NBA ROUNDUP : Young Mavericks Show Spurs

Dallas showed the full impact of its talented young crop of players in a 124-121 overtime victory Tuesday night at San Antonio.

Jamal Mashburn scored 34 points and Jimmy Jackson added 28 to key Dallas’ comeback victory.

“The potential of this team is very scary,” said Maverick center Roy Tarpley, who reached season highs with 22 points and 14 rebounds. “We play unbelievably well sometimes and terrible sometimes. Tonight, we came up with a good effort when we needed to.”

The victory snapped a two-game Dallas losing streak and marked its third overtime victory this season.

Jackson’s finger-roll with 37.6 seconds left in overtime gave the Mavericks the lead for good. He added a free throw, Popeye Jones sank two more free throws and Mashburn added another to seal the victory.

San Antonio’s David Robinson matched his season high with 42 points, but he was called for his sixth foul with 54.7 seconds left in overtime.

All of the San Antonio scoring came from its five starters. The Spurs were outscored by the Dallas reserves, 35-0.

Charlotte 106, Utah 97--Dell Curry made six of Charlotte’s 13 three-point shots, including four in the fourth quarter, to lead the Hornets to a victory in Salt Lake City.

Charlotte led, 72-71, after three quarters, and Curry made three three-point shots when the Hornets opened the fourth quarter with a 15-4 run for an 87-75 lead and control.

Indiana 90, Detroit 83--Dale Davis had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Reggie Miller made a key three-point shot to stop a late Detroit rally at Indianapolis.

Denver 102, Minnesota 95--Dale Ellis scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half and rookie Jalen Rose started a fourth-quarter rally that led the Nuggets to a victory at Minneapolis.

Rose scored six consecutive points--his first points of the game--to turn a one-point deficit into an 88-83 lead with 6:08 to play.

Atlanta 94, New Jersey 91--Craig Ehlo converted a breakaway layup and free throw with 0.3 seconds to play in overtime at East Rutherford, N.J., as the Hawks won their third in a row.

Seattle 103, Houston 90--Gary Payton scored a season-high 30 points to lead the SuperSonics at Tacoma, where they beat a Houston team that struggled without Hakeem Olajuwon.

Olajuwon, last season’s Most Valuable Player and Houston’s scoring and rebounding leader, injured his right wrist last Thursday when it collided with a camera during a game against Golden State. He might also miss Thursday’s game at Charlotte.

New York 104, Boston 90--Charles Smith had 20 points and the Knicks opened the second half with a 22-8 run at New York.

After leading by 10 points in the second quarter and trailing by only one at halftime, the Celtics were shut down in the second half. They made only 12 of 36 shots after halftime. Dominique Wilkins scored 20 points but was held to two in the second half.

Orlando 114, Cleveland 97--Anfernee Hardaway scored 10 points and Shaquille O’Neal had nine during the Magic’s 42-point first quarter at Cleveland.

O’Neal and Nick Anderson finished with 26 points each and Hardaway finished with 20.

Sacramento 108, Milwaukee 95--Olden Polynice had 22 points and 16 rebounds and Walt Williams scored 20 to power the Kings to a victory at Sacramento.