Pacers 111, Mavericks 100
Donald Sloan scored 29 points on 10-of-14 shooting as visiting Indiana knocked off Dallas.
Luis Scola had 14 points and matched his season high of 11 rebounds as the Pacers won for the fifth time in seven games. Solomon Hill and Rodney Stuckey scored 12 points apiece and Lavoy Allen collected 10 rebounds for Indiana.
Monta Ellis scored 24 points and Dirk Nowitzki had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Mavericks, who lost their second straight game. Chandler Parsons scored 16 points and Brandan Wright added 13 on 6-of-6 shooting.
Dallas pulled within 98-93 on two free throws by Ellis with 5:05 to play but a 3-pointer by Sloan pushed it back up to 10. A 3-pointer by Stuckey made it 106-95 with 56 seconds left and the Pacers cruised to the finish.
Sloan had 16 first-half points as Indiana took a 55-50 lead into the break. Sloan had 10 points in the third to help the Pacers take an 85-78 advantage heading into the final stanza.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Indiana C Roy Hibbert (ankle) sat out after being injured on Saturday. … Dallas was just 12-of-21 from the free-throw line. … The Pacers went 13-of-26 from 3-point range and held a 17-4 edge in fast-break points.