DALLAS -- OJ Mayo scored 26 points as the Dallas Mavericks snapped a three-game losing streak with Tuesday's 107-100 win over the Philadelphia 76ers at American Airlines Center.
The Mavs are now 12-13 on the season and will host the world champion Miami Heat on Thursday before hitting the road again for games Friday in Memphis and Sunday in San Antonio.
Dallas used a 6-0 spurt to take a 94-82 lead with 4:12 left, and then withstood a barrage of three--pointers by the Sixers.
Other than Mayo, the Mavs got 20 points and seven rebounds from Chris Kaman, 14 points and nine rebounds from Shawn Marion, 12 points from Darren Collison, and 10 points and six rebounds from Brandan Wright.
Dorrell Wright led the Sixers (12-13) with 25 points. He was 8-of-18 from the field, including 7-of-13 from three-point range.
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