PHOENIX — With just under nine minutes to play, Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson told Kobe Bryant it was "time to get aggressive."

In other words, time for him to take over.

Bryant couldn't quite pull it off, and the Phoenix Suns escaped with a 107-102 victory over the Lakers on Sunday in their playoff opener.

"I wasn't really looking to attack or to assert myself," Bryant said. "I think we had a lot of things we could take advantage of, and we did that. We had them right where we wanted them, just a couple of bounces didn't go our way."

Bryant scored 22 points — barely half of the 42.5 he averaged against Phoenix in the regular season — on 7-for-21 shooting. He was only 2-for-7 for six points in the first half.

Pacers 90, Nets 88

At East Rutherford, N.J., former Nets guard Anthony Johnson made two free throws with 0.9 seconds left.

Jermaine O'Neal scored 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter for the sixth-seeded Pacers, who became the first road team to win a game in this postseason. Game 2 is Tuesday night at Continental Airlines Arena.

Pistons 92, Bucks 74

At Auburn Hills, Mich., Rasheed Wallace scored 17 of his 22 points in the first half and Richard Hamilton scored 21 for Detroit.

Mavericks 103, Grizzlies 93

At Dallas, the Mavericks shredded the NBA's stingiest defense with 60 first-half points and got key baskets when they needed them the rest of the way in the opener of their first-round series.

Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 31 points — 19 coming in the early surge.