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Luka Doncic scored 27 points and the visiting Dallas Mavericks pulled away in the second half for a 115-98 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, who saw their season-high winning streak snapped at 8 games.
The Mavericks won for the eighth time in 11 games and bounced back nicely from Thursday’s 111-97 loss in Philadelphia. Dallas held Brooklyn to 34 points after halftime.
Doncic shot 11-of-21 from the floor, added 7 assists and 6 rebounds and had plenty of help on Saturday night, February 27 (Sunday, February 28, Philippine time).
Kristaps Porzingis returned from missing 3 games with a back injury and added 18 points.
The Nets were without Kyrie Irving (right shoulder) and Kevin Durant (left hamstring).
James Harden led the Nets with 29 points, 25 in the first half, and shot 9-of-21 overall and committed 6 turnovers.
Jeff Green and Bruce Brown added 12 points apiece as Brooklyn shot 40.7% and was held under 100 points for just the third time this season.
Jalen Brunson contributed 14 for Dallas, Tim Hardaway Jr chipped in 13 and Dorian Finney-Smith finished with 12 as the Mavericks shot 52.3% and hit 14 three-pointers.
Dallas started fast, making 7 of its first 9 shots for a 21-10 lead 5 minutes in.
After Harden scored 12 points in a 14-3 run, the Mavericks started double teaming him and ended the 1st quarter on a 14-2 spurt to get a 38-26 lead on Hardaway’s dunk with 1.8 seconds left.
With Harden resting, the Nets cut a 14-point deficit to 49-45 on a three-point play by Landry Shamet with 7:28 remaining.
Harden returned a minute later and Dallas opened a 10-point lead on 3 free throws by Hardaway with 4:22 left before the Nets got within 68-64 by halftime on Harden’s floater with 26 seconds left.
Dallas pulled away in a span of 6:20 during the 3rd, going on a run to extend the lead to 91-76 on a basket by Hardaway with 3:17 remaining.
After the Mavericks took a 94-82 lead into the 4th, they finished it off when Finney-Smith’s layup made it 106-84 with 7:37 to play. – Rappler.com
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