NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ Dirk Nowitzki scored 11 of his 21 points in the fourth
quarter and the Dallas Mavericks beat the New Orleans Pelicans 100-97 Wednesday
night. Nowitzki gave Dallas the lead with a free throw to make the score 98-97
with 32.3 seconds left. He then got a piece of Eric Gordon’s driving floater,
grabbed the rebound and hit two more free throws with 8 seconds left.
HOUSTON (AP) _ Eric Bledsoe had 20 points and seven assists to lead Phoenix to
a 97-88 win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. The win snapped the
Suns’ two-game losing streak. Dwight Howard had 15 points and 18 rebounds for
the Rockets, who lost their second straight game.
MEXICO CITY (AP) _ The NBA says the game between the San Antonio Spurs and
Minnesota Timberwolves was postponed because of smoky conditions inside the
Mexico City arena. The game scheduled for Wednesday night will be made up in
Minnesota later. The arena was evacuated before tipoff when a generator
malfunction sent smoke pouring into the building.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Cleveland 98 Denver 88
Final Atlanta 107 L-A Clippers 97
Final Dallas 100 New Orleans 97
Final Detroit 105 Milwaukee 98
Final Phoenix 97 Houston 88
Final Indiana 95 Utah 86
Final Portland 111 Oklahoma City 104