(SportsNetwork.com) - The Dallas Mavericks will try to avoid losing three straight games for the first time this season when they host the Southwest- rival Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday at American Airlines Center. The Mavericks had won three in a row and four of five games before dropping back-to-back decisions to the Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Pelicans. In Sundays 109-106 setback in the Big Easy, Monta Ellis poured in 36 points on 16-of-27 shooting, Dirk Nowitzki had 24 points and Rajon Rondo supplied 17 points, nine assists and eight rebounds. Dallas made 48.1 percent and sank just 9-of-24 3-pointers. It had a chance at the end, but Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis came up huge on defense. With his team trailing by one with 12.3 seconds left, Davis drew a foul on Tyson Chandler while working to get open and made both free throws. Then at the other end, Davis used his length to intercept Rondos inbounds pass and sank two more from the line to make it 109-106. Its hard to lob it up over one of the longest guys in the NBA, said Nowitzki, who is averaging 21.4 ppg in his last seven games. Mavs head coach Rick Carlisle is one win shy of 600 in his career (599-414). Dallas will start a three-game road trip Wednesday in Houston with trips to Miami and Orlando afterward. The Grizzlies are 13-7 on the road and will play four of the next six games away from FedExForum. Memphis enters tonights tilt in Dallas with three straight wins and seven in the past eight games. The Grizzlies went 4-1 on a recent homestand and closed the stay with Mondays 103-94 triumph over the Orlando Magic. Zach Randolph posted 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Marc Gasol chipped in 16 points and 10 boards. Randolph has recorded nine straight double-doubles and is posting an average of 19.3 points and 13.4 rebounds in that stretch. When he gets going, were hard to guard, Memphis coach Dave Joerger said of Randolph. 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Bjugstad had two goals and an assist to lift the Florida Panthers to a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Brad Boyes and Brandon Pirri also scored for the Panthers. Roberto Luongo, who returned after missing Tuesdays game with an upper-body injury, made 27 saves. Bjugstads goals -- his first two after 21 games -- came less than three minutes apart in the third for his first two-goal and three-point game of his career. "It was a good night," Bjugstad said. "We had to get pucks to the net. First game for that goalie and we wanted to get shots on him. It worked out for us." Paul Ranger and Tyler Bozak scored for the Maple Leafs, and MacIntyre stopped 33 shots. The 30-year-old was making just his second appearance for Toronto this season. "Its been a long, long time but it was awesome. I have few regrets," MacIntyre said. "I was hoping it would be a win, thats how I envisioned it." MacIntyre was drafted by Detroit in the 2001 NHL Draft, which took place in the Panthers arena. "I looked up right at the end of the anthem and saw the Draft 2001 flag and I smiled at myself and said, Its been a fun ride. ... I found it so funny that this rink is my first game." The Panthers won for just the third time in 12 games. The Maple Leafs, who were in playoff contention most of the season, have lost six straight road games in regulation and are 2-11-0 in their last 13 games. The Maple Leafs were eliminated from post-season contention on Tuesday after a 3-0 loss at Tampa Bay. "Very challenging time right now for our group mentally," Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. "II thought wed have a little bit more compassion for the goaltender that was going in the net for his first NHL start.dddddddddddd... Its very disappointing." At times, the Leafs certainly played like a team that was going through the motions. "Its the first one since were officially out, so its tough. Thats no excuse, weve got to have more pride than that," Bozak said. Leading 2-1,the Panthers stretched their lead on a wraparound goal by Bjugstad, who came from behind the net and stuffed it past MacIntyre at 3:23 of the third. "Its good to get that off my back and not worry about it anymore," Bjugsatd said about ending his scoring drought. Bjugstads second goal made the score 4-1. His short-handed shot from in front off a pass from Tomas Fleischmann easily got by MacIntyre at 6:02. Rangers shot from the point made the score 4-2 with 6:03 left. Boyes broke a 1-1 tie with 3 seconds left in the second. Bjugstad brought the puck from behind the net and passed in front of the crease to Boyes on the right side. He tapped the puck past MacIntyre. The Panthers took a 1-0 lead on Pirris goal 6:06 in. Pirri fired a shot from the top of the left circle and it hit the top right of the net. Pirri has points in five of the past six games. "Getting points is nice, but the team won in the end. 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