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No Déjà Vu: Doncic Takes Care of Business in Mavs' Blowout Win Over Suns

After blowing a 22-point lead in their season-opening loss to the Phoenix Suns, the Dallas Mavericks built a big lead yet again in Monday's rematch at American Airlines Center. This time, though, Luka Doncic and company were able to finish the job.

Dalton Trigg

The Dallas Mavericks came into Monday night's matchup with the Phoenix Suns riding some momentum after a blowout win against the New York Knicks over the weekend. In their season-opening game against the Suns, the Mavs built a lead as large as 22 points, but ended up losing by two before it said and done.

Dallas poured it on Phoenix early and often yet again at American Airlines Center on Monday ... but this time, Luka Doncic and company finished the job with a 130-111 win.

The second consecutive victory pushed Dallas above .500 for the first time in nearly two weeks with a 12-11 record. The Suns dropped to 16-8 on the young season. The win also snapped the Mavs' 10-game regular-season losing streak to the Suns that dated back to Nov. 29, 2019.

Doncic, who didn't have to play in the fourth quarter of this one, finished with a game-high 33 points on 12-20 shooting from the field, including 4-9 from deep. He also grabbed six rebounds and dished out eight assists in 29 minutes of action. Doncic's much-improved defense was on display as well, as he ended up with two blocks and one steal on the night.

Spencer Dinwiddie, despite shooting just 5-15 from the field, hit some big shots for Dallas throughout the night en route to 21 points. Dallas had four other players score in double-figures, including Christian Wood (18), Tim Hardaway Jr. (17), Josh Green (16) and promising rookie Jaden Hardy (10).

Hardy, who scored the first NBA points of his career at MSG on Saturday, poured in his 10 points against the Suns in just two minutes of action. He shot 4-5 from the field and showed why he's the G League's leading scorer for the Texas Legends so far this season. Hardy scored just one point less than Suns star Devin Booker (11) in 28 less minutes.

Next up, the Mavs will take a flight to Colorado to face the Denver Nuggets on a second night of a back-to-back. The Mavs and Nuggets have split the season series so far, 1-1. Reigning two-time MVP Nikola Jokić has yet to play against Dallas this season, but that is likely to change on Tuesday.

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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