Suns 132 - 109 Mavericks summary, stats, scores and highlights | NBA

Booker ended the night with 46 points, 30 of those coming after the halftime break. Most of his 46 came from right around this spot as the master of the midrange had the Mavs defense running in circles. 

Devin Booker went into the half with 16 points, but neither of the three Suns stars were really making an impact on the game. That all changed in the third quarter. Booker went wild scoring 22 and Phoenix went 18/21 in the third as the Suns took the lead and didn't look back. 

Despite Kyrie Irving sitting out with a sprained thumb, the Mavs went up 16 on the Suns in the second quarter, but Luka and Dallas got a little sloppy and looked a touch tired at the end of the half. The Suns took advantage by taking a 17-4 run into halftime. 

For just the 13th time this season Bradley Beal joined Kevin Durant and Devin Booker on the court and this potentially lethal trio is getting better and better with every game. Beal had 20 as Durant took a back seat, scoring just 12. 

The Phoenix Suns won their seventh straight game on Wednesday night in Dallas and it was Devin Booker who got the best of Luka Doncic and the Mavs. Booker exploded for 46 in the 132-109 win. 

The Suns didn't get off to the hottest of starts, shooting ice cold from three point range. KD and company had to settle for drives to the cup early on, but they would warm up as the night went on. 

IT'S ALL OVER!!! 

The Suns stretch their win streak to seven games on the shoulders of Devin Booker who had 46!

Williams with the three ball in the corner and that is going to do it!

Hardy from downtown on the wing!

Watanabe drops a floater in for his first points. 

Williams on the lay up and gets the foul! He misses the FT. 

Eubanks with the hook shot in the paint. 

Little drives to the bucket and gets the lay up to fall. 

Goodwin with another floater from outside the lane. 

Goodwin with the jumper from the mid range and he is on the board. 

Holmes tips it in after the miss from Hardy. 

Goodwin floats one up and in from the lane. 

Holmes with an uncontested lay up and the Suns take a timeout to pull their starters out of the game. 

Booker drills another three ball and he's got 46!

Hardy comes out of the timeout and drills a three ball of the step back from the top of the key. 

Bates-Diop with a triple try from the corner and then Booker hits one from the top of the key! 

Timeout Mavs with the lead back up to 23! We are under 5:00 to go here from Dallas. 

Exum puts it on the floor and he lays it up off the glass. 

Lively finishes around the iron to cut the lead back under 20. 

Bates-Diop on the baseline drive and he reverses it home. 

Booker off the bench and he drops it again from the FT line. 

Doncic to the line after the foul on Beal and he hits both FTs. 

Beal with a three ball fro the corner and that will take some of the steam out of the Mavs comeback. 

Doncic takes it all on his own breaking down the defender and getting the lay up to fall. 

Timeout Suns with 9:00 to go. 

Doncic drives to the dish, waits for the contacts, gets the lay up and the foul! FT is good. 

Durant running the break and he goes into the body of Okogie and hits the short jumper from outside the lane off the glass. 

Hardaway with a three ball from the top of the key!

Beal lay in at the rack and it looks like the Mavs are out of gas. 

Green starts the quarter with a drive and a lay up on the right side. 

Exum ends the third quarter with a deep three ball at the buzzer!

The Suns went 18/21 in that quarter, Devin Booker scored 22 of his team's 43 points which the Mavs scored just 20. 

Hardy with a quick trigger three ball from the top of the key. 

Metu on the high flying jam off the dish from Beal. 

Beal drills a three ball from the wing and this is getting embarrasing!

Booker with another pull up from the mid range. That's 22 this quarter!

Hardy puts it on the deck and gets the lay up. 

Doncic tossed it right to Bates-Diop and he takes it for the steal and slam. 

Booker with the floater in the lane and he's got 36! 20 in the quarter! 

Doncic with the drive going between his legs, spinning and gets the lay up AND 1! FT is no good. 

Booker with the three ball off the kick out from KD! He's over 30 now!

Jones with the slam after Doncic got into the paint and dumped it off. 

Booker on the hesitation and he takes Jones to the rack for the lay up. 

Booker with the pull up from the FT line and he has been killing the Mavs from the mid range in the third quarter. 

Hardaway with the leaner from outside the lane and he drops it AND 1! FT is good after the foul on KD. 

Nurkic streaking down the lane and he lays it up and in. 

Timeout Dallas and this American Airlines Center has gone very quiet. 

Booker off the dribble and he hits the leaner in the lane. 

Booker with the friendly roll on the three ball from the corner!

Timeout Mavs with 6:30 to go in the third quarter. 

Allen with the three ball from the corner and the 16 point Mavs lead has been turned into a 12 point Suns lead. 

Booker to the lane and he hits the short jumper off the pump fake. 

Jones drive down the lane and explodes to the iron with a posterizing dunk over Nurkic!

He gets T'd up after screaming for a foul and Booker misses the FT. 

Booker makes the technical FT. 

Nurkic clears Williams out of the lane and he makes the uncontested lay up. 

Willams gets T'd up for arguing with the ref and that's it! He's been tossed out of this game. 

