Philadelphia 76ers 126 vs 133 Dallas Mavericks summary: stats and highlights | NBA
The Dallas Mavericks finally gave their fans the performance they had been waiting for ever since Kyrie Irving came to town during the trade deadline. He and Luka Doncic combined for 82 points in the 133-126 shootout victory over the Philadelphia 76ers from American Airlines Center.
No dream start for Dallas Duo
Days were dark in the first five games that superstar Kyrie Irving shared the court with his superstar teammate, Luka Doncic. Dallas lost four of their first five, and there seemed to be more questions then answers as the league’s newest power couple struggled to find any cohesion.
On Thursday night in Dallas, that is exactly what they had. It seemed as though Kai and Luka were forcing the issue over the first few games together, trying to get each other the ball, and not trying to step on one and other’s toes. Against the Sixers, they let the game come to them and it resulted in the best night of the new Dallas Duo era.
Irving had a quick 10 points in the first six minutes of the game and Doncic got going to the tune of 17 points in the opening quarter, but James Harden had the Sixers on the Mavs heels. He scored 16 points and dished seven assists going into the second quarter as the stars were shining bright in Big D.
Dallas downs Philly in third
Luka and Irving continued to pour it on, but had trouble stoping the Sixers on the defensive end, which is nothing new for Jason Kidd’s team. They went into halftime up by four, but came out of the halftime break scorching from downtown. They hit their first five shots and started the second half hitting 9/10 threes to take a 25 point lead that they almost blew at the start of the fourth quarter.
Philly scored the first 16 points of the quarter to dwindle the 19 point Mavs lead down to four just minutes into the last quarter. Kyrie would live up to his reputation as the best fourth quarter scorer in the league, and took over the game in route to a 40 point night. Doncic poured in another 42 as the Mavs fought off the Sixers comeback bid getting a much needed victory to calm the nerves in Mavs nation.
It’s just a first glimpse of what these two, and this team is capable of but for the first time since Kyrie came to town there is more cause for excitement than concern in Dallas.
Together Doncic and Kyrie went for 82 points and 18 assists in the Mavs second win with those two on the floor together.
The Mavs went nuts from three point range out of the gate in the third quarter. They hit their first five shots, and went 9/10 from downtown to start the second half.
For the first time since these two teams joined forces, Kyrie and Luka looked like they were letting the game come to them instead of having trying to split up the shots evenly.
Doncic opened the game with 17 points in the first quarter to set the tone in a high flying, fast paced game on Thursday night.
The Mas hit 8/11 threes in the first half, but they were just getting warmed up for the onslaught in the third quarter.
There were a lot of doubts about Kyrie and Luka playing on the same team after a 1-4 start, but on Thursday night they might have started to change some minds.
IT'S ALL OVER!!! FINALLY LUKA AND KYRIE GIVE THE MAVS FANS WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR!
Irving fouled by Embiid with 8.8 points and he hits both FTs, and he now has 40 points!!
Kleber fouled and he missed them both!
Embiid on the tip in after following his own shot.
Timout Sixers with 36.1 seconds to go.
Harden with a deep three from the logo off the dribble!
Embiid with his third straight bucket and we've got a 10 point game.
Embiid on the off balance jumper from outside the paint!
Embiid gets a jump hook to go, but it may be to late for him to get the Sixers back in this game with under 2:30 to go.
Kyrie pulls up and pulls the trigger from downtwon!! He's got 38 points tonight!
Doncic fouled by Embiid and he hits both FTs.
Maxey with another bucket off a Mavs turnover! He's got 29 tonight.
Irving with the interception and Green glides to the basket for the slam!
Maxey keeping the Sixers in the game, and he hits the three ball in the corner!!!
Doncic with the floater in the lane and he's got 40!
Melton snuck up and took it from Doncic and Maxey gets the slam off the steal.
Doncic with the steal, and he finds Bullock wide open in transtion for three!!!
Timeout Philly with 6:23 on the clock!!!
Doncic with a three of this own and the Mavs with six straight points to kill the Sixers run!!
Timeout Philly with 7:14 to go in the fourth quarter.
Irving pulls the trigger from wayyyy downtown!!!
Reed on the pick and pop with a deep two from the top of the key.
Kyrie with a desperatley needed bucket and he hits the baseline J to stop the PHilly run. FT is good after the AND Q1.
Maxey's got 10 of the 16 in the quarter for the Sixers!
Everything is working for Maxey!!! He hits the floater that hit off the back iron and dropped right through the net!!
Timeout Mavs, who started this quarter up by 20, and now lead by just four!
Maxey with a three ball and the run is up to 13-0
McDaniels comes out of the timeout and hits the FT to extend the run to 10-0
McDaniels on the break, lays it up and gets the whistle! Timeout out Mavs after a 9-0 Sixers run to start the quarter.
Milton hanging in the air and gets the floater to go.
Maxey with a little personal run, going to the rack getting the bucket AND 1!! FT IS GOOD
Maxey starts the quarter with the lay up high off the glass.
