Majerle and Hardaway hit consecutive 3-pointers to give Miami a 62-46 lead with 4:41 left in the third quarter. Finley scored 15 points in the period, but the Mavs still trailed 73-57 going into the final quarter.
Mourning scored four points and Hardaway hit a 3-pointer late in the first half to give Miami a 44-30 half-time lead. The 30-point first half matched Dallas' season low.
Nets 102, Kings 99
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.--The New Jersey Nets got all the calls and bounces in the final minute and defeated Sacramento 102-99 last night in a game that ended with Kings coach Eddie Jordan screaming at referee Leroy Richardson at mid-court.
The confrontation came seconds after Mitch Richmond's desperation three-pointer hit off the backboard, bounced off the front of the rim and fell out, sending the Kings to their fifth straight loss in a game where they held an 18-point first-half lead.
The wild ending also featured a questionable foul call against Kings' forward Corliss Williamson after he rebounded a missed foul shot by Otis Thorpe with 24.9 seconds left and Sacramento behind 96-95.
The foul call so enraged Jordan that he walked on the court and screamed at Richardson, drawing a technical foul. Williamson, who had a career-high 30 points, was lucky he didn't get one too after slamming the ball on the court and raising his jersey above his head.
Sam Cassell, who led the Nets with 25 points and 10 assists, hit the technical and Michael Cage, who was supposedly pushed by Williamson, made the first of his two free throws for a 98-95 lead with 23.8 seconds left.
A layup by Richmond cut the gap to a point with 12.5 seconds left.
Keith Van Horn was fouled with 11.4 seconds to go and he made two free throws. The first one hit the rim, bounced about five feet straight up and swished.
The Kings called a 20-second timeout and were forced to take the ball out of bounds near their own basket. Richmond took the inbounds pass, dribbled up the court, pushed off Kerry Kittles near the three-point arc and swished the shot.
The Kings thought it was a game-tying three-pointer, but the tip of Richmond's sneaker was on the line, so it left Sacramento behind 100-99 with 5.7 seconds left.
Knicks 102, Bucks 90
NEW YORK--The injury-depleted New York Knicks didn't have any depth problems last night, getting big boosts from reserves Brooks Thompson and Terry Cummings in a 102-90 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Thompson scored a season-high 11 points and helped the Knicks pull ahead for good in the second quarter. Cummings had a season-high 18 to help New York maintain a double-digit advantage the rest of the way.
New York avoided being swept by the Bucks in the four-game season series.
Thompson shot 4-for-6 with two 3-pointers, four rebounds and two assists, and Cummings, acquired from Philadelphia a week earlier, shot 6-for-11 from the field and 6-for-6 from the line in his fourth game with New York.
John Starks added 11 as the Knicks had a 30-17 advantage in bench scoring. It helped make up for a 40-27 rebounding deficit in the Knicks' first game since losing backup center Chris Dudley to a possibly season-ending foot injury.