Kyle Lowry scored 15 for Houston and Artest had 10. … Mavs swingman Josh Howard returned from a one-game rest of his sore left ankle to miss his first seven shots. He finished with 15 points. … Nowitzki cracked 20 points for the 25th straight game. … Houston had won two straight in Dallas. … Only LeBron James (seven) and Chris Paul (six) had more triple-doubles this season than the 36-year-old Kidd. … The high stakes of this game were obvious from the start. On the opening possession, Nowitzki shoved Luis Scola just for the heck of it, then Artest hooked an arm around Nowitzki to twist him out of the way and was called for a foul.http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_y...gid=2009041506