PHILADELPHIA — Veteran forward Dirk Nowitzki scored seven of his 21 points in the final 3:23 as the Dallas Mavericks held off the winless Philadelphia 76ers 92-86 Monday night.
Forward Chandler Parsons added a season-high 20 (all in the first half) for Dallas, which used a game-ending 11-4 rush to win its fourth straight. Guard Deron Williams contributed 12 points and six assists.
The Mavericks (7-4) beat Philadelphia for the sixth consecutive time and the ninth time in the teams’ past 10 meetings.
Rookie center Jahlil Okafor had 19 points and 11 rebounds to top the Sixers (0-11). Philadelphia has dropped 21 straight dating back to March 25, when it beat the Denver Nuggets.
Rookie guard T.J. McConnell and forward Jerami Grant each scored a season-high 13 points for Philadelphia, and forward Nerlens Noel chipped in 12 points and 12 rebounds.
The Sixers, however, were done in by a season-high 27 turnovers, which resulted in 28 Dallas points. The Mavericks gave the ball away 19 times, leading to 18 points.
Philadelphia, which trailed by 19 in the first half, rallied to lead on three occasions in the fourth quarter, the last time at 82-81 on Noel’s free throw with 4:23 left.
Nowitzki, fouled by McConnell while attempting a jumper from the left baseline with 3:23 to play, sank two free throws to put Dallas ahead to stay.
Williams added a jumper with 2:41 left, and Nowitzki drilled two free throws 21 seconds later. After a dunk by Okafor, Nowitzki took a pass from center Zaza Pachulia and nailed a 3-pointer from the left wing with 1:47 remaining to give the Mavs a 90-84 cushion.
The Mavericks scored 16 of the game’s first 20 points, 11 of those by Parsons, and extended their led to 38-19 early in the second quarter before the Sixers went on a 16-2 run that included four points by Grant.
Dallas led 49-44 at the half, having converted 17 Philadelphia turnovers into 19 points. Reserve guard Hollis Thompson topped the Sixers with nine first-half points.
Philadelphia crept within 57-55 on McConnell’s jumper with 4:59 left in the third quarter and was down just 68-65 at the end of the period, as forward Robert Covington hit a buzzer-beating baseline jumper.
NOTES: Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said F Chandler Parsons, still recovering from microfracture surgery on his right knee, will be restricted to 20 minutes a game this week. “We definitely need him back at full strength,” Carlisle said, “but we all understood that this was going to take some time.” … Carlisle did not have a timetable for the return of C JaVale McGee, who has been out all season with a left tibia stress fracture. … Sixers G Phil Pressey was not available because of food poisoning. … Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said he hopes G Tony Wroten and G Kendall Marshall, who have yet to play this season while recovering from offseason knee surgery, will be back in the first week of December.