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Utah Jazz at Dallas Mavericks

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0-3, 0-1 Away
Final
102 - 110

2-1, 2-0 Home

Kyrie Irving scores 23 points to lead Mavericks past Jazz 110-102

Taylor Hendricks carted off on stretcher after gruesome injury

Jazz forward Taylor Hendricks was wheeled off on a stretcher with a broken leg midway through the third quarter after he fell to the floor without any contact near the baseline beneath Utah’s basket. The team said he had a fractured right fibula and dislocated ankle.

Luke Doncic had 15 points, nine rebounds and eight assists on an off shooting night.

Irving was scoreless until hitting two 3-pointers in the final 40 seconds of the first quarter for the defending Western Conference champions, who have won two of their first three games.

Collin Sexton scored 23 points and Lauri Markkanen and Keonte George added 17 each to lead the Jazz, who have lost their first three games for the first time since the 2015-16 season.

Doncic was 5 of 22 from the floor and hit his only 3-pointer in nine tries with 2:34 remaining.

Takeaways Jazz: They went into play 29th in the NBA in field-goal shooting at 39% and shot 37% and 28.6% from distance.

Mavericks: Irving was the only member of their big-three shooting stars to find his shot from long range. Irving was 3 of 6 and Thompson was 4 of 11.

Key moment Dallas led 101-95 with 2:48 to play when Washington blocked Kessler at the rim. Doncic hit the 3-pointer seconds later to put Dallas ahead by nine.

Key stat Doncic nearly went without a 3-pointer for the second time in five games dating to last season. He was 0 for 8 behind the arc in the Mavericks’ 122-84 Game 4 win over the Boston Celtics in last year’s NBA Finals.

Up next Both teams will complete back-to-backs on Tuesday night. The Jazz will host the Sacramento Kings while the Mavericks will visit the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Regular Season Series

DAL leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Mavericks: 75.7%
Jazz: 24.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 102 - 110
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 102 - 110
4th 10.0 shot clock turnover 102 - 110
4th 34.1 Keyonte George makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Filipowski assists) 102 - 110
4th 39.1 Kyle Filipowski defensive rebound 99 - 110

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/utah.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originUTAH https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/dal.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originDAL
34-92 FG 43-95
37.0 Field Goal % 45.3
10-35 3PT 11-39
28.6 Three Point % 28.2
24-29 FT 13-17
82.8 Free Throw % 76.5
50 Rebounds 50
15 Offensive Rebounds 13
35 Defensive Rebounds 37
24 Assists 27
7 Steals 9
5 Blocks 12
13 Turnovers 13
2 Team Turnovers 1
15 Total Turnovers 14
0 Technical Fouls 2
0 Total Technical Fouls 2
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 20
23 Fast Break Points 20
46 Points in Paint 60
17 Fouls 23
2 Largest Lead 13

Game Information

American Airlines Center

Location: Dallas, TX
Attendance: 19,811 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 56 12 .824 - W3
Denver 43 25 .632 13 L1
Minnesota 40 29 .580 16.5 W8
Portland 29 39 .426 27 W1
Utah 15 53 .221 41 L9

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 43 25 .632 - W6
Memphis 43 25 .632 - W1
Dallas 33 36 .478 10.5 L3
San Antonio 28 38 .424 14 W1
New Orleans 18 50 .265 25 L2
Full Standings

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