NBA: DALLAS (9-2) at INDIANA (5-7) <h3>Mavericks eye more complete game vs. Pacers</h3> Dallas (9-2) at Indiana (5-7) 8:00 pm EST INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Having won nine of their first 11games, the Dallas Mavericks know they are good. They justwouldn't mind proving that earlier in their games. The Mavericks continue their three-game road trip Friday whenthey travel to Conseco Fieldhouse to meet the Indiana Pacers. Dallas won its fifth straight game - a 100-94 victory over theHouston Rockets on Wednesday. However, the Mavericks had torally from a 17-point late third-quarter deficit to do so. That comeback effort followed another one on Tuesday, whenDallas overcame a 24-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors,105-99. Meanwhile, the Pacers hope to defeat their second straightnine-win team after getting 23 points from Troy Murphy in a105-93 win over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday. Murphy's performance was needed as Indiana kept Jermaine O'Nealout of the lineup after the center injured his knee Tuesdayagainst the Los Angeles Lakers. Indiana has won two of three after dropping seven of itsprevious eight games.
NBA: DALLAS at INDIANA <div class="pre">DALLAS AT INDIANA - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS DALLAS INDIANA F Trenton Hassell F Danny Granger F Dirk Nowitzki F Troy Murphy C DeSagana Diop C Jeff Foster G Josh Howard G Mike Dunleavy G Devin Harris G Jamaal Tinsley OFFICIALS: Bennett Salvatore Violet Palmer Brian Forte</div>
NBA: DALLAS at INDIANA <div class="pre">DALLAS VS INDIANA - INACTIVES DALLAS INDIANA PLAYER NAME REASON PLAYER NAME REASON E JONES LEG INJURY J O'NEAL SORE LEFT KNEE D GEORGE FOOT INJURY S GRAHAM COACH'S DECISION I DIOGU CALF INJURY</div>
NBA: DALLAS at INDIANA <div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DALLAS 25 25 INDIANA 30 30 END 1ST QTR HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER DAL - JASON TERRY 5, JOSH HOWARD 5, BRANDON BASS 5 IND - DANNY GRANGER 11, TROY MURPHY 8, JEFF FOSTER 4</div>
NBA: DALLAS at INDIANA <div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DALLAS 25 28 53 INDIANA 30 32 62 HALFTIME HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME DAL - DEVIN HARRIS 14, JOSH HOWARD 9, DIRK NOWITZKI 8 IND - TROY MURPHY 14, DANNY GRANGER 13, SHAWNE WILLIAMS 9</div>
NBA: DALLAS at INDIANA <div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- DALLAS 25 28 34 87 INDIANA 30 32 26 88 END 3RD QTR HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER DAL - JOSH HOWARD 19, DIRK NOWITZKI 18, DEVIN HARRIS 16 IND - JAMAAL TINSLEY 19, MIKE DUNLEAVY 17, TROY MURPHY 16</div>
