DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki scrambled to replace Tyson Chandler with the Dallas centre sidelined by back spasms, then he found himself with five fouls early in the fourth quarter. Bo Horvat Jersey .When the big German returned to the game, he carried the Mavericks to a come-from-behind win.Nowitzki matched his season high with 30 points, including 10 in the final 5 minutes, Chandler Parsons added 26 and the Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107 Sunday night.We had to adjust a little bit, Id say, without Tyson, our warrior, our paint protector, said Nowitzki, who put Dallas ahead for good with two free throws with 3:25 to play and made all 12 of his shots from the line. Not really used to playing in foul trouble, because I never really foul. So I tried to move my feet and be long out there.The Thunder played their sixth straight game without Kevin Durant because of a sprained right ankle. They fell short in their third chance to reach .500 for the first time after Durant and Russell Westbrook were sidelined by injuries for 14 of the first 16 games.Serge Ibaka led Oklahoma City with a season-high 26 points, but was limited to just one shot and two points in the fourth quarter. Westbrook scored 18 but was 6 of 23 from the field. He missed a triple-double with nine rebounds and nine assists. He also had five steals.He didnt shoot the ball well, coach Scott Brooks said. But he competed. He put us in position to have a chance to win this game. He gave everything he had.Nowitzki made his first start at centre in almost five years, according to STATS, and the resulting matchup issues made the 1,000th career game on the bench for Dallas coach Rick Carlisle a challenging one.The Mavericks often had the small-ball look that was a staple earlier in the 36-year-old Nowitzkis career, when he started at centre a little more often. It looked good early, with Parsons scoring 15 in the first quarter as the Mavericks led by as many as 11.It was the most unathletic front line weve ever had in the history of the NBA with him at five and me at four, said Parsons, who was 10 of 16 from the floor, including 5 of 9 from 3-point range. The biggest concern was who was going to do the jump ball.Facing their biggest deficit at seven to start the fourth quarter, the Mavericks opened with an 11-2 run capped by consecutive baskets from Charlie Villanueva, the latter a 3-pointer from the left corner after Rajon Rondo found him with a cross-court bounce pass that travelled about 40 feet.Carlisle brought Nowitzki back with 5:44 left, and he scored eight of the next 12 points for a 106-102 lead.TIP-INSThunder: Brooks said Durant had another good day at shootaround Sunday but was not ready for the next step. The Thunder have two days off before their next game. ... Reggie Jackson scored 21, including a 3-pointer that got Oklahoma City within a point before Dallas pulled away in the final 3 minutes. ... Thunder players other than Westbrook made 39 of 67 shots (58 per cent).Mavericks: Carlisle, whose career record is 591-409 in 13 seasons, had 188 career games as a player with Boston and New Jersey. Hes also coached at Indiana and Detroit. ... PG Raymond Felton, the other major piece in the New York trade, made his Dallas debut in a brief appearance on the same night Chandler missed his first game.FRONTCOURT CHALLENGEAs expected, the Mavericks were outrebounded, 53-37, without Chandler, whos third in the league in that category. But they held their own on second-chance points at 19-15, part of the reason they rallied.BANGED-UP BACKCOURT MATESMonta Ellis scored 18 for Dallas before spraining his left ankle late in the game. Rondo, who played the fourth quarter with a small bandage over his right eye after getting cut late in the third, had 15 points, seven assists and six rebounds.UP NEXTThunder: home against Phoenix on Wednesday.Mavericks: home against Washington on Tuesday before starting stretch of 14 of 19 on the road. Troy Stecher Jersey . -- Victor Bernardez tied the game with his second goal in the 95th minute and the San Jose Earthquakes drew 3-3 with Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Brandon Sutter Jersey . Orlando is to begin play in the MLS for the 2015 season. Kaka, who currently plays with AC Milan, is expected to be loaned out to his home club Sao Paulo for the upcoming season before joining Orlando for next season. http://www.cheapcanucksjerseys.com/?tag=adidas-kirk-mclean-jersey . In question is whether 26-year-old Matt Frattin will be on it. A a€?mediocrea€? training camp, as Carlyle put it earlier this week, has Frattin lingering nervously on the bubble at the end of the exhibition season, pushed out of a likely job by Brandon Kozun, the small, but feisty winger determined to make the NHL for the first time.MOHNTON, Pa. - Doug Kalitta led Top Fuel qualifying Friday in the NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway with a 3.747-second pass at 326.95 mph.This is definitely the time to get going if we are going to make something happen, said Kalitta, fifth in the season standing with three events left. The conditions are really good here. Im really proud of my guys gettiing low qualifier after day one. Markus Granlund Jersey. Cruz Pedregon topped the Funny Car field, Erica Enders-Stevens was the fastest in Pro Stock, and Jerry Savoie took the Pro Stock Motorcycle lead.Pedregon had a 3.991 at 319.52 in a Toyota Camry, Enders-Stevens finished in 6.513 at 211.76 in a Chevy Camaro, and Savoie had a 6.860 at 194.66 on a Suzuki. 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