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Iverson went 6-for-8 in third for 18 points and the Sixers shot 68 percent in
the quarter.
With the easy looks, and a mid-range jumper that was on target, Iverson
finished 15-for-25 from the floor and made 11 of 13 free throws.
Mavs' Stackhouse wins it with 0.1 left
Dallas Mavericks'
Dirk Nowitzki of Germany (41) dunks the ball against Boston Celtics'
Delonte West during the fourth quarter of their NBA basketball game in
Boston Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. [AP] | BOSTON - Jerry
Stackhouse made a baseline jumper with 0.1 seconds left to lift the Dallas
Mavericks over the Boston Celtics 104-102 Monday night.
Jason Terry hit
seven 3-pointers and finished with 30 points and Dirk Nowitzki scored 26 as the
Mavericks won their third straight game. The improved to 13-5 on the road, best
in the Western Conference.
Stackhouse got the ball in front of the Celtics bench and drove the right
baseline before pulling up and nailing a 12-footer over Ricky Davis. Stackhouse
finished 20 points and Keith Van Horn had 12.
Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 32 points, tying it with a 3-pointer with
6.5 seconds to play. The Celtics erased a 12-point deficit in the closing 5:50.
Van Horn hit two 3s, Nowitzki one and Terry another during a 14-4 run that
made it 96-84.
The Celtics answered with a 15-4 spree, closing to 100-99 on Pierce's driving
dunk with 1:35 to go. Mark Blount missed a jumper with just over a minute left
that would have given Boston the lead, and Josh Howard grabbed the rebound.
Howard also got an offensive rebound before Nowitzki hit a fallaway over Pierce,
making it 102-99 with 16 seconds to play.
Pierce then nailed his 3, setting the stage for Stackhouse.
Led by three from Terry, five of Dallas' eight baskets in the third quarter
were 3-pointers as the Mavericks took a 79-74 lead.
The Mavericks took their first lead since early in the second quarter at
68-65 when Terry nailed his sixth 3-pointer of the game with 5:51 left in the
third period.
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