The 1-2 punch of Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic was too much for the Sacramento Kings as the host Dallas Mavericks pulled off a 114-110 victory.
The Kings couldn’t keep the Mavericks off the foul line — they went 25-for-36, and Irving was 13-for-13 en route to 41 points. Doncic added 25 points.
De’Aaron Fox and Kevin Huerter scored 20 points each for the Kings.
With two games left in the season, the Kings (46-34) must win them both to match their real-life total of 48 victories.
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The Kings got off to a good start and led by five at 12-7, but then went scoreless for several minutes and Dallas took the lead. The Mavericks were up 26-22 at the end of the first quarter.
The Dallas lead quickly hit double-digits and they went up by as many as 12 points in the second quarter at 41-29. The Mavericks led 59-53 at halftime.
Fox had a 6-0 run all by himself to tie the game at 63 early in the third quarter. But Dallas went back ahead, and later had a game-changing 15-2 run to go up by at 18 at 89-71. It was 93-77 heading to the final quarter.
A three-point play by Irving made it a 20-point game at 99-79. The Kings got the deficit down to single-digits with less than six minutes to play, but couldn’t get any closer than the final margin.
This game was played with Bank Shot Basketball.
