It's always a highlight of the season, regardless of whether the Mavericks win or lose.
Wednesday was the 14th annual Seats for Soldiers night, with 120 wounded service members from San Antonio's Brooke Army Medical Center seated courtside at American Airlines Center.
Traditionally the Mavericks rise to the occasion and Wednesday was no different as they earned a contentious 118-68 rout over a Utah team that had twice beaten Dallas, by a combined 24 points.
Utah scored only 22 second-half points, the lowest ever by a Mavs opponent for any half.
This Mavericks' season-high third straight victory was a salute to military heroes and featured jaw-dropping moments by rookie Luka Doncic, but also culminated a 24-hour period in which Mavericks went band-of-brothers, in a sports sense, by rallying around oddly embattled center DeAndre Jordan.