Thursday turned out to be a very good night for the Dallas Mavericks.
Behind 34 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and four steals from Luka Donu010diu0107, the Mavs toyed with Utah before eventually defeating the Jazz, 113-97, before a sellout crowd of 20,277 at American Airlines Center. Coupled with the Washington Wizards’ stunning 109-102 victory over the Sacramento Kings earlier on Thursday, the Mavs are now in sole possession of the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference with a 41-29 record.
With the loss the Kings dropped to the No. 7 seed with a 40-29 record.