Sacramento Kings lose at Dallas entering All-Star break

DALLAS — Vince Carter scored 26 points to pass Larry Bird on the NBA's career scoring list, and the Dallas Mavericks headed into the All-Star break with a 123-100 victory against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

Carter scored 17 of Dallas' last 21 points in the third quarter to help turn aside a Sacramento rally. He ended the night with 21,796 career points for 29th on the all-time list. Bird had 21,791.

Tyreke Evans scored 23 for the Kings, who lost their 18th straight regular-season game in Dallas dating back almost 10 years. The Kings were playing their fourth game in five nights before the All-Star break.

MAVERICKS 123, KINGS 100



SACRAMENTO		fg	ft
min		m-a	m-a	or-t	a	pf	pts

Salmons	27:05	1-5	3-4	0-4	3	3	6
Thompson	35:54	6-11	5-6	3-9	2	4	17
Cousins	28:30	5-9	7-9	6-13	2	2	17
Thomas	29:16	4-12	3-3	0-1	3	3	12
Evans	36:59	8-12	7-7	1-2	1	3	23
Fredette	18:44	1-7	1-2	0-0	0	2	3
Johnson	24:41	6-11	4-5	1-6	4	1	16
Garcia	23:52	2-6	0-0	0-2	2	2	6
Hayes	4:33	0-0	0-0	0-2	0	1	0
Outlaw	5:44	0-4	0-0	1-3	0	1	0
Honeycutt	4:42	0-3	0-0	0-2	0	0	0
Totals		33-80	30-36	12-44	17	22	100

Percentages: FG .413, FT .833. Three-point goals: 4-16, .250 (Garcia 2-5, Salmons 1-1, Thomas 1-4, Cousins 0-1, Fredette 0-1, Evans 0-2, Outlaw 0-2). Team rebounds: 6. Team turnovers: 18 (22 PTS). Blocked shots: 2 (Garcia, Thompson). Turnovers: 18 (Cousins 5, Evans 5, Johnson 4, Thomas 2, Thompson 2). Steals: 8 (Evans 3, Salmons 2, Fredette, Garcia, Hayes). Technical fouls: None.



DALLAS		fg	ft
min		m-a	m-a	or-t	a	pf	pts

Marion	28:19	4-9	0-0	2-9	2	2	9
Nowitzki	30:26	6-9	4-4	1-8	6	1	17
BJames	15:43	2-3	1-2	3-6	0	4	5
Collison	29:29	7-12	3-3	1-4	9	2	18
Mayo	29:17	3-11	4-4	0-2	1	3	10
Carter	22:57	9-15	2-2	2-5	0	2	26
Brand	15:16	2-5	0-0	1-4	1	4	4
DaJones	12:14	1-3	4-4	1-2	1	1	6
Beaubois	13:38	1-5	2-2	0-3	3	1	4
Crowder	16:05	4-7	0-0	0-1	1	5	11
Wright	17:01	1-6	3-4	4-7	0	2	5
MJames	9:35	3-7	1-1	0-0	3	0	8
Totals		43-92	24-26	15-51	27	27	123

Percentages: FG .467, FT .923. Three-point goals: 13-34, .382 (Carter 6-9, Crowder 3-6, Nowitzki 1-1, M.James 1-3, Marion 1-3, Collison 1-4, Beaubois 0-1, Mayo 0-7). Team rebounds: 3. Team turnovers: 12 (14 PTS). Blocked shots: 10 (B.James 3, Brand 2, Da.Jones 2, Wright 2, Nowitzki). Turnovers: 12 (Mayo 3, Collison 2, Nowitzki 2, Crowder, B.James, M.James, Da.Jones, Marion). Steals: 12 (Mayo 3, Nowitzki 3, Carter 2, Crowder 2, Collison, Marion). Technical fouls: Defensive three second, 3:12 second.



Sacramento	27	17	33	23 — 100
Dallas	30	29	33	31 — 123

Attendance: 19,892 (19,200). Time: 2:17. Officials: Rodney Mott, John Goble, Marat Kogut.

By The Associated Press