Ellis' Big 3rd Quarter Helps Mavericks Beat Lakers, 100-93

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Monta Ellis scored 18 of his 31 points in the third quarter, and the Dallas Mavericks closed with a 16-3 spurt in the final 6:36 to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 100-93 on Sunday night.

Dirk Nowitzki had 12 points for the Mavericks, who had lost four of five. They played without point guard Devin Harris for the second straight game because of an injured right hand, but Chandler Parsons returned to the lineup and finished with 11 points and six rebounds in 35 minutes after missing seven games with a sprained left ankle.

Carlos Boozer had 17 points and eight rebounds off the bench for the Lakers, who have lost five straight and 21 of 25.

Al-Farouq Aminu scored six points in a 1:36 span and Rajon Rondo added a 17-footer to give the Mavericks a 92-90 edge with 4:12 remaining after they trailed by six on Boozer's reverse layup with 6:36 to play.

The Lakers got only one field goal after the one by Boozer — a layup by Wayne Ellington at the final horn. Rondo hit a 17-foot bank shot for a 95-90 lead with 2:43 left, and Ellis helped put it away with a 3-pointer and a 21-footer 56 seconds apart.

Ellington missed seven of eight shots in the first half, including a 3-point attempt from the top of the key at the second-quarter buzzer that would have snapped a 44-all tie.

Ellington drained one from behind the arc 25 seconds into the third, then added a driving dunk. But Ellis made three shots from 3-point range in the final 1:02 of the third, including a buzzer-beater that sliced the Mavericks' deficit to 77-75.

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