Shaquille O'Neal scored 46 points, and Rick Fox made four free throws in the final 20 seconds Wednesday night as the Los Angeles Lakers held off visiting Dallas 98-94 to run their record to 16-1.

The Lakers, who have gone 39-2 since the final eight games of the last regular season and including the playoffs, trailed much of the game against the Mavericks.

Fox gave Los Angeles a 94-92 lead with his two free throws with 20 seconds remaining, then made it 96-92 with another pair with nine seconds left. After Adrian Griffin scored on a layup for Dallas Kobe Bryant took a long pass and made a reverse slam to punctuate the victory.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 33 and had 14 rebounds for Dallas. O'Neal had 15 rebounds and was 18-of-23 from the field. He was 10-of-22 from the line.