DALLAS - It hasn't taken Sacramento Kings guard Mike Bibby long to warm to playoff basketball.

Bibby, in the playoffs for the first time in four NBA seasons, scored a career-playoff high 29 points to carry the Kings to a 125-119 victory against the Mavericks in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Bibby almost couldn't miss Thursday night. He hit 10 of 17 field goals, including 5-of-5 from 3-point range and made all five of his free throws as the Kings regained home-court advantage.

"We just wanted to be aggressive, because we felt we didn't do that in Game 2," said Bibby, who also had four rebounds and nine assists in 46 minutes. "When I'm aggressive, good things happen. When I'm making shots, it opens up everything for everybody else."