Dirk Nowitzki scores 25 points, Mavericks beat Pistons 95-90

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Last update: November 15, 2009 - 8:19 PM

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, and rookie Rodrique Beaubois added 14 points on 6-for-6 shooting to help the Dallas Mavericks beat Detroit 95-90 on Sunday night, snapping the Pistons' winning streak at three games.

Drew Gooden had 11 points and 11 rebounds, and Shawn Marion also had 11 points, and Jason Kidd added 10 points and seven assists for the Mavericks.

Rodney Stuckey led the Pistons with 28 points, and Will Bynum had 27, including 17 in the fourth quarter. Ben Gordon, though, went 1 for 16 and missed a 3-pointer that would have tied it with 2 seconds left.

The Pistons led late in the third quarter, but a turnover let the Mavericks get back-to-back dunks at the end of the period for 71-66.

Detroit tied it at 78 with 6 minutes left, but Nowitzki answered with a three-point play. After Charlie Villaneuva made a free throw for Detroit, Nowitzki made a jumper and Jason Terry hit a 3-pointer to give the Mavericks a 86-79 lead with 4:21 left.

Nowitzki added a running jumper with 35.3 seconds left, but Bynum's jumper and Terry's miss gave the Pistons the ball with 5.7 seconds left, down 93-90. Gordon, though, finished his horrible night by missing an off-balance jumper.

NOTES: Mavericks center Erick Dampier (illness) did not play. He was taken to a hospital during the game for further tests. ... The game was Detroit's third straight against one of its former coaches — Charlotte's Larry Brown, Washington's Flip Saunders and Dallas' Rick Carlisle. ... Stuckey injured his ankle on Terry's fourth-quarter 3-pointer and did not return.

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