Tony Parker and DeJuan Blair each scored 18 points and Tim Duncan added 16 as the Spurs took advantage of Dirk Nowitzki's continued absence by whipping the Mavericks 101-89 on Friday at AT&T Center. With Nowitzki missing his ninth game and Caron Butler out for the season (both because of knee injuries), Dallas lost for the fourth straight time and dropped to 26-12. San Antonio (33-6) has won four straight and eight of 10. "Obviously, they're playing without Dirk, and we wanted to make sure we focused and had a good start and played aggressively, so we did. We got lucky. They didn't have Dirk, and we took advantage of it." -- Tony Parker
Elsewhere, the Lakers make it heaven seven behind 27 points from Kobe against the Nets. Wins as well for the Warriors, Celtics, Suns, Pistons and Bulls.