NBA : Nowitzki injured in Mavericks’ victory

After their first 6-0 road trip, the Dallas Mavericks got home to set another franchise record – even without Dirk Nowitzki.

With their star out after hurting his left ankle in the first half, Jason Terry had 27 points with a couple of key late baskets and the go-ahead free throw in the Mavericks’ 105-103 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night for their 60th victory.

It is the third time the Mavericks have won 60 games, all in the last five years.

The Western Conference’s top team has 11 games left in the regular season.

After Nowitzki got hurt with 3:42 left in the first half, the Bucks went on a 14-4 run to take a 62-54 halftime lead. He returned for only about a minute after halftime, then left for good. The extent of his injury wasn’t clear.

With the game tied at 103, Terry penetrated and was fouled with 29.8 seconds left. He made the second free throw.

Dallas got a break when Ersan Illyasova had his second turnover in the final minute, a bad pass that led to a foul against Jerry Stackhouse with 15.5 seconds left. Stackhouse made the first of his two free throws and it was 105-103.

Michael Redd penetrated and took a shot in the lane with 3.3 seconds left. His acrobatic attempt was rebounded by DeSagana Diop, who was fouled and missed both of his foul shots. Mo Williams had a desperate half-court short at the buzzer that missed.

Redd led the Bucks with 34 points.

Stackhouse had 21 points for Dallas, while Nowitzki and Josh Howard – who appeared to hurt his right ankle in the final minute – both had 17 points.

Rockets 92, Clippers 87: At Los Angeles, Tracy McGrady scored 27 points and Shane Battier made a clutch 3-pointer in the final minute, leading Houston to a victory over the Clippers.

Yao Ming had 24 points and 15 rebounds during a foul-plagued 34 minutes as the Rockets beat the Clippers for the 14th time in their last 17 meetings.

Raptors 96, Heat 83: At Toronto, Chris Bosh became Toronto’s career leader in double-doubles with 111 when he had 13 points and 17 rebounds in the Raptors’ victory over Miami that moved them ahead of the Heat for third place in the Eastern Conference.

Shaquille O’Neal had 17 points and six rebounds for the Heat.

Bobcats 101, Hawks 87: At Charlotte, N.C., Gerald Wallace scored 31 points and Charlotte beat Atlanta in a matchup of two of the worst teams in the NBA.

Adam Morrison had four points and four rebounds for Charlotte.

Wizards 111, 76ers 108: At Washington, Caron Butler scored 21 points in his return from a knee injury, including two key free throws with 14 seconds left to help the Wizards hold off Philadelphia.

Knicks 97, Cavaliers 93: At New York, Eddy Curry scored 13 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, Stephon Marbury rattled in a clinching 3-pointer with 8.5 seconds left, and the Knicks revived their playoff hopes by beating Cleveland to snap a four-game losing streak.

Nets 118, Pacers 94: At East Rutherford, N.J., rookie Josh Boone scored a career-high 22 points to lead New Jersey over Indiana.

Spurs 92, Hornets 88: At San Antonio, Tim Duncan scored 31 points, including his first 3-pointer of the season, to help the Spurs beat New Orleans.

Celtics 105, Magic 96 (2OT): At Boston, Paul Pierce scored 32 points, Al Jefferson added 23 points and 13 rebounds, and Boston held on for a double-overtime win over Orlando.

Jazz 108, Timberwolves 102: At Salt Lake City, Carlos Boozer had 25 and 11 rebounds and Mehmet Okur added 23 points and 12 boards to help Utah beat Minnesota and clinch the Northwest Division title.

Off the court

Former NBA player Micheal Ray Richardson was suspended by the Continental Basketball Association for anti-Semitic comments the Albany (N.Y.) Patroons’ coach made in a newspaper interview. Richardson will miss the rest of the CBA’s best-of-5 championship series after he told The Albany Times Union that he had “big-time Jew lawyers” working for him. “They got a lot of power in this world, you know what I mean? Which I think is great.” … Atlanta leading scorer Joe Johnson might be done for the season because of a right calf strain. … Jermaine O’Neal missed Indiana’s game against New Jersey with left knee and ankle sprains. … Steve Francis left New York’s game against Cleveland in the first quarter with a sprained right ankle. … Caron Butler returned to Washington’s starting lineup after missing six games with a left knee contusion.