The Lakers took over a tight game with a 20-7 run to end the first half, a stretch that included Wizards turnovers of all varieties. Shannon Brown stole the ball from DeShawn Stevenson, Andray Blatche traveled, Mike Miller and Mike James threw bad passes, the shot clock expired, and Brendan Haywood committed an offensive foul with 2.5 seconds left in the quarter.

Jamison pulled Washington to 91-82 by making a free throw with 8 minutes 58 seconds left. The Lakers responded with a 12-2 run that included 4 points from Gasol.

MAVERICKS 108, BUCKS 107 Dirk Nowitzki scored 28 points and Jason Terry added 21 for host Dallas. Carlos Delfino, who had 22 points, missed a running 10-footer in the lane before the buzzer that would have won the game for Milwaukee, which dropped to 5-18 on the road.

The Bucks’ Andrew Bogut hit his first nine shots from the floor and scored a career-high 32 points on 13 of 14 shooting.

ODEN’S PICTURES Portland center Greg Oden, out for the season with a fractured kneecap, apologized for nude photographs that have surfaced on the Internet. Oden said the photographs were taken with his cellphone and sent to a former girlfriend about one and a half years ago.

SURGERY FOR BARBOSA Phoenix Suns guard Leandro Barbosa had surgery to remove a ganglion cyst in his right wrist and is expected to miss about six weeks.