Make it eight straight losses for the Mavericks to the Spurs. Tony Parker returns from six games away with a "variety of maladies" to score 22 points and dish out seven assists as San Antonio beats Dallas 112-106.
Dirk Nowitzki leading the Mavs with 22 points, Vince Carter scores 21. Dallas slips per-centage points behind the Suns for the eighth spot in the west.