Without Luka Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks picked up a key win in the NBA Cup
The Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets entered Friday night's game with a 1-1 NBA Cup record and looking to take control of the Wild Card in the Western Conference. Denver got big news with Nikola Jokic returning to the lineup after missing the last three games, while the Mavs were without Luka Doncic.
After some questionable foul calls on Denver, Dallas took advantage of some momentum to extend the lead back up to nine early in the second frame. Denver would always fight back, but they could never get over the hump to take the lead. A timeout by Dallas didn't phase Denver as they continued to chip away at the lead, getting it down to three on a 27-6 run. The Mavs were taking bad shots and running bad offense while everything looked easy for the Nuggets. Over the first nine minutes of the third quarter, Dallas shot 6/19 from the floor while Denver was 12/18. That's a surefire way to erase a lead.
Denver would go up five with three minutes to go with a dunk by Peyton Watson as Dallas' offense looked lifeless. PJ Washington would tie the game with two minutes to go following a nice drive and then an and-one in transition on the next sequence. Dallas decided to put Russell Westbrook on the free-throw line with 13.7 seconds on the game clock. He bricked the first one off the front of the rim, and the second was an intentional miss off the back of the rim, which led to an offensive rebound by Jokic. He passed it out to Jamal Murray, who knocked it in and brought the lead down to one.
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