| Kobe's 45 leads Lakers past Pacers 96-90(AP)
 Updated: 2006-01-10 14:03
 
 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 
 
 
 
 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.
 |  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]
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 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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