DALLAS — San Antonio and Dallas had the same plan, and both did a good job stopping the other team’s top player.

With Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki neutralized by both having some of their lowest-scoring games of the season, Tony Parker scored a season-high 30 points — including the go-ahead layup with 35 seconds left — in the Spurs’ 92-90 victory Thursday night.

Nowitzki’s shooting woes continued, going just 3-of-13 to match a season low with 14 points. His potential tying shot for the Mavericks was partially blocked by Bruce Bowen to end the game.

“We just wanted to make his shots tough and limit his catches and shot opportunities,” said Michael Finley, who had 15 points with three key free throws in the final 23 seconds against his former team. “For the most part, we did that. Fortunately for us, it just wasn’t his night.”

While Duncan finished with 14 rebounds, he was 5-of-12 shooting and his 13 points were only two above his season low.

Seven of the game’s 26 lead changes came in the final 2:48, the last 87-86 on Parker’s driving layup only seconds after his turnover. Finley then was fouled rebounding a Dallas miss and made two free throws.

Parker added two free throws with 12 seconds left to make it 92-88, but that almost wasn’t enough for the Spurs (12-3) to remain alone atop the Western Conference.

Marquis Daniels, who had a season-high 24 points, got the long rebound of his own miss and threw a wild shot toward the basket, drawing a foul from Brent Barry to get three free throws with 6.1 seconds left. After Daniels made the first two shots, he missed the third.

Duncan got the rebound in a crowd, but was called for traveling along the baseline with 3.5 seconds remaining. Nowitzki’s last shot came off the inbound pass.

“I had a good look at it. Give Bruce credit,” said Nowitzki, who is 20-of-64 shooting his last three games. “Every time I touched it, a big guy ran at me. Both teams made an effort not to let the other team’s main guy beat them.”

The Mavericks lost for the third time in four games, and missed a chance to match San Antonio for the conference’s best record because of consecutive losses under Avery Johnson for the first time.

“I really wanted to prove a point that when Dirk doesn’t shoot well, that we’ll still have a chance to win,” Johnson said. “It’s not just his poor shooting. Everybody was struggling.”

Meanwhile, Finley looked a lot more comfortable in a Spurs uniform than the first time he played against Dallas.

“The first game, I had a few butterflies,” said Finley, a two-time All-Star in 81/2 seasons with the Mavericks before being waived in August in a cost-saving move. “It was a lot more exciting to come back and play in Dallas.”

Making his first start for the Spurs with Manu Ginobili out because of a jammed right foot, Finley made his first shot. Plus, he made the free throws down the stretch.

“He was a lot more confident with the system,” coach Gregg Popovich said.

Lakers 105, Jazz 101, OT

At Salt Lake City, Kobe Bryant made two free throws after a disputed foul with 0.4 seconds left in regulation, and Sasha Vujacic made a 3-pointer with 20 seconds remaining in overtime to lead Los Angeles over Utah.

The Lakers blew a 14-point lead in the second half, then had to win without Bryant after he fouled out with more than 2 minutes left in overtime.

Bryant finished with 30 points and Vujacic scored 11 — hitting his clutch 3-pointer with the Lakers trailing 101-100. Lamar Odom added a free throw and a defensive rebound, one of his 13 boards.

Deron Williams led Utah with 20 points and seven assists and drew Bryant’s sixth foul in the overtime, but Utah didn’t score again after the rookie’s pullup jumper with 1:11 left.