Despite both teams entering the game short-handed, the Mavericks were able to take advantage of their Eastern Conference foe
It was a banged-up matchup between the Chicago Bulls and Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night, as the Mavericks were missing Dereck Lively II, PJ Washington, Dante Exum, and Maxi Kleber, while Chicago was missing Zach LaVine and Lonzo Ball.
Dallas wanted to get off to a better start than they did against Indiana on Monday, or for most first quarters this season, really. They also wanted to get Klay Thompson more involved, getting him some early shot attempts, but he missed his first three shots. It was Kyrie Irving scoring six straight points that allowed the Mavs to tie the score at nine early on, and then a Luka Doncic three gave them the lead. Klay finally got on the board with a three after that to extend the lead.
Doncic would check back in after that Chicago run, and the lead got right back up to double digits. Coby White's first basket finally came with a minute left in the first half, but the Mavs would take a 56-45 lead into halftime. Doncic was superb in the first 24 minutes with 17 points and nine assists, although he did have three turnovers, as well. Still, he was a +27 in a game they led by 11.
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