Jamario Moon finished with 13 points and nine rebounds, while Chris Bosh had 12 points and nine boards and Jose Calderon finished with 11 points and 10 assists.

Josh Howard, in his second game back after missing 11 with a sprained ankle, added 20 points for Dallas (14-10)

The night started out fine for the Raptors, who raced out to 13-point in the first quarter. But reminiscent of Monday's 94-87 loss to New Jersey, their game went downhill from there and by the time Nowitzki drained a three-pointer to put the Mavs up 67-59 late in the third quarter, the disgruntled crowd loudly booed the Raptors.

Dallas led 69-63 with one quarter left. The Raptors managed to cut the Mavericks' lead to two points on a basket by Bosh 2 1/2 minutes into the fourth, but Dallas took over the game the rest of the way, stretching its lead to 13 points on a three-pointer by Terry with 1:26 left to play.

Baskets by Calderon and Jason Kapono made the score more respectable, but the game was already well out of reach.

The game was the last for Toronto at the Air Canada Centre until the team hosts Denver on New Year's Eve. They head west for a six-game trip and will likely breathe a sigh of relief when they leave town.

The Raptors were outrebounded 47-37 on the night, the 20th time in the last 24 games they've been beaten on the boards.

The Raptors shot 43 per cent, while allowing the Mavericks to shoot 50 per cent.

Bosh, whose numbers have been on the decline since an impressive start, just 6-for-20 from the field. The all-star forward averaged 26.8 points in October and November, but that's dropped off to 18.9 in December, while his rebounding has gone from 10.2 to 8.9 a night.

He couldn't buy a basket yesterday, at one point in the third quarter missing what normally would be a routine dunk. His next shot spun around the rim and dropped out. He uncharacteristically missed on two free throws late in the game, eliciting more boos from the crowd.

Raps rookie finally gets chance

Toronto Raptors rookie Nathan Jawai is finally going to get his shot at the NBA.

Jawai, who has been sidelined since training camp, has been cleared to begin physical activity, the Raptors announced yesterday.

The 22-year-old Aussie had been held out for precautionary reasons after an abnormality was detected during normal procedural pre-season cardiac screening.

"It's going to be a little bit of time before he's in any kind of shape to play, but at least we can start working with him and hopefully get him ready to help out some time in the new year," Raptors coach Jay Triano said.

Triano said it may take Jawai a month or more to get to the point where he can play.

"As far as the technical aspect of it and tactical aspects of the game, he's right there with everything that we're doing so I don't expect it will take him long," Triano said.