LISTEN: Dinwiddie Steps Up, Powell Out-Hustles Ayton in Mavs' Big Win Over Suns

Led by Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and Dwight Powell, the shorthanded Dallas Mavericks pulled off a surprising road victory against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night with Luka Doncic going down with an ankle injury. The Mavs Step Back Podcast recaps the game in its entirety, as well as the rest of the NBA's Thursday night slate.

Dalton Trigg | Jan 27, 2023

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The Dallas Mavericks desperately needed something to feel good about after losing eight of 11 games heading into Thursday’s contest with the Phoenix Suns.

Despite Luka Doncic exiting the game about three minutes in due to an ankle injury, the shorthanded Mavs were still able to capture that feel-good moment with a hard-fought 99-95 road win.

Spencer Dinwiddie put on a masterclass performance in Doncic’s absence, finishing with a game-high 36 points on 10-18 shooting from the field and 5-6 from deep. He also fished out nine assists and grabbed six rebounds.

Dorian Finney-Smith and Dwight Powell also stepped up big when the Mavs needed them most. Finney-Smith finished with an 18-point, 12-rebound double-double, and Powell pitched in with 15 points, including the game-sealing free-throws with six seconds remaining after out-hustling Deandre Ayton for an offensive rebound.

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we recap Dallas’ impressive win in Phoenix from top to bottom, as well as the rest of the NBA games that took place on Thursday night. We also take a look at what this upcoming stretch looks like for the Mavs, especially if Doncic is out for a handful of games.

How does this turn of events potentially affect the Mavs’ decision-making ahead of the NBA’s Feb. 9 trade deadline?

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Published Jan 27, 2023

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.