Miami at Toronto (12:30 p.m. EST). Toronto has won five of six games since acquiring Jalen Rose, Donyell Marshall and Lonny Baxter from the Bulls on Nov. 29.

STARS

Friday

_Dirk Nowitzki and Antoine Walker, Mavericks, scored 27 points each to help Dallas end a 26-game losing streak to the Lakers in Los Angeles.

_Kevin Garnett, Timberwolves, had 23 points and 16 rebounds in Minnesota's 110-91 victory over Washington.

_Lamar Odom, Heat, had 29 points and 14 rebounds to lead Miami to a 91-88 victory over Memphis.

_Paul Pierce, Celtics, had 33 points and 11 rebounds in Boston's 114-111 victory over Toronto.

_Rashard Lewis, Sonics, scored 33 points in Seattle's 93-72 win over Detroit.

_Marcus Camby, Nuggets, had 16 points and 17 rebounds in Denver's 86-77 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

_Michael Redd, Bucks, scored 30 points in Milwaukee's 109-95 win over the Chicago Bulls.

_Baron Davis, Hornets, had 27 points and 12 assists in New Orleans' 96-85 win over Golden State.

DROUGHT ENDS

Dallas beat the Lakers 110-93 on Friday night, the Mavs' first road victory over Los Angeles in exactly 13 years. The Mavericks had lost 26 road games against Los Angeles.

BREAKING THROUGH

The Pistons' Darko Milicic scored his first NBA points in a 93-72 loss to Seattle on Friday night. Milicic, the second overall pick in the draft, scored on a short hook with 4:08 left.

UNDER THE KNIFE

Minnesota center Michael Olowokandi had surgery on his right knee Friday and will miss six to eight weeks. He's averaging 6.4 points and 3.7 rebounds in 15 games this season.

REGGIE PASSES BIG O

The Pacers' Reggie Miller passed Oscar Robertson for 10th place on the career minutes list in Indiana's win over Atlanta on Friday night. Miller has played 43,908 minutes in his 17-year career.

NORTHERN EXPOSURE

Since being traded to Toronto from Chicago, Donyell Marshall has scored 20 points or more in five of six games. Marshall had 31 points in a 114-111 loss to Boston on Friday night.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH

At 14-8, Denver is off to its best start since the 1989-90 season. The Nuggets defeated Philadelphia 86-77 on Friday night.

SPEAKING

``I see behind the lines. I see behind the false screens. I know what this business is all about. I know the commissioner of this league makes more than three-quarters of the players in this league,'' _ Portland's Rasheed Wallace in an interview in the Oregonian. Wallace charged that the NBA's white establishment is exploiting young black athletes to enrich itself.

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``Mr. Wallace's hateful diatribe was ignorant and offensive to all NBA players. I refuse to enhance his heightened sense of deprivation by publicly debating with him.'' _ NBA commissioner David Stern, in response to comments by Rasheed Wallace.