Kobe Bryant scored 30, Pau Gasol added 27 points and Ramon Sessions had 17 points and shot a combined 73.8 percent in the win over the Dallas Mavericks 109-93.<br /><br />The Lakers snapped the Mavericks' four-game winning streak and handed Dallas its first home loss in the month of March.<br />The Lakers recorded their fifth consecutive win over the Mavericks in the regular season. Los Angeles has now won 13 of the last 16 regular-season meetings between the two clubs.<br />.<br />Mavericks forward Shawn Marion missed his third consecutive game with a sore left knee. Mavericks center Brendan Haywood sat out for the third straight game due to a sprained right knee.
