CLEVELAND (AP):

Monta Ellis scored 20 points, Dirk Nowitzki added 15 and the Dallas Mavericks won their fifth straight game Sunday, a 109-90 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

LeBron James, who is out with knee and back soreness, missed his fourth game in a row and fifth of the season. The Cavaliers are 1-4 when the four-time MVP doesn't play, and have dropped five of seven overall.

Kevin Love scored a season-high 30 points, but the Cavaliers couldn't stay with the Mavericks.

Kyrie Irving left in the third quarter with lower-back tightness and didn't return. He was 2 of 9 from the field and scored a season-low six points.

HEAT 88 NETS 84

MIAMI (AP):

Chris Bosh scored 26 points, Dwyane Wade scored 10 of his 25 points in the final minutes and the Heat held off Brooklyn to snap a four-game losing streak.

Hassan Whiteside had 11 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks off the bench for Miami, which won for only the seventh time in 19 home games.

Joe Johnson scored 19, Brook Lopez added 16 and Mirza Teletovic had 14 for Brooklyn, which had won six of seven and were seeking to get back over .500 for the first time since November 12.

LAKERS 88 PACERS 87

LOS ANGELES (AP):

Kobe Bryant scored 20 points and hit the go-ahead short jumper with 12.4 seconds to play to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a comeback victory over Indiana.

Roy Hibbert missed a difficult jumper off a broken play as time expired to end the Lakers' third win in 10 games.

Bryant scored nine points in the final 2:32 - while the Lakers rallied past the Pacers, who blew a 13-point lead in the second half.

Other results: Pistons 114 Kings 95, Suns 125 Raptors 109, Bucks 95 Knicks 82.