Jerry Stackhouse had 29 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 28 with 11 rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks won a 137-120 shootout with the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, the highest scoring game in the NBA this season.

It was a big night for Germany's [Images] Nowitzki as he passed 10,000 career points while Jason Terry chipped in with 26 points and Michael Finley 25 helping the Mavericks to their second straight win and seventh in nine games.

Gilbert Arenas, who was held to just three points in Monday's loss to San Antonio, rebounded with a career-high effort sinking 43 points but could not inspire the Wizards who trailed 40-20 after the opening quarter and 73-40 at the break.

Washington had been riding a seven-game winning streak but have now dropped two in row since losing Larry Hughes with a broken thumb.

In Seattle, Marcus Camby nailed his third career 20-20 and Earl Boykins came off the bench for an injured Carmelo Anthony to score 18 points, including 15 in overtime, to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 116-110 win over the SuperSonics.

Back in action after serving a one game suspension, Camby scored 25 points, including a jumper with 1.8 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime and added 24 rebounds as the Nuggets won for just the second time in nine games this year.

However, the win may have come at a cost as Anthony went down with another ankle injury during the third quarter after scoring 10 points.

Andre Miller had a game-high 30 for the Nuggets while Vladimir Radmanovic led the SuperSonics with 25.

In Houston, Jamaal Tinsley nailed 28 points to power the Indianapolis Pacers to an 87-74 victory over the Rockets, their third win in four games.

Tied 63-63 with just under 10 minutes to play, the Pacers poured in 10 straight points to take control of the contest never allowing the Rockets to get closer than five.

Jermaine O'Neal added 27 to Pacers cause while Tracy McGrady answered with 28 points for Houston.

Yao Ming had 21 points and nine rebounds for the Rockets who have now lost two straight following a four-game winning run.

In Sacramento, Chris Webber drained 32 points to lead the Kings to a 113-107 overtime decision over the slumping Portland Trail Blazers, to stretch their winning run to five games.

Webber also contributed 13 rebounds, six assists and four steals to help send the Trail Blazers to their fourth consecutive loss.

In Orlando, Steve Francis had 32 points and 12 rebound and Hedo Turkoglu added a season-high 29 as the Magic rallied in the fourth quarter to edge the Detroit Pistons 103-101, snapping the NBA champions six-game winning run.