Lot of doom and gloom in Cavsland. Cleveland lost their ninth straight and the 13th of the last 14, Friday night. The Mavs were totally dominant from the tip, and could’ve won this by 40 if they’d really wanted to. Luka Doncic had a pretty typical game with 24 points, eight rebounds, and only one assist. It would’ve seemed like containment, but he only needed 23 minutes to do it in a game where the Cavs trailed by as much as 29. Also torching Cleveland were Josh Richardson and Tim Hardaway Jr. who combined for 38.
The Mavs didn’t run anything spectacular aside from their always well executed multi-screen sets, but the Mavs got to the basket, the line, and the arc with relative regularity, and won the turnover battle 14-7.