We are at the end of the third quarter and The Mavericks lead by 19 after blowing the Sixers out in that quarter.
Embiid fouled by Kelber and he drops both FTs, he's got 27 points tonight
Kleber to the line after the McDaniels foul and he hits one of two.
McDaniels at the line and he hits one of two after the Kleber foul.
Harden with a rare bucket in the third quarter as he hits from long range.
Kleber on the floater in the lane and again it's Doncic feeding him.
Maxey stops the bleeding with a three ball.
Doncic again on the three ball!!! They are 9/10 in this quarter from downtown!!!
Kleber again from the top of the key off the assist from Luka!
The Mavs are 7/8 from three point range in the third quarter.
Luka was double teamed and fould Kleber for a wide open three from the top of the key!
Timeout Philly with 4:45 to go in the 3rd quarter.
Embiid goes to the line after the Kleber foul and he hits 2/2 FTs.
Bullock punches right back with a three ball in the corner!!
Tucker in the corner for three and the lead is 15 for the Mavs.
Doncic to the line after the Embiid foul and he hits one of two.
Embiid with an angry bucket after showing some muscle to move defenders out of the way.
Luka lulls Embiid to sleep and drills the three over the big man!
Powell sends Embiid to the line where he splits the FTs.
Harden floats one of the glass and the Sixers need him to get going again.
Irving splits the double team and takes the contact, gathers and finishes after the collision.
Bullock is money form downtown again after the Irving assist! 18-4 run from the Mavs to start the half.
Powell fouled by Tucker and he hits two of two .
Embiid with the offensive rebound and he gets the put back to go.
Bullock in the corner for three and Dallas has made their opening 5 shots of the half!!!
Irving drills the three ball and the Mavs have started the thrid quarter on a 10-2 run!!!
Kyrie with a lay up in transition and it's the Kai and Luka show so far early in this second half.
Maxey with the mid range jumper and both teams go blow for blow.
Luka strings the three ball from the top of the key!!
Irving with a step back fader from outside the lane to start the half.
WE ARE BACK IN ACTION FROM DALLAS!!
Harden showing he's got eyes in the back of his head on this drop off pass to Embiid to secure his first half double double.
Both teams started hot, and stayed hot. Irving got the Mavs going with 10 points in the first 6 minutes.
After two quarter, the Mavs are up on the Sixers but not by much.
The stars are shining bright tonight. Harden has 19 points and 10 assists, while Embiid added another 17.
Doncic leads all scorers with 25 points and Irving has 20. This is the best we have seen those two play but again the Mavs are having trouble stopping their opponents.
Luka on the baseline and the floater goes right before the first half buzzer!!!
Harden dropped it off for Embiid who came in and flushed it over the Dallas D!!!
Doncic putting the defenders in a blender and getting to the rack for a lay up.
Doncic goes to the line after the foul by Embiid and he hits both FTs.
Harden using the dribble to get to the iron and he gets the lay up and the foul! He's 5/5 from the field and has 9 assists on top of his 19 points
Embiid out of the timeout out and he drills a pull up jumper from the elbow.
Green was wide open in the corner and Irving found him for the long ball!
Melton on the baseline drive, absorbing the contact and hitting the short range effort!
Doncic at the line after the Tucker foul and he hits both FTs. He's got 19 tonight.
Embiid goes to the line after the Bullock foul, and he splits the two.
Bullock in the corner with the three ball after the kickout from Doncic!
Melton the line after the foul on Powell, and he hits both FTs.
Irving again! This time from downtown and he's got 17 points!
Harris gets the hoop and the harm! FT is good!
Irving attacking the iron again and he gets the lay up this time.
Melton strokes a three ball in tranistion and the offense is starting to heat up again.
Irving getting into the lane and drops the runner.
Embiid back on the board after going quiet for the last few minutes.
Irving fouled on the shot by Melton and he hits one of two FTs.
Hardway Jr. going strong to the rack and gets the lay up to drop.
Melton in the corner on the transition three ball and we are all tied up!
Dallas takes a timeout with 7:18 to go in the second quarter.
Maxey wiggiling through the lane and he gets the scoop off the glass!
Wood going to the rack strong and breaking through contact to get the foul and the bucket! FT is good and he's got 10 tonight.
Melton fouled by Wood and he drops both FTs from the stripe.
Wood is fouled from behind the line, but hits just one of three FTs!
Wood was wide open in the corner off the assist from Kleber!
Maxey going to the rack and he gets the floater and the foul! FT is good.
Irving cork screwing down the lane, and gets a flashy finger roll off the glass.
We are at the end of the first quarter, and what a shooting display we were treated to early on.
Doncic has 17 points, Irving has 10 for the Mavs, after going 8-11 from three point distance.
Harden has 16 points and 7 assists after the first quarter, and Embiid has 10.
Harden shows the step back and a three ball, and gets the foul!!! FT is good to complete the four point play!
Doncic gets open with the step back and drains the triple try! He's got 17 ponts in the first quarter!
Hook shot coming out of the bag of tricks from McDaniels and that came off of Harden's 7th assist of the game!
