2023-10-28 04:02:01
DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 49 points and broke a tie with a right-handed 3-pointer with 26.3 seconds remaining to help the Dallas Mavericks beat the Brooklyn Nets, 125-120, in their home game on Friday. first home game.
Doncic was standing near the right sideline, about 25 feet from the rim while being heavily guarded, when he fired a hook shot as the shot clock was about to expire. The Slovenian made the last field goals for Dallas, all through triples.
Cam Thomas led the Nets with 30 points in the seventh start of his NBA career, one game after setting a league record by scoring 36 points off the bench in the opener.
Friday’s duel was the first between the two teams since the trade agreed in February that sent star Kyrie Irving to Dallas in exchange for Dorian Finney-Smith and Spencer Dinwiddie.
Dinwiddie scored 23 points including six 3-pointers between the first three periods. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 19 points off the bench for the Mavericks, and Irving finished with 17.
Finney-Smith and Dinwiddie were honored with videos.
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