Booker hits the elbow J and he's got 20 on the night. 

Doncic fouled by Beal after the steal and the attempted score. He his one of two at the line. 

Williams with the lob and Lively was there for the finish on the alley oop. 

KD slashing to the bucket with the finger roll and the Mavs need a timeout after an 8-0 run. 

Beal with the three ball in the corner and he's got a five quick points to start the 3rd quarter. 

Beal with the lay up after PHO gets the ball back and the Suns lead for the first time since early in the first quarter. 

WE ARE BACK IN DALLAS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION. 

Booker makes a technical FT that was called on Doncic before the halftime break. 

Luka had a great first half, but in the final few minutes he got a little sloppy with the ball and the Suns were able to use that to their advantage. The Suns went on a 17-5 run in the final five minutes of the half to make it a one point game with 24 to go. 

Luka had 24 in the first half, 16 of those came in the second quarter. He went to half with 24, 3 and 5 assists. 

Beal had 7 points in the first half, 6 of those came off dunks. 

The Mavs might be without Kyrie tonight, but that didn't stop them from pulling out to an early double digit lead, led by who else but Luka Doncic. 

WE ARE HEADED TO THE HALFTIME BREAK WITH THE MAVS UP 1 AFTER LEADING BY AS MANY AS 16. 

Booker with the tip in off the missed three from Beal. 

Doncic finds Jones on the break and he finishes with a lay up. 

Allen was left open for three after a couple of turnovers in the middle of the court. 

Booker to the line after the foul on Kleber and he hits both FTs. 

Beal was in the right place at the right time after Doncic smacked  the ball out of Okogie's hands and he gets an easy lay up. 

Durant to the line after the foul on Green and he hits one of two FTs. 

Donicic had a step on Allen and took him to the iron for an easy lay up. 

Booker fouled on the shot by Kleber and he hits both FTs. 

Doncic lost it to Nurkic and Okogie broke free for a transition slam AND 1! FT is good after the foul on Jones Jr. 

Booker pulls up from a foot inside the line. 

Doncic with the pull up and he knocks down the three ball from the right wing. 

Okogie was wide open in the corner and Booker found him for the three ball. 

Nurkic on the spin and jump hook in the lane. 

Exum to the line after the foul on Allen and he hits both FTs. 

Doncic gets into the lane and hits the runner. 

Allen drills the three ball from the wing and the leagues top 3 point shooter adds to his stats from DT. 

LIvely was called for a foul Nurkic and Kidd to challenged it because the Suns big man flopped so he gets an unsportsmanlike foul called against him after the review. 

Doncic to the line after the foul on Durant and he hits both FTs. 

Diop driving from right to left and he gets the left handed lay up to drop. 

Doncic with the step back three ball from the wing and the Mavs are 10/14 from DT. 

Timeout Suns with 8:39 to go in the first half. 

Kleber beats everyone down court and Hardy found him for the alley oop. 

The seas parted for Beal who went streaking down Main St. and glides to the bucket!

Bates-Diop got blocked down low by Doncic but got it back and put it up before Luka could get back in the area. 

Doncic gets fouled by Durant and he hits one of two FTs. 

KD to the line after the foul on Kleber and he hits one of two FTs. 

Williams drags down the offensive board the ball would up in Luka's hands. He drills the wide open three and he's in double digits. 

Hardaway with a three ball to start the second quarter and he's the first in double digits tonight. 

This rivalry has been getting hotter and hotter over the last few years, and it didn't take long for Nurkic and Williams got into it. 

We are at the end of the first quarter!

The Mavs went 7/10 from three point range and have a 9 point lead after 12 minutes. 

Doncic lhad 8, 3 and 4 asssits. Williams had a couple quick threes to open the game and he joins Luka with 8 points. 

Booker has 8 and Durant had 6 for Phoenix. 

Kleber on the penetration and kick out to Green who hits the three ball and the Mavs are 7/10 from three point range!

Hardaway pulls up from the wing after Exum found him on the break!

Beal at the line after the foul on Hardy and he hits one of two FT. 

Booker pulls up from the FT line and he drills it. 

Luka hits his first three ball of the night as the long range game has opened up here in Dallas. 

Booker answers back with the triple try! The Suns were 1/8 from DET before that. 

Green with the three ball in the corner and the Mavs are lighting it up from downtown. 

Allen puts it on the deck and finishes with a finger roll. 

Hardaway knocks the three ball down in the corner off the kick out from Kleber!

Durant to the line after the foul on Exum and KD hits both FTs. 

Hardaway pulls the trigger from the elbow before the defense could get back and he hits the mid range jumper. 

Timeout Suns with 4:29 to go in the first quarter. 

Booker running the break and he hits Allen cutting to th rim for the slam. 

Durant pulls up from the FT line and that mid range jumper in money. 

Allen at the line after the timeout and he hits both FTs off the foul on Hardaway. 

Timeout Mavs with 6:38 to go in the first quarter. 

Doncic in the lane and he goes up and under Allen with a little leaner. 

