globesports.com: Toronto lets one slip away
The reigning MVP scored 26 of his season-high 32 points in the second half. He carried the Mavericks by ripping four successive three-pointers with two minutes to play in the decisive third quarter to help erase what had been a 24-point Toronto lead midway through the second quarter, a lead built in part by four first-half three-pointers from Bargnani.

Nowitzki reeled off eight more points — including six thanks to uncharacteristic dribble drives — to close the door on Toronto in the fourth quarter.

“At the end of that third quarter, some of the shots he hit, we didn’t do the things we were supposed to do,” said Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell. “And the thing that broke our back [in the fourth quarter] was when he penetrated from the three-point line, we’re hugging our guys on the weak side. Some of our guys have to come off [their men].”