Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki celebrates in the final seconds of the fourth quarter against the Golden State Warriors during Game Five of their NBA Western Conference quarter-final play-off game in Dallas on Tuesday night. Dallas won 118-112. - Reuters

TORONTO (AP):

JOSE CALDERON scored a career-high 25 points and Andrea Bargnani added 18 as the Toronto Raptors rebounded from two double-digit losses to stave off elimination and beat the New Jersey Nets 98-96 on Tuesday night.

Game Six in the first-round series is tomorrow night in New Jersey.

The Raptors led by as many as 17 points in the second half but the Nets got within one in the final minute when Calderon rolled his ankle and lost the ball to Jason Kidd. VinceCarter then hit a three-pointer to make it 95-94 with 27.6 seconds remaining.

Two free throws by Toronto's Chris Bosh and a put-back from Mikki Moore of the Nets made it 97-96. Bosh was fouled again but made just one of two, giving the Nets a chance to tie or go for the win. Carter drove to the basket but Juan Dixon's defense forced him to give up the ball and Bostjan Nachbar's three-pointer bounced off the rim as time expired.

Anthony Parker scored 18 points and Morris Peterson added 17 for Toronto.

Carter scored 30 points for the Nets, who also got 23 points from Richard Jefferson and 11 points and 10 assists from Kidd.

Toronto guard T.J. Ford left the game shortly after colliding with Carter with less than 30 seconds to play in the first quarter. Ford, who suffered what team officials called a 'stinger', was taken to a hospital for tests. He returned to the arena and was sitting on the bench late in the fourth quarter.

Mavericks 118, Warriors 112

At Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki came alive with consecutive three-pointers to start a game-ending 15-0 run that carried Dallas past the Golden State.

That guaranteed the NBA's best regular-season team at least one more game in the play-offs.

Golden State lead play-off series 3-2, with Game Six scheduled for tonight at Oakland, California.

The Mavericks let a 21-point lead turn into a nine-point deficit in the closing minutes, as Golden State went ahead 112-103 on a lunging three-pointer by Baron Davis with 3:19 left that looked to be the knockout punch for one of the most stunning upsets in NBA history.

Yet that's when Nowitzki picked Dallas up off the mat, the way the league's likely MVP is supposed to do - but something he'd yet to do all series.

Nowitzki scored 12 points the rest of the way, hitting the two threes and went 6-of-7 from the foul line. The Warriors helped the collapse by missing their final eight shots.