The Magic, who led by 15 in the third period, still had chance to take the game into overtime but Ryan Anderson missed a lay-up at the buzzer.

Jason Terry scored 17 points from the bench for the Mavericks, who won their sixth straight game in Orlando.

Elsewhere in the NBA on Friday, the Miami Heat stretched their win streak against the Toronto Raptors to seven with a 113-101 victory.

The Heat had big games from Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, who each had 30 points.

Luol Deng was again on form for the Chicago Bulls, scoring 20 points in their 83-71 win over the Detroit Pistons.

Chris Paul scored the winning lay-up with five seconds remaining to give the Los Angeles Clippers a 98-97 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.

Goran Dragic led the Houston Rockets to a 98-89 win over the Memphis Grizzlies with 25 points.

The Washington Wizards got their first win in six games by beating the Philadelphia 76ers 97-76, while the Utah Jazz saw their seven-game home winning streak ended as they lost 104-103 to the Sacramento Kings.

The Atlanta Hawks were 100-90 winners over the New York Knicks, despite 36 points from Carmelo Anthony, and the New Jersey Nets edged out the Golden State Warriors 102-100.

The Denver Nuggets beat the Charlotte Bobcats 99-88, the Milwaukee Bucks overwhelmed the Cleveland Cavaliers 121-84 and the Boston Celtics were 100-79 winners over the Minnesota Timberwolves.