Dallas at San Antonio (8:30 p.m. EST). Dallas is coming off a 77-71 road loss to Toronto on Thursday night.

STARS

Wednesday

_Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, Lakers. O'Neal had 35 points and 20 rebounds, and Bryant scored 37 points in Los Angeles' 120-117 double-overtime win over San Antonio.

_Ron Artest, Pacers, scored 21 points in Indiana's 87-81 victory over New Jersey.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

San Antonio's Manu Ginobili scored a career-high 33 points in a 120-117 double-overtime loss to the Lakers on Thursday night.

STREAKS

Mavericks point guard Steve Nash ended a streak of 195 consecutive games played when he missed Dallas' 77-71 loss to Toronto on Thursday night. The Canadian star left Wednesday night's loss against Washington in the first quarter after partially dislocating his shoulder.

SPEAKING

``It was just one game in a long season, just another game. When it really counts will be in the playoffs.'' _ Kobe Bryant, after the Los Angeles Lakers' 120-117 double-overtime victory in San Antonio on Thursday night.

``It's not personal. You always want to show a team what they had and what they let get away.'' _ Indiana guard Anthony Johnson, who scored 17 points in 22 minutes and hit two straight 3-pointers against his former New Jersey teammates in the Pacers' 87-81 victory Thursday night.