Dallas, TX – Kobe Bryant scored 30 points, Pau Gasol had 27 93, on Wednesday.
Recently acquired point guard Ramon Sessions added 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting while Matt Barnes finished with 11 points and nine rebounds. Los Angeles made 58.4 percent of its shots to halt a two-game slide.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 26 points to pace Dallas and Jason Terry added 23. The Mavericks saw their four-game win streak come to an end.
The Lakers blew a 12-point fourth-quarter lead in Tuesday's loss to the Rockets, but finished strong on Wednesday.
Sessions opened the fourth with a three and Andrew Bynum followed with a bucket for an 85-72 lead. Terry responded with a trey and Brandan Wright added a free throw, cutting the Dallas deficit to nine, but LA countered with a decisive push.
Sessions drained a pull-up jumper and Bynum fed Gasol for a three-pointer, which made it 90-76 and prompted a Dallas timeout. The Lakers held a double- digit advantage for the remaining eight minutes of action.
Sessions started strong as well, scoring 12 first-half points en route to a 57-44 LA advantage at the break. The Lakers led by as many as 14 in the third, but Dallas closed the quarter with a 7-2 run to make it 80-72 entering the fourth.
Game Notes
Sessions was acquired from Cleveland at the trade deadline...The Mavericks had scored 100-plus points in their previous four games...Former Lakers forward Lamar Odom had one point and went 0-for-3 from the field...Dallas forward Shawn Marion missed his third straight game with a sore left knee.
