#Dallas Mavericks at Sacramento Kings
Golden 1 Center- Sacramento, CA
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468999)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/Mavericks/comments/10z9ci8/game_thread_dallas_mavericks_3026_at_sacramento/j827ak8/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|DAL |45|29|27|21|122|
|SAC |25|31|31|27|114|
###Player Stats
**Dallas Mavericks**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Green|37:55|17|7-12|2-6|1-1|1|3|4|7|0|0|2|1|-8
|R. Bullock|36:34|13|4-7|3-5|2-2|1|4|5|2|0|0|1|4|8
|D. Powell|15:45|9|4-4|0-0|1-1|1|3|4|0|0|0|2|4|4
|T. Hardaway Jr.|35:36|15|6-16|3-10|0-0|0|7|7|5|1|0|0|0|8
|K. Irving|35:00|25|5-14|3-8|12-12|3|0|3|10|1|0|2|2|7
|J. McGee|18:37|11|5-9|0-0|1-2|4|5|9|2|0|0|0|3|2
|J. Hardy|19:44|12|4-7|4-5|0-0|0|2|2|1|0|0|1|1|15
|C. Wood|12:21|13|5-12|2-4|1-1|0|3|3|2|1|0|0|2|4
|T. Pinson|15:24|2|1-4|0-3|0-0|1|0|1|2|1|0|1|2|-1
|M. Wright IV|13:00|5|2-3|1-2|0-0|0|1|1|3|0|0|0|0|1
**Sacramento Kings**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|H. Barnes|31:26|8|3-9|1-5|1-1|1|3|4|1|0|0|0|1|4
|K. Murray|35:21|16|6-10|4-5|0-0|0|3|3|0|0|2|1|0|4
|D. Sabonis|37:14|18|6-12|0-1|6-7|3|8|11|7|2|0|2|6|-15
|K. Huerter|27:24|15|6-10|0-3|3-4|0|5|5|1|0|0|2|2|1
|D. Fox|38:36|33|10-16|1-5|12-14|0|6|6|5|0|1|3|4|7
|T. Davis|20:34|9|3-4|3-4|0-0|0|4|4|1|0|0|2|4|5
|D. Mitchell|12:28|0|0-2|0-2|0-0|0|0|0|2|0|0|1|0|-11
|M. Monk|15:03|8|3-7|0-2|2-2|0|2|2|4|0|1|2|1|-18
|T. Lyles|7:05|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-13
|K. Ellis|4:01|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|-11
|C. Metu|10:45|7|2-2|0-0|3-4|1|2|3|0|0|0|1|0|7
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|DAL|43-88|18-43|18-19|34|19|4|9|0|11|28|43|
|SAC|39-72|9-27|27-32|21|19|2|14|4|5|33|41|
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3-0 without Luka since the Kyrie trade
Let’s go baby
Karen showed up and showed out tonight! Great energy from her all around. Really excited to see what she brings for the rest of the season.
Kyrie with 25 and 10 assists, josh green with 17/4/7, 42% from 3, and 18/19 from the line?? Let’s go!
Wood blew his load early and called it a night. Hate when that happens
And the award for most annoying fan of the year goes to…
People forget we have Luka
It’s so nice to have a player that can consistently make free throws.
Edit: Especially in the 4th quarter.
Kyrie might have just unlocked prime Javale McGee for us
Another wire to wire win
Against the Clippers, and now against the Kings…
Two playoff teams
This team is DIFFERENT now
Legend has it, that the Kings are still shooting free throws to this day…
Kyrie Irving
Undefeated in the Kyrie era 2-0
MAVS WIN
This was a GREAT win
MY DALLAS MAVERICKS ❤️
FUCK THE BEAM
I’ll die for Kyrie
That first quarter was like CRACK
Having a FT shooter is good.
The earth is flat!
It’s taking all my strength to not buy a Kyrie jersey right now
We do not win this game without Kyrie
Fucc your beam we got a team!
Having someone elite from the ft line especially in clutch time feels good
FUCK YOU SCREAMING LADY. THIS WIN WAS FOR YOU!
Luka is smiling like a mf rn
3 game win streak without luka. Unfathomable.
The FT shooting is going to come in so clutch.
It is SO nice to have a guy whose free throws are basically an afterthought
18/19 ft. I smell chips
I thought kyrie was meh from the field but iced the game with all those made free throws. So nice to have.
Kings shoot 3x as many FTs before they started intentionally fouling. Crazy, solid win tbh
I was getting carried away there about how much we really even need Luka, but luckily for him that 4th quarter brought me back down to earth and reminded me.
So excited to see Luka and Kyrie together tomorrow. Let’s leave with 3rd in the West
I just wish Kidd would make better adjustments when teams start coming back.
Watching these two games, I made some observations on how Luka can fit in:
1. Early game, keep the ball moving and try to move without the ball (or set screens for someone else with the ball or moving off ball). No reason to dribble too much unless it’s necessary. Guys need to continue moving well off the ball as well, it has worked beautifully early in these last two games.
2. Get out in transition. Luka obviously can’t do this well but he has to initiate the fast break (as he said today) by getting it to Kyrie or Josh when there’s an opportunity. Increased tempo has been a big positive since Kyrie joined.
3. Late in games, we play more Luka/Kyrie ball. If you notice in both games, the first halves were smooth sailing. But in the second halves though, both the Clippers/Kings made the adjustment to our increased tempo/ball movement and the offense slowed down. This is where Luka (and Kyrie) take over.
We’re winning games with Theo Fucking Pinson closing
Harper letting Kyrie know we appreciate him…. Doing the lords work 😆
If this is the new Wood, I’m totally fine if the FO passes on him. Pouting if he doesn’t get his shots, little to no defense, lack of hustle? Hoping this isn’t the Wood that finishes the season and he can play his role, give good effort and play smart basketball.
Tonight was the first night I was actually wanting more McGee minutes. Never thought I’d say that.
Damn, Kyrie speaks so well and highly of his team mates. Gah, I’m falling into the trap!
An average of 15 mins for our 5 position. We playing small ball now.
Point Center Luka tomorrow yall
Kyrie with 3 ORBs, dude has a lot more hustle than I expected
Kyrie seems like he settles the young dudes on the court, while Luka turns up the pressure. Going to be a nice balance.
We need to go ahead and win tomorrow and snatch the 3 seed.
Kyrie 12/12 free throws!
That post game interview was very telling. Kyrie was expecting a bunch of criticism and he just busted out laughing when the response was “HELL NO”.
What a difference in markets. There might be some drama along the way ( it’s the nba, after all) but kyrie is in the right place where he really will be appreciated.
I mean the formula on offense is simple right? Keep the ball moving and if the other team makes the adjustment, Luka/Kyrie do their thing.
Guys I’m ready to get my heart broken. I love Kai. I don’t think he had a good game as the Kings defended him well yet he still contributed to us winning.