TORONTO — Monta Ellis scored 15 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, Tyson Chandler had 11 points and 10 rebounds and the Dallas Mavericks won for the eighth time in 10 games, beating the Toronto Raptors 106-102 on Friday night

Chandler Parsons scored 16 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 15 and Al-Farouq Aminu 14 as Dallas snapped Toronto’s winning streak at six.

Coach Rick Carlisle won his 300th game with Dallas. He’s the third coach in team history to reach the mark, joining Don Nelson (339) and Dick Motta (329).

Kyle Lowry scored 25 points, Amir Johnson had 20 and Lou Williams 16 for the Raptors, who saw All-Star DeMar DeRozan leave in the third with a strained left groin.

Patrick Patterson had 10 points and 12 rebounds as the Raptors dropped to 9-2 at home. Toronto’s only other home defeat this season was a 100-93 loss to Chicago on Nov. 13.

Devin Harris made a pair of free throws with 7:22 left to give Dallas an 84-73 lead, but back-to-back 3-pointers by Johnson and Greivis Vasquez cut it to 84-79.

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Parsons hit a jump shot and Harris made one of two at the line, but Lowry answered with two free throws and Johnson made a layup, making it 87-83 with 5:10 left.

After a Dallas timeout, Ellis scored consecutive baskets on either side of a turnover by Lowry, then added a 3 at 3:27 to give the Mavericks a 94-83 lead.

Toronto refused to go quietly, however. Vasquez made back-to-back 3s, Lowry followed a pair of Nowitzki free throws with another 3, then made a layup with 33 seconds left, bringing the Raptors to within three at 99-96.

PACERS 98, MAGIC 83: Rodney Stuckey scored a season-high 24 points and David West had 18 points in his first game of the season to lead Indiana to a win at home over Orlando.

HAWKS 100, PELICANS 91: Jeff Teague scored 26 points, DeMarre Carroll added 19 and host Atlanta held off New Orleans.

Ryan Anderson and Jrue Holiday each had 20 points for New Orleans. The Pelicans couldn’t recover after being held to 28 first-half points.

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BUCKS 104, PISTONS 88: Ersan Ilyasova scored 22 points and Jared Dudley added 16 points as Milwaukee won at Detroit.

WARRIORS 106, HORNETS 101: Marreese Speights scored 16 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, and Golden State defeated host Charlotte for the Warriors’ eighth straight win.

CLIPPERS 102, ROCKETS 85: Blake Griffin had 30 points and 10 rebounds and Jamal Crawford added 21 points to help the Los Angeles Clippers coast at Houston.

The Rockets were playing their fifth straight game without Dwight Howard (knee strain) and were also missing two other starters.

THUNDER 105, KNICKS 78: Russell Westbrook scored 32 points in his first game back from a broken right hand as Oklahoma City rolled at home.

Westbrook was injured in the second game of the season and hadn’t played since..

SPURS 112, KINGS 104: Tony Parker had 27 points and San Antonio held on at home to win its second straight without Coach Gregg Popovich.


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