Hardway Jr. answers back with a long range effort!!
Harden wets the three from the top of the key after the Sixers offensive rebound
Harden heads to the line after the Holiday foul and he hits both FTs.
Wood into the game and on to the scoreboard with a corner three!
Embiid at the line and he hits two of two after the foul on Irving.
Timeout Sixers with 2:46 to go in the first quarter. Doncic and Irivng have the Mavs up early.
Doncic on the step back going to his left and he nails the three ball!
Harden lays it of the glass with the left hand!
Embiid muscling his way to the rack and goes up over three bodies to hit the shot and get the foul! FT is no good.
Touch pass from Irving to Hardaway Jr in the corner who drains the three!
Doncic in transition going strong to the rack and he gets the bucket and one! FT is good!
Harris in the corner for the deep ball to even the game!
Irving has 10 points after rattling off two straight buckets, one of them from down town and the Sixers need a timeout with six minutes left in the first quarter.
Harris introduces himself to the game with a mid range catch and shoot jumper on the assist from Harden.
Doncic with a step back, this time from long range and he's got 5 early points@
Harden goes to the line after getting fouled by Doncic and he hits both FTs.
Irving pulls up from long range and drops the three ball!
Doncic joins the party, getting into the lane and sinking the step back.
Embiid hits the pull up and he has the opening two buckets of the game for Phlly.
Powell with the jam down the lane, and the Mavs need some role players to step up and score tonight .
Irving puts the Mavs on the board with a step back jumper!
Embiid gets the party going with the game's first bucket and he looks like he wants to make up for lost time after missing last game.
WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM DALLAS!!!
Jason Kidd is going back to his Starting 5 from the last few games. Let's see if they can give the Mavs a much needed home win tonight.
Slow start for Kyrie
It has been far from the dream start for Kyrie Irving in Dallas. The Mavs won the first two games in which Irving debuted, but since then things haven’t been going to plan. Luka Doncic came back from injury, but that seems to have only complicated things for Jason Kidd’s squad. The former Brooklyn Net is averaging 24.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 rebounds since joining the Mavs.
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NCAA News
The Mavs-Sixers is a showcase matchup in the NBA, but in case you want to witness history you should flip over to the NCAA where Antoine Davis is on the verge of breaking Pistol Pete's all time record.
NBA standings
Taking a lot at the standing in the East the Sixers sit at 40-21, which is good enough for third in the conference, but still 4.5 back of the leaders, the Milwaukee Bucks. They have a solid grasp on a top four spot, leading the fourth placed Cavs by 3 games and the Knicks by 4.5 games. The Mavs are sinking down the standings in the West after losing five of their last six games. They are in seveth place, and if the season ended today they would have to get through the Play-In Tournament to make the playoffs. They are just two games behind the Suns in 4th, but are only two games ahead of the Lakers who are in 11th and would miss the Play-In Tournament.
Maxey’s time to shine
Sure Joel Embiid is an MVP candidate, James Harden may be the league lead in assists this season, but it’s Tyrese Maxey that’s going to make the difference for this team down the stretch and in the playoffs. Embiid is going to get his, Harden will be Harden but the Sixers need another scorer to rely on in big games, and Maxey has shown he can be that guy.
Luka still looking for answers
Time is running out for the Dallas Mavericks. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have not exactly meshed as it was hoped in Big D, but there is still time to right the ship. Doncic may have had 39 points last game, but he and Kyrie have a lot of room for improvement over the next month and some change if they want to make a deep run in the playoffs.
Sixers didn't miss Embiid last game
The Sixers went into Miami having lost two straight, and were without one of the league’s MVP candidates, Joel Embiid. Tyreese Maxey led the way with 27 points in the Sixers blowout with over the Heat. It was the defense that did the trick for Philly, holding Miami to just 15 points in the second quarter and extended their lead to 25. The defense held the Heat at an arms length and cruised to victory to stay at the top of the Eastern Conference.
Mavs last game
Another game that goes down to the wire, and another Mavs loss. That seems to be the trend ever since Kyrie and Luka have joined forces in Big D. Luka Doncic seemed extra motivated and was even seen jawing at the Paces bench, which features his old coach Rick Carlisle. He dropped 39 points, but it wasn’t enough to complete the comeback on Indiana who led for most of the second half. The Mavs had a chance to win the game, but Kyrie Irving missed the game wining three as the buzzer sounded
We are live from Big D
Hello everyone and welcome to Dallas where the Mavs are desperate for a win after the first few games that featured both Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic. It was though that the midseason trade would propel them up the standings and make them into immediate title contenders. That has been the farthest thing from reality, and tonight they have a chance to get their first big win with their Big Two. The Sixers have had their big two for almost two years now, and are hoping that this is the year that Embiid and Harden push Philly back to the Finals.
Sixers vs. Mavericks
We have a huge interconference matchup tonight from the American Airlines Center! The stars are out in Dallas as Joel Embiid and James Harden square up against Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving when the Mavs and the Sixers clash. AS English will have you covered all night with live stats, highlight, and analysis of tonight’s prime showdown from Big D.