a steal with 37 seconds remaining when the Raptors were trying to set up a game-tying shot. Arenas went 13-for-24 from the field and had 10 assists. He was the force in a close fourth quarter as the up-and-down Wizards survived an up-and-down streetball-paced game. Washington's record has been 5-5, 6-6 and 7-7, and now it's 8-8. Antawn Jamison added 26 points, 14 rebounds and six assists for the Wizards, and Jared Jeffries had 14 points and 10 rebounds for his first career double-double. Chris Bosh scored 27 points, and Morris Peterson had 21 for the Raptors.
Grizzlies 89, Hornets 73
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Pau Gasol scored 29 points and grabbed 15 rebounds Tuesday night as Memphis Grizzlies won its sixth straight. Gasol shot 7-of-13 from the field and also hit 15-of-19 free throws, tying a franchise mark for most attempts. He added three blocks. Reserve guard Bobby Jackson scored 21 points and Eddie Jones added 11 for Memphis, which held a 21-point lead in the second half. By the early stages of the fourth period, the Hornets' starters left the game for good and watched from the bench as the reserves finished New Orleans' second straight loss. New Orleans shot 39 percent from the floor. P.J. Brown, leading scorer Chris Paul and reserve guard Speedy Claxton missed a combined 22 of 26 shots.
Lakers 111, Bucks 92
MILWAUKEE -- Kobe Bryant scored 33 points to lift the Los Angeles Lakers to their ninth straight win over the Bucks. Lamar Odom added 24 points, Smush Parker had 20, and Chris Mihm scored 13 as the Lakers beat the Bucks for the 18th time in the last 20 meetings. Bryant went 14-of-24 from the field, a game after shooting just 9-of-30 in a sluggish win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Sunday. The Lakers shot 48 percent (43-of-89). Michael Redd scored 21 points for Milwaukee, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.
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