Nurkic to the line after the foul on Lively and he hits both FTs. 

Lively living off the lobs from Doncic, and he finishes the alley oop off the pick and roll. 

Durant with a cut from the wing and he lays it up high off the glass with the reverse. 

Technical fouls for Williams, KD and Nurkic. Mavs get a technical FT and Doncic hits it. 

There was a little scrum after the basket, as Nurkic got in the face of Williams after he tripped KD and stepped over him. Nurkic came up and pushed him before getting separated by the refs. 

Doncic got under the basket and tossed it behind his back for Lively for a jam. 

Williams with 8 quick points this time driving down the lane for a lay up. 

Kick out to the corner from KD who hit Booker who drained the three. 

Doncic off the dribble and he hits it from the elbow. 

Williams with a second straight three to start the game, and that's a promising sign for DAL. 

Beal cutting baseline after Nurkic saved it under the basket and he gets the easy jam. 

Williams drills the three ball from the top of the key with the shot clock winding down to start the game. 

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM DALLAS!!!

Suns starting five 

The Mavs might be banged up but Phoenix have all hands on deck aside from Eric Gordon. Frank Vogel is going with his big three Booker, Beal and KD, with Allen on the perimeter and Nurkic down low. 

Mavs starting five

Jason Kidd doesn't have Kyrie Irving available tonight, but he does have Luka in his first five. Grant Williams gets the start in place of the Mavs PG, which will give Dallas a bit more bite on the defensive end. It's Luka, Williams, Jones Jr., Green and Lively. 

How the West is shaping up

Taking a look at the standings in the Western Conference, we see the Suns surging up the table after their six game win streak. They have won seven of their last ten and now sit sixth, five games back from the conference leading T’Wolves, Thunder and Nuggets. They are a half game back of the Pelicans and 3.5 games behind the Clippers who would have home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, if the season ended today. The Mavs’ slide has dunked them down the table all the way to 8th in the West. They are just a game behind the Suns and hold a three game lead over the Lakers and Jazz, but as last season showed Dallas can plummet in a hurry. 

Kyire out, Luka in 

The Mavericks took a chance on Kyrie Irving in the middle of last season, and so far the experiment with him and Luka Doncic has yet to start boiling. They plummeted down the standings at the end of last season to miss the playoffs and the Play-In Tournament. This year they looking a little more fluid, but a lot of the time it just doesn’t seem like there are enough basketballs on the court for both Kyrie and Luka. That won’t be a problem against the Suns considering Kyrie is out, and Luka will play after they both came into tonight questionable. Luka has been suffering from lower back tightness and Kyrie has a sprained thumb.

Nurkic on the rise

While plenty of credit deservedly goes to Devin Booker, KD and Bradley Beal in the Suns recent success, we shouldn’t overlook Jusef Nurkic and his production down in the paint. The Suns dealt away DeAndre Ayton to make room for Bradley Beal, and as a substitute they brought in the Bosnian from the Clippers. Nurkic is a top 10 rebounder and posting 12 points a game which is just about the same numbers that Ayton is posting in Portland. 

Mavs last game 

The Mavs are coming off a Monday night matchup with the top team in the league, the Boston Celtics. The C’s were on the second end of the back to back and unlike their game against the Milwaukee Bucks a few years ago they came out ready on the back end of two straight games. The Mavericks to a slight lead in the first quarter, but Boston went ahead early in the second and never looked back. Luke Doncic put up 33, dragged down 18 rebounds and dished 13 assists, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Mavs in the game as Jason Tatum lead Boston with 39 points to hand Dallas their 4th loss in the last six. 

Suns last game 

Phoenix hosted the Chicago Bulls and kept their win streak alive on Monday night, but it didn’t come easy. The Bulls jumped out to a 19 point lead early in the first quarter, and the Suns spent the rest of the way trying to claw back into the game. It wasn’t until the 5:33 mark in the fourth quarter when the Suns got their first lead of the game, and for the rest of the final five and a half the lead went back and fourth until Kevin Durant drilled the game winning shot with 1.1 on the clock. Durant had 43 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the win, and had to do most of the heavy lifting with Bradley Beal scoring 18 points and Devin Booker being held to just 16. 

We are live from AA Center 

Hello everyone and welcome to Dallas where the Mavericks are looking to rebound after a tough loss to the top team in the league, the Boston Celtics. The C’s handed Luka and the Mavs their fourth loss in the last six and now Dallas find themselves sliding down the table and having to host the Pho4nix Suns who are on a six game win streak. The Suns might have a star studded roster, but it has taken them a few months to start hitting stride. Kevin Durant and Booker are beginning to click, and the Suns have benefited by climbing up the Western Conference. Tonight they have a chance to extend their win streak tonight against a Mavs side that will be hoping to stop their slide. 

Suns vs. Mavs

We’ve got a primetime battle full of stars tonight from Dallas. These two teams have a long history full of spats but also mutual respect and tonight the two will write another chapter in a story that is at it’s very beginning. It’s the Phoenix Suns taking on the Dallas Mavericks and AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from American Airlines Center.