DALLAS -- Wesley Matthews and the Dallas Mavericks have a long way to go to recover from a miserable start plagued by injuries.Consecutive home wins for the first time and a .500 record over six games are a start.Matthews scored 25 points and the last-place Mavericks enjoyed a rare blowout, beating the listless Denver Nuggets 112-92 on Monday night.Harrison Barnes had 18 points for the Mavericks (6-18), who led 65-43 at the break. They expanded the margin to a season-high 28 points in the third quarter on the way to their second win in three games since a 31-point home loss to Sacramento that prompted a team meeting.Thats how were supposed to play, said Matthews, who finished a point shy of the season high he reached in three of the previous five games. Now its just about harnessing that, trying to get a string and run off a couple of wins.The Nuggets were finishing a season-long six-game road trip and played like it, shooting 42 percent with their starters getting outscored 80-37. Backup center Nikola Jokic led Denver with a season-high 27 points and 11 rebounds.Denver missed a chance to split the six-game trip, instead losing for the eighth time in 11 games. Emmanuel Mudiay scored 17 points and Danilo Gallinari had 12 points.Very disappointed, coach Michael Malone said after bursting through the locker room door, causing it to slam loudly into a wall. Not just in the loss, but how we played. Its a bad loss for us.The NBAs worst-shooting team coming in at 41.5 percent, Dallas shot 65 percent in the first half and a season-high 58 percent for the game. The Mavericks were 12 of 26 from 3-point range after missing six of their first seven.It was the best showing for an offense still missing star forward Dirk Nowitzki (strained right Achilles tendon), starting center Andrew Bogut (right knee injury) and key backup guard J.J. Barea (left calf strain).We wont go away, said second-year player Justin Anderson, who provided a spark with 11 points and six rebounds. We are not going to get down. We are going to continue to build off this.Matthews was 10 of 14 from the field and hit his first five 3-point attempts before finishing 5 of 7. He even made long-range shots that didnt count, hitting a desperation shot from about 30 feet after a shot-clock buzzer in the fourth quarter.It was the third game in four nights for the Mavericks, but two were at home and all three in Texas. And they showed plenty of energy, taking a 10-2 lead in the first five minutes and never trailing.ANOTHER CAREER NIGHTUndrafted Dallas rookie Dorian Finney-Smith had career highs in points and rebounds for the second straight home game, finishing with 13 points and nine boards three nights after getting 12 and eight in a win over Indiana.QUIET NIGHT FOR LOCALSIt was a quiet night for Mudiay, who played high school basketball in the area, and Dallas high school product Darrell Arthur. Mudiay was a minus-20 despite his scoring total, and Arthur was pulled 4 1/2 minutes into the game and didnt return. All Malone would say after the game was that Arthur wasnt hurt.TIP-INNuggets: Jokic scored 23 of Denvers 49 second-half points. He had his third double-double in the past four games. ... Jamal Murray scored 15 points. ... Denver gave up 40 points in the paint in the first half.Mavericks: C Salah Mejri had three blocks , one more than his season high, in the first four minutes. He finished with four, two off his career high. ... Previous high for a half was 63 in the second half of a 130-121 overtime loss at Indiana in the season opener.UP NEXTNuggets: Home against Portland on Thursday. 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San Antonio overcame a slow start to shoot 52.7 percent.The Spurs moved past the 1969-70 New York Knicks to take sole possession of the second-best road start to begin a season in NBA history. The Golden State Warriors started 14-0 last year.Zach LaVine scored 25 points for the Timberwolves. Karl-Anthony Towns had 11 points and 14 rebounds, but shot just 3 of 16.KNICKS 114, HEAT 103MIAMI -- Carmelo Anthony matched a season high with 35 points, and New York beat injury-ravaged Miami for its fourth straight victory.Kristaps Porzingis had 14 points and 12 rebounds for New York, which is three games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2012-13 season. The Knicks lost Derrick Rose to back spasms in the third quarter.Goran Dragic scored 29 points and Hassan Whiteside finished with 23 points and 14 rebounds for the Heat, who fell to 2-8 at home.The teams were tied at 68 late in the third quarter, when the Knicks went on a 27-13 run over the next eight minutes to take control. Anthony finished 13 for 27 from the field, and Porzingis and Joakim Noah combined for 22 rebounds.MAGIC 124, WIZARDS 116WASHINGTON -- Elfrid Payton scored 22 of his career-high 25 points in the first half and Orlando overcame John Walls 52-point performance to beat Washington.Wall had the highest-scoring game of his career and kept Washington in it with 33 points in the second half as the Wizards cut the lead below 10 in the fourth quarter.dddddddddddd The guard made 18 of 31 from the field and added eight assists.Payton went 8 for 8 from the field and 3 for 3 from the line off the bench in that first half, nearly matching his previous season best of 23 points in the first two quarters alone. Payton finished 9 for 12 and handed out nine assists.Orlando won its third straight game and its 124 points were a season high.PISTONS 102, BULLS 91AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Tobias Harris scored 22 points and Detroit beat Chicago.Andre Drummond added 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Pistons, who won for the fourth time in five games.Jimmy Butler scored 32 points and Dwyane Wade added 19 points and seven assists for Chicago, which lost its third straight. The Bulls were playing their fourth game in five nights and struggled in the fourth quarter.Rajon Rondo had 10 points in his return to the Chicago lineup.GRIZZLIES 96, 76ERS 91MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Marc Gasol had 26 points and 12 rebounds, and Memphis finally put away short-handed Philadelphia.Memphis scored the games final seven points to erase Philadelphias lead with less than 2 minutes left, sending the Sixers to their eighth straight loss.JaMychal Green had 13 points and 10 rebounds, including a pair of free throws with 4 seconds left to seal the Grizzlies fourth straight win and 10th in the last 13.Ersan Ilyasova had season bests of 23 points and 17 rebounds for Philadelphia. Dario Saric scored 17 points, while Nik Stauskas added 12 points, despite missing seven of his eight shots from outside the arc.The Sixers led 91-89 with 1:57 remaining, but Zach Randolph, who had 12 points and 14 rebounds, scored inside and Memphis made enough free throws in the closing minutes. ' ' '