The game between the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns will take place at Miami-Dade Arena on Saturday, March 5 at 1:00 PM ET.
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The Dallas Mavericks will welcome the Phoenix Suns to Miami-Dade Arena for an NBA game on Saturday. The Phoenix Suns won 133-126 in their last game over the 76ers. Kyrie Irving said after four losses in five games alongside Luka Doncic that he simply needed to join the party. This was quite the shindig. Doncic scored 42 points, Irving added 40 and the new All-Star pairing sparkled throughout the Dallas Mavericks’ 133-126 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night.
Doncic won a matchup of the NBA’s top two scorers as Joel Embiid finished with 35 points for the 76ers, who were playing a night after a win in Miami without their All-Star center. Irving and Doncic became the first Dallas teammates to score at least 40 in the same game. They were just the fifth pair of players on the same team do it in regulation in 30 years.
“Luka was ready for the party,” Irving said. “I was ready for the party tonight. It was one of those games where we had some special performances. I’m just grateful that the work translated because it could have gone either way.” They each had a 20-point first half while combining for 45, then combined to score 10 points in the first 102 seconds of the third quarter to start a 20-4 run for a 91-71 Dallas lead.
The Phoenix Suns on the other hand won 104-125 against the Bulls in their last game. Kevin Durant sees a loaded roster and all the possibilities that come with it for the Phoenix Suns. It’s up to them to make it happen. And they’re off to a good start with their shiny new star. Devin Booker scored 35 points and matched his career high with six 3s, Durant added 20 points in his second game with Phoenix and the Suns beat the Chicago Bulls 125-104 on Friday night.
Josh Okogie scored 25 points and made five 3-pointers, and the Suns improved to 2-0 with Durant in the lineup. “We’ve got a lot of big names,” Durant said. “We’ve got a lot of guys that have done so much in this league so far. But it’s about how we come together as a group, and I think this is a tightknit group, a tightknit organization. We’ll figure it out along the way.”
The Suns, fourth in the Western Conference, put themselves in position to finish the season on a strong note when they landed Durant from Brooklyn in a blockbuster trade three weeks ago. They need some time to mesh the way they would like. But they’re looking good so far.
Dallas Mavericks: Reggie Bullock, Josh Green, Dwight Powell, Kyrie Irving, Luka Dončić
Phoenix Suns: Josh Okogie, Kevin Durant, Deandre Ayton, Devin Booker, Chris Paul
Dallas Mavericks: AJ Lawson, Davis Bertans
Phoenix Suns: Terrence Ross, Landry Shamet
The game between the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns will take place at Miami-Dade Arena on Saturday, March 5 at 1:00 PM ET.
The match between the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns will be telecast live on ABC, ESPN3.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | ABC, ESPN3. | March 5 (1:00 PM ET) |
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