DALLAS (AP) Antoine Walker scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half and Dirk Nowitzki added 19 points, helping the Dallas Mavericks continue their stronghold over the New Jersey Nets.

The Mavs hit their midpoint of the season by winning a fifth straight game, their best thus far. This was the seventh straight time they've beaten the Nets, their longest current streak against any team.

Nowitzki scored 15 by halftime, then played the second half with his left wrist taped following a hard foul by Kenyon Martin. Michael Finley, just named the Western Conference player of the week, scored 18 and Steve Nash had 18, too.

Martin enjoyed his lone annual trip to his hometown with a season-high 29 points and nine rebounds.

Nuggets 96, Jazz 75

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Voshon Lenard scored 17 points, Carmelo Anthony had 14 and the Denver Nuggets gave Utah its first three-game losing streak of the season.

Marcus Camby added 12 points and six rebounds for Denver, which took a 2-0 lead in the season series. The Nuggets were swept by the Jazz last season.

Utah dressed just 10 players, and leading scorer Andrei Kirilenko wasn't one of them as he nursed a sprained ankle for the second straight night. Utah lost even more depth when Raja Bell was ejected at the end of the first quarter for kicking the ball into the crowd.

Rookie Mo Williams ended up leading the Jazz with 20 points, scoring nine in the fourth quarter as Denver rested most of its starters.

Trail Blazers 109, Kings 104

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Derek Anderson scored all 12 of the Trail Blazers' points in overtime.

In one of the most surprising results of the NBA season, the team with the league's worst road record beat the team with the best home record. Anderson scored a season-high 29 points and Rasheed Wallace had 26 points and a season-high 15 rebounds as Portland held on for its third road win in 19 games.

Brad Miller hit a wide-open 3-pointer with 2.7 seconds left in regulation, capping Sacramento's 13-4 rally in the final 46.9 seconds to force overtime. But Portland took the lead for good on Anderson's early 3-pointer and hung on with his free throws and jumpers.

Peja Stojakovic scored 34 points for the Kings, who fell to 21-3 at Arco Arena.