Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant celebrates a basket against the Chicago Bulls during their NBA game in Los Angeles Tuesday. (Reuters)LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Lakers surged ahead in the fourth quarter to record a 98-91 win over the Chicago Bulls Tuesday, stretching their NBA winning trot to five games. Shannon Brown scored 21 points and Kobe Bryant added 20 for the Lakers, who trailed early in the fourth quarter before Derrick Rose finally slowed down. Rose scored 30 points, but managed just three for the Bulls in the final period, all on free throws. Los Angeles reserves Brown and Steve Blake led a 17-2 run that included 10 straight points, while the Bulls went more than 5½ minutes between field goals late, and suffered their seventh straight loss to the Lakers. Mavericks 88, Pistons 84: In Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki had a season-high 42 points with 12 rebounds, scoring almost half Dallas' points in the win over Detroit. The Mavericks were lethargic for much of the night and trailed by as many as 12 points in the third quarter. But they picked up the energy level late to secure their fifth straight win over the Pistons. Nowitzki scored nine straight, capped by an 18-footer with 5:29 remaining for a 75-70 lead. Jason Terry added 16 points for Dallas. Tayshaun Prince scored a season-high 19 points and Rodney Stuckey also had 19 for the Pistons. Nets 107, Hawks 101, OT: In Newark, New Jersey, Brook Lopez scored a season-high 32 points as New Jersey beat Atlanta in overtime and snapped a three-game losing skid. Devin Harris added 23 of his 27 points in the second half for the Nets, who were playing their first home game in 10 days. Jamal Crawford had 21 points for the Hawks, who have lost three straight. Knicks 110, Bobcats 107: In New York, the hosts won their fourth straight game, beating Charlotte. Toney Douglas scored 22 points, and Amare Stoudemire added 17 for the Knicks, who won the final three games on their road trip and kept rolling right through most of this one. They blew nearly all of a 16-point lead before holding on for their longest winning streak this season. Raymond Felton made the clinching free throws against his former team as New York put six players in double figures. D.J. Augustin, Felton's replacement, scored 24 points for the Bobcats. Pacers 100, Cavaliers 89: In Indianapolis, Danny Granger scored 24 points to lead Indiana over Cleveland. Granger got off to a slow start but scored 10 in the second quarter as Indiana expanded an eight-point lead into a 62-37 margin at halftime. Ramon Sessions had 15 points, six rebounds and five assists for Cleveland, which lost its third consecutive game. Wizards 116, 76ers 114, OT: In Washington, Nick Young hit an open 3-pointer with 7.6 seconds left in overtime as Washington edged Philadelphia. Young finished with 19 points, but his winning shot wouldn't have been possible if Jrue Holiday hadn't fouled John Wall some 40 feet from the basket with 3.5 seconds left in regulation and the 76ers leading by three. Wall threw up the ball and got a shooting foul out of it, then made all three free throws to tie it at 106. It was the second time in November that the Wizards beat the 76ers after taking the game to overtime by scoring three incredible points just before the buzzer. Cartier Martin's desperation 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left sent the game to the extra period on Nov. 2. Wall, who returned after missing four games with a sprained left foot, scored all of his 25 points after halftime. Andre Iguodala, back from an Achilles' tendon injury, had 23 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in 50 minutes for the 76ers.
