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Ian Mahinmi scored a career-high 19 points off the bench to lead the Dallas Mavericks to their first win of the season, a 99-86 victory over Toronto on Friday.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 points and Jason Terry had 17 for the Mavericks, who finally broke through after becoming the first reigning NBA champions to start a season 0-3 since the 1969-70 Boston Celtics.

"Tonight I was just trying to make plays," Mahinmi said. "Obviously, we were on a losing streak, and I did everything I could out there to get that win."

Shawn Marion scored 12 and Jason Kidd added nine points, seven rebounds and six assists.

Andrea Bargnani scored a game-high 30 points and Leandro Barbosa chipped in 20 off the bench for the Raptors, who fell to 1-2. DeMar DeRozan and Jose Calderon both scored 11.

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