Mavericks sink Suns to 1-5 with first win

In a rematch of last season’s Western Conference finals, Dirk Nowitzki scored 35 points, Jason Terry had 30 and Jerry Stackhouse had 23 and the visiting Dallas Mavericks beat the Phoenix Suns, 119-112, Thursday night for their first victory.

Dallas, off to the worst start in franchise history at 0-4, prevailed in a game featuring six lead changes and three ties in the fourth quarter.

Leandro Barbosa scored 30 points for Phoenix, which fell to 1-5, the Suns’ worst start since they dropped 13 in a row to open the 1996-97 season.

The Mavericks entered the game shooting 42.4% from the field, 27th in the NBA.

But Dallas shot 54.8% against Phoenix’s porous defense.

Golden State 121, New Orleans 116 -- Baron Davis had 36 points and nine assists against his former team as the Warriors defeated the NBA’s last unbeaten team by making nine free throws in the final 37 seconds at Oakland.

Chris Paul had a career-high 34 points and 10 assists, but the Hornets (4-1) couldn’t extend the best start in the franchise’s 19-year history.

Cleveland 113, Chicago 94 -- LeBron James had 19 points and a season-high 12 assists and the Cavaliers’ bench made 21 of 30 shots in a victory over the visiting Bulls.

Kirk Hinrich had 20 points and 11 assists for Chicago.

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Portland Trail Blazers forward Darius Miles, who has not played this season, will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Tuesday and is sidelined indefinitely, the team said. Miles had surgery on the same knee last December.... Denver Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin, who had microfracture surgery on his left knee last year, will undergo surgery on his swollen right knee and be sidelined indefinitely, the team said.