The Dallas Mavericks (10 - 3) defeated the Los Angeles Lakers (3 - 10) 140 - 106 on Friday. Dallas has won six straight games as they've been playing through one of the easier stretches of their schedule. Dirk Nowitzki, Chandler Parsons and Monta Ellis all scored 20 - plus points, and the Mavs had eight players finish in double figures for scoring. Dallas goes on the road Saturday to Houston to face the Rockets. Los Angeles had their swag back for two straight wins coming into Friday's game, but they did n't have enough swag to defeat the Mavericks. The Lakers performed well on offense, hitting 52 percent of their shots from the field and 39 pecent from beyond the arc, but they could n't get the job done on defense. They allowed the Mavs to shoot an eye - popping 62 percent from the field and 51 percent from beyond the arc. Los Angeles returns home to host the